Serielizados breaks attendance records with more than 18,000 visitors at its in-person edition

Serielizados – Barcelona Series Festival hosted its most successful edition yet this year, drawing over 18,000 attendees. The festival’s 13th edition saw a 12% increase in audience numbers compared to last year, consolidating Serielizados as the flagship series festival across Spain.

Among the sessions and activities that stood out for their warm reception from the audience were titles such as In Vitro (3Cat and HBO Max, opening series), Segunda temporada (Filmin), Celeste – Season 2 (Movistar Plus), Matar a un oso (Movistar Plus), and Episòdic: El principi d’Arquimedes (betevé, sold-out closing series). Other titles that enjoyed great acclaim included Más allá de la sociedad (Netflix) and Justo: El poder d’una veu (3Cat).

Regarding festival events, highlights included Serielizados Presenta with Ferran Adrià, which proved a resounding success with a fully sold-out crowd; talks and masterclasses with international guests such as Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue, and Hagai Levi; the tribute celebrating 30 years of Nissaga de poder (3Cat); the Series Literaturium with Àlex Martínez Vidal, Tomàs Fuentes, Ignasi Taltavull, and Enzo Vizcaíno; and the DAMA masterclass with Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva centered on their series El castillo (Movistar Plus).

Particularly noteworthy was the significant boost in attendance across screenings for all series in the International Official Competition: Ann Droid (UK), Camarades (France), Negocios turbios (UK), A Better Place (Germany), Naked (Germany), and Etty (Netherlands, France, Germany)—a turnout that underscores a growing demand for diverse, high-quality international programming.

Popitas Audience Award for Segunda temporada (Filmin)

The series Segunda temporada (Filmin), created and directed by Miguel Ángel Blanca, co-written by and starring Berta Prieto, and co-written by Víctor Diago, took home the Popitas Audience Award, the final prize announced. This accolade adds to the Best Screenplay award it previously won in the National Official Section.

This new Filmin Original series bears the hallmark of the creators behind Autodefensa and follows a writer who struck gold with her debut novel but now scrapes by ghostwriting books for mediocre influencers. Her desperate new assignment involves writing the biography of a washed-up trap star recently released from prison who appears to be seeking redemption.

The Winning Series

In the competitive sections, the juries awarded the following prizes:

National Official Section

• Best Series: Matar a un oso (Movistar Plus+), created by Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo.

• Best Screenplay: Miguel Ángel Blanca, Berta Prieto, and Víctor Diago for Segunda temporada (Filmin).

• Best Performance: Carmen Machi for Celeste (Season 2, Movistar Plus+).

• Special Mention: In Vitro (3Cat, HBO Max), created by Marc Crehuet and Alejandra Guimerà.

The jury was composed of Claire-Marine Pietriga, deputy artistic director of the Canneseries festival; Rowan Woods, series programmer at the Berlinale and former creative director of the Edinburgh TV Festival; and Roosa Toivonen, co-director of the TV Beats Forum at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

International Official Section

• Best Series: Etty (Netherlands, France, Germany), created by Hagai Levi.

• Best Screenplay: Benjamin Charbit and Dominique Baumard for Camarades (France).

• Best Performance: Diane Morgan for Ann Droid (UK).

The jury was made up of filmmaker and creator Rodrigo Sorogoyen (president of the DAMA Jury), creator and screenwriter Victoria Martín (Se tiene que morir mucha gente), and actress Anna Ycobalzeta.

Popitas Audience Award

• Best Series: Segunda temporada (Filmin), created by Miguel Ángel Blanca. Award voted by the audience across all competing series.

This 13th edition drew enthusiastic turnouts for its screenings and welcomed prominent guests including Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue, Hagai Levi, Ferran Adrià, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Victoria Martín, Isabel Peña, Eduardo Villanueva, Carmen Machi, Berta Prieto, and Miguel Ángel Blanca, among many others.

Serielizados PRO Establishes Itself as a Benchmark Hub for Audiovisual Industry Professionals

The festival also reinforced its industry arm with the second edition of Mind the Gap, the international pitch event for TV series co-productions. The project El Observatorio, by Laura Roqué, Eloy Zamora, and Luis Sorolla (selected from ECAM Forum), was awarded the €5,500 development prize, supported by Triodos Bank and the SGAE Foundation. In addition, special mentions were awarded to Dangerous Woman by Marika Makaroff (Gutsy Pictures), and Callback by Mireia Vilapuig, Joana Vilapuig, and Diego Vega (Funicular Films). Furthermore, Callback received the Konga Music Agency Award, granting €2,000 in credit toward licensing from Konga Music Agency’s Production Music catalog for a Spanish project.

Serielizados PRO gathered a large contingent of industry professionals across its various sessions, while the 32nd edition of Miniput – Barcelona Quality Television Showcase also posted a remarkable rise in audience numbers.

Thus, Serielizados – Barcelona Series Festival continues its growth as a meeting point for audiences and industry figures alike, blending exhibition, reflection, and momentum for the TV series ecosystem at every stage.

Serielizados Continues on Filmin

Serielizados runs online from November 10 to 22 on Filmin. The full lineup will be announced soon and features over 30 titles, including both highlights from the in-person festival and exclusive platform premieres.

This allows Filmin subscribers once again to enjoy exclusive access to the year’s finest selection of series—either through premiere episodes or full seasons. The Serielizados programming team selected these entries across a wide spectrum of countries, genres, and festival-acclaimed trajectories.