Key Spanish TV Titles at Berlin, From Alex de Iglesia Dystopian Sci-fi to a RTVE Super-Production

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John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Spain’s rich TV show lineup at the Berlin Film Festival also features a screening of Atresmedia’s “Red Flags,” charting the often pained sexual and emotional awakening of four Gen Z teens.

Selected titles at Berlin: “Honor,” (Atresmedia TV, Portocabo) The Spanish remake of Israeli TV series “Kvodo,” with the often superb Dario Grandinetti (“Talk to Her”) in the Bryan Cranston role of famed Showtime re-do “Your Honor,” as a principled judge attempting to save his son after, in an accidental hit-and-run, he kills the son of a lethal drug kingpin.

Portocabo (“Hierro,” “Rapa”) produces with Atresmedia TV in an intense and thought-provoking series,” says Atresmedia’s José Antonio Salso. “Internal Affairs,” (“Asuntos Internos,” RTVE-Mediacrest) Following a first women police inspector in Spain, a 1979-set series distinguished by strong thriller propulsion, premium production values and a novel female take on cop thrillers.

It also offers a moving vision of the journey made by three women, police inspector Clara Montesinos, upper-class widow Ana and submissive maid to empowerment and a focus on essential values, an odyssey made and still being made by womanhood in Spain. “Sanctuary,” (“Santuario,” Pokeepsie Films, Atresmedia) Produced by Carolina Bang and Alex de la Iglesia at Pokeepsie Films, a Banijay company, and Atresmedia, a stylish climate change and AI themed dystopian thriller.