KNOW NOW THE SCRIPTED AND UNSCRIPTED WINNER PROJECTS OF CONECTA 2023

The international comitees, with international industry experts, selected the winner proyects of the Pitching Sessions that took place during the event, june 26-29, 2023.

The different international calls for projects in the 2023 edition were:

• PITCH COPRO SERIES – International co-production projects for TV series or mini-series.
• PITCH HIGH-END SERIES – High-budget projects with strong audience potential and elements that make them highly appealing (international co-productions, being backed by talents such as screenwriters, directors, cast, etc., being based on pre-existing material such as podcasts, videogames, literary works, theater, etc.)
• PITCH MUSIC SERIES – Fiction series or mini-series projects, in which music plays a fundamental role.
• PITCH DOCUDRAMA SERIES – Documentary series with fictionized elements.
• PITCH FEELGOOD FORMATS – Uplifting television format projects aiming to bring a smile to the viewers.

This year, 311 projects from 30 different countries were received, among which stand out: Spain, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, Finland, Israel, United States, United Kingdom and Ireland.

The selected proyects opted for different awards given by companies and institutions. The winners proyects of Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT 2023 edition were:

• Acorde award: Licence to use their music library for the 1st season (Two awards)

Copro: Marcados en Rojo by Minoria Absoluta
DocuDrama: NS55 by Kometa Producciones, Artemisa Entertainment & Dusko Pictures

• Alma award: Recognition for the best Pitch Clip by the ALMA (Pitch Clips) syndicate

Voces by Santi San Martín

• Castilla-La Mancha Media (CMM) award: Recording of the promotional clip of the project (Docudrama/ Feelgood/ Pitch Clips)

Carbono 14 by Izen Producciones SL

• Triodos Bank award: 3.000 € to the project that best upholds the TRIODOS values

Hasta que la boda nos separe by Angela Armero y Alegría Collantes

• Spain Film Commission award: 3.000 € to the project that best showcases Spanish locations

FAVÀRITX by TV ON Producciones, EMPATIC Comunicación

• DO Vinos Castilla la Mancha award: Weight in wine (Docudrama)

Esta noche deberías ir a ver al jefe by Chulada Cine, SA de CV

• WAWA award: WAWA Membership and participation in the WAWA Business Forum (Copro)

El Lago by Grupo Ganga Producciones

• K IS FOR KNOWLEDGE award: Sustainable consultancy/Obtain the GreenFilm lab

Clean Up! by Minoria Absoluta

• Jurado Joven The Core award: Trophy and the recognition of being acknowledged by the Conecta students as the best Pitch of all

Dendê by Vandalo

• TV DRAMA VISION GOTEBORG award: Invitation to participate in the 2024 edition

Disgrace by Story House Pictures GmbH

• SANFIC award:  Invitación a participar en la edición de 2024

Dendê by Vandalo

• NEM ZAGREB award: Invitation to participate in the 2023 edition

El Lago by Grupo Ganga Producciones

• BAM BOGOTÁ award: Invitation to participate in the 2024 edition

Cachimba by AVI FILMS

• Warner Music award: Three sessions of Dolby Atmos sound studio at The Music Station

Border Station by Vertice360

• RTVE award: Series development contract

De buena familia by Zebina Guerra, Jorge Yúdice

• EL BOSQUE DE CINE award: 1,000 € and the planting of 25 trees in the Cantabria Film Forest.

Clean Up! by Minoria Absoluta

• BTF award: Prize money 4.000 €

Death in los Andes by Glisk, Capacitor