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·} EDITORIAL COMMITTEE COPRO SERIES

The Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT 2023 PITCH COPRO SERIES Editorial Committee is composed of professional experts and senior executives from the audiovisual industry, both from Europe and the Americas. They will be in charge of reviewing and evaluating the international co-production series projects that will be recieved during our call for projects. From all the projects submitted, a total of 10 will be picked to be showned at the pitching session during the face-to-face event on June 26-29, in Palacio de Congresos El Greco, Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain).

Filip Bobinski

Producer and Showrunner

Dramedy Productions (Czech Republic)

Founding partner and CEO of Dramedy Productions since 2003. He has co-created approximately 300 hours of prime time television fiction produced by Dramedy. He has also participated in international productions as co-producer or production services partner. His series are successfully broadcast internationally. Filip received the Golden Nymph at Monte Carlo TVF for his series ‘Vypravej’ (‘Wonderful Times’) and was awarded or nominated for several Czech TV awards. Dramedy also runs his own studio in Prague. Most recently, Dramedy and Filip have produced the hit series ‘Kuka?ky’ (‘The Exchange’) for Czech Television (2021-23), the drama miniseries ‘Guru’ (2022) for CEE platform Voyo (CME), the romantic comedy series I’ll be fine (2022) for Nova (CME) and the long-running period series ‘Golden Swan’ for Nova (CME) in 2023. Filip is a board member of the Association of Czech Audiovisual Producers (APA) and the European Association of Independent Producers (CEPI).

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PATRICIA ARPEA

Director of National and International Co-Productions

Pegasus (Italy)

Patricia Arpea is the Head of National and International Co-Productions at Pegasus, a film and television production company, since February 2022. She has been working in the world of audiovisual productions for more than 28 years, and before joining the Pegasus team she has developed her entire career in one of the best known companies in the sector, Publispei.

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ANA CELIA URQUIDI

CEO

Atenea Media (Mexico)

Graduated in Dramatic Literature and Theater at UNAM, Mexico. In 1994 she began her career in television in Televisa, in different positions such as production and casting director of projects such as ‘El abuelo y yo’. From 1997 to 2016 she worked as casting director and associate and executive producer in the production company Argos Televisión, carrying out projects such as ‘Mirada de Mujer’, ‘Todo por Amor’, ‘Las Aparicio’, ‘Infames’, ‘El Señor de los Cielos’, ‘Gitanas’ and ‘Capadocia’, for different television networks and platforms. She has worked in film, television, series, super series, mini series and movies for platforms such as Telemundo, Televisa, Imagen TV, TvAzteca, Sony, HBO, Disney, Netflix, Pantaya, Fox and Viacom. She has been a juror for 10 consecutive years at the International Emmy Awards, she is Board Member of MipCancun since 2016 and has been invited to different markets and festivals as a speaker and juror. She is currently CEO of Atenea Media, a production company she founded in 2020.

 

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VANESSA ROSAS MOLINA

VP Streaming Partnerships & Business Operations LATAM

VIX – TELEVISAUNIVISION (Mexico)

More than 20 years of experience in the areas of telecommunications, digital and entertainment. Currently VP of Streaming Partnerships and Business Operations at ViX, TelevisaUnivision’s OTT, his objectives are growth, distribution and positioning of the business in the region.

Previously she was COO of blim tv, OTT of Grupo Televisa, defining the business strategy, content, product and strategic alliances for the platform.

Also in Grupo Televisa she was Director of Innovation and Digital Business Development and Director of Móvil, where she was responsible for creating and consolidating the strategy of the Móvil area and where she received several awards for this work. Since 2020 she has been part of the WICT Southeast – Latin America Global Mentoring Program as a mentor, and recently joined WAWA Women Audiovisual Association Worldwide.

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ANA IZQUIERDO LOWRY

Senior Business Development Iberia

Sumsung TV Plus (Spain)

Ana Izquierdo Lowry is Head of Business Development at Samsung TV Plus Iberia, where she supports and guides content owners and brands in the launch of FAST (Free ad-supported streaming) channels on Samsung Electronic devices.

After starting as a copywriter at a Spanish national newspaper, Ana worked as a live program producer at A3 Media Group and went on to become Communications Director at Endemol Spain and headed Acquisitions and Co-Productions for EMEA at The Walt Disney Company, delivering hundreds of hours of award-winning content to viewers. After her time at Disney, Ana led the launch of an AVOD platform for Hello! Media Group before joining Samsung Electronics in 2021, bringing with her a proven track record of anticipating consumer needs and delivering the most engaging, award-winning content to audiences through Samsung TV Plus.

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CHARLINE DELEPINE

CEO & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

MACONDO (France)

After studying Journalism and Communication in Paris (Sorbonne and CFJ) Charline de Lépine decided to settle in Colombia where she started working in the production of several international feature films. Back in Paris, she has been an associate producer with the company “Son et Lumière” for 16 years and has produced numerous TV movies and series, such as “Avocats et associés” and “Spiral”. In 2006, she created the company Macondo, oriented to the production of mini-series.Macondo has successfully produced the 3 seasons of “Les hommes de l’ombre”, the first french series to put on stage the world of politics. It is currently finishing the post-production of “Piste Noire”, a thriller set in the middle of a skiing competition.

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JOSÉ FRAGOSO

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

RTP (PORTUGAL)

José Fragoso (Lisbon, 1963), as a journalist/reporter was a founding member of the private radio station TSF (1988), of the leading private newspaper Público (1990) and of Portugal’s first private television network, SIC (1992). He was editor of the news division of SIC (1999-01); director of the news division of the cable news network SIC Noticias (2001); deputy director of the news division of the public television network RTP (2001-02); director of RTP International and RTP Africa (2002/03). Director of TSF (all-news radio format) (2003); Director of Programs at RTP1 and RTP International (2003/08); General Director of Content at the private company Prisa TV, TVI (2011/13); In Angola: Media Consultant at TPA, Angola’s public television (2013/2015) and Media Consultant at the private Angolan television company, ZAP (20016). Currently, he has been a program director at RTP1 and RTP International since 2018.

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DIEGO RAMÍREZ SCHREMPP

Executive Producer / Founder

Dynamo (Colombia)

Diego’s long career in the television industry has established him as one of the most important producers in Colombia and Latin America. He was executive producer of ‘Falco’, a series that won an International Emmy Award in 2019. In addition, he is co-creator and showrunner of ‘Frontera Verde’, one of the first Colombian Netflix originals. He was also production supervisor on the renowned series ‘Narcos’, one of the most-watched television productions in the world. In 2023, He is also co-creator and showrunner in ‘La Cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta’ premiered on Prime Video and is currently Executive Producer of ‘Cien Años de Soledad’ for Netflix, the largest production ever made in Latin America.

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NATACHA CARAVIA

HEADWRITTER, WRITER & STORYTELLER

(Argentina)

Argentine writer and screenwriter, with 10 years of experience as co-writer with writer Andrés Gelós, participating in Fox’s first original productions for the Spanish-speaking region: ‘Kdabra’ (2009/2012), ‘Cumbia Ninja’ in its three successful seasons (2013/2015) and ‘2091, Jugar o Morir’ (2016). Her original series ‘Palabra de Ladrón’ (2014) aired on MundoFox. Also of her authorship, ‘Tierra de Serpientes’ (2016) is the first original fiction series in the Ecuadorian market. Recently she has been involved in the series ‘Mary & Mike’ (Chilevisión/Space, 2018), and co-wrote two feature films ‘Los inocentes’ (Argentina, 2016) and ‘Leal, solo hay una forma de vivir’ (Paraguay, 2018), which was a box office hit in Paraguay. Recently, she has written ‘El Poder de los Girasoles’, the first youth series with inclusive cast for Disney+ Latin America, and ‘Iosi, el espía arrepentido’, an espionage thriller based on a true story for Amazon Studios, for which she won the Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She currently develops fiction content for The Mediapro Studio, Disney+ and Paramount+.

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GUILLERMO BORENSZTEIN

SVP CONTENT LICENSING AND CO-PRODUCTION

TELEVISA UNIVISION (USA)

Guillermo Borensztein has a degree in International Relations, with more than 15 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry. Focused since its origins in content-related business development, he has held relevant positions in leading organizations in the industry such as Telefe, Viacom, Paramount and currently at Televisa-Univision since August 2022. With a background in screenwriting and production experience, he spearheaded the creation and launch of ViacomCBS’s Spanish-language studio, overseeing for more than 5 years the global commercial strategy. Among his main achievements are multiple co-productions of series with streaming platforms, as well as having contributed to the positioning of VIS as the main distributor of fiction formats globally. In 2021, he took charge of the studio’s new film division, leading the development and production of the first 10 Paramount Plus films in Latin America, highlighting “El Gerente” as the most-watched Latin American film on the platform during 2022. He currently holds the position of SVP of Global Content Licensing & Co-Productions at Televisa-Univision, responsible for the commercial strategy of all Televisa’s content, and VIX originals (the new platform of the leading group in the Spanish-speaking world).