Serielizados Fest 2026
In recent years, television series have become an authentic audiovisual phenomenon. Serielizados Fest, the festival organized by the magazine of the same name, celebrates its 13th edition this year with the debut of original series and documentaries. These productions have triumphed on television and at festivals throughout the world and come from countries as diverse as Iceland, the United Kingdom, Norway, Croatia, the United States, Japan and Italy. The 2026 edition is still in the works, but take a look at the 2025 program below to get an idea of what's in store for the upcoming edition.
2025 Program Review
British creator, screenwriter and director Sally Wainwright, a major figure in UK television fiction, was one of the standout international guests in the 2025 edition. Wainwright is best known for acclaimed series such as Happy Valley, one of the BBC’s most recent successes and winner of two BAFTA awards for Best Drama Series, and Gentleman Jack, a historical lesbian-themed drama co-produced by BBC and HBO.
Wainwright was in post-production on her recent series, Riot Women, (screening on November 8th) about a group of older women who form a punk-rock band to enter a talent show. Over her extensive career, she has also created acclaimed series such as Renegade Nell, Scott & Bailey, and Last Tango in Halifax. One of her main activities during the festival was a masterclass, where spoke about her career and her approach to series creation as a showrunner, writer, director and producer.
Other featured series in the 2025 edition included Alberto Rodríguez's Anatomía de un instante (Spain), which opens with the attempted 23-F coup d’état, which took place in Spain in 1981; Yakarta, directed by Elena Trapé, Javier Cámara and Fernando Delgado-Hierro (Spain), Benedikt Erlingsson's The Danish Woman (France, Iceland); Ahmed Abdullahi's A Life’s Worth (France, Sweden); The Gold, directed by Patrick Harkins, Lawrence Gough, Aneil Karia (UK); 37 Secondes directed by Laure de Butler (France); Carles Porta's Missing in Murcia (Spain); and Rodrigo Susarte's Isla Oculta (Chile).
Screenings were held at the CCCB (Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona), CASA SEAT and Mooby Aribau. The program for 2026 will be announced in September on the festival website.
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