Crash course:
tv-series that can travel
Important elements and tools for developing stories that can reach larger audiences.
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A two-day workshop taking place from the 15th September evening, to the 17th September early afternoon in Madrid, during the third European Writers Club camp Bridging Generations. Its aim is to help writers shape stories with the potential to create impact across borders.
With input from international acclaimed writers, producers, European broadcasters, streamers, sales agents, audience and format experts, this course aims to provide the participating writers/producers from Spain (Galicia and Madrid) with an insight to the current landscape for tv-series in Europe and introduce to some of the newest tools within audience design and format thinking.
This is not just about developing a project. It’s about understanding how to position your story in a broader conversation, where cultural identity and international relevance meet.
15 - 17 September 2025
Madrid, Spain
We are selecting 16 experienced writers (8 from Galicia and 8 from Madrid) who want to explore how to make them resonate beyond borders.
Through a carefully designed programme of panels, discussions, and case studies the participants will explore:
→ What makes a story relevant to international audiences
→ How to build cross-border collaborations
→ Explore other formats
→ How to connect with the industry: Other experienced writers, broadcasters, sales agents
The course runs alongside EWC’s Camp 3, bringing additional opportunities to engage with professionals from across Europe. Selected participants will be invited to join a number of open sessions and events, including a case study on the series Drops of God (FranceTV/AppleTV), with its creative team and international partners.
The course will be conducted in english and is provided to you by EWC, Agadic-Xunta de Galicia, Ayuntamiento de Madrid and The European Union, and is free of charge for the selected writers and producers and inclusive of subsistence (accommodation for Galician writers will as well be covered).
Eligibility Criteria
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Professional Role: Applicants must be either screenwriters or producers and be able to provide verifiable proof of their professional status.
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Proven Industry Experience: Applicants must demonstrate prior experience in the industry.
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Connection to the Galician or Madrilenian Industry: Participants must live and be actively involved in the audiovisual or film industry in Galicia or Madrid.
Application Material
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Place of residence
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CV including your previous professional experience.
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Registration Certificate (certificado de empadronamiento)
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IMDb profile link to help us verify your work in the industry.
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Motivation letter telling us why you want to join the course. (Max. 400 words)
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Headshot
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Short biography (Max. 350 characters, including spaces.)
Application and selection process
The called opened on the 8th of July 2025, and closed on the 8th August 2025 at 23.59
All submissions will be carefully reviewed. Selected participants will be notified by email.
Selected Writers
We have carefully selecting 16 experienced writers (8 from Galicia and 8 from Madrid) who want to explore how to make them resonate beyond borders.
Selected participants from Madrid

Sonia Martí Gallego
Screenwriter, director and script consultant. Experienced in TV drama, independent film and audiovisual project development. Combines original creative work with script consulting and mentoring for screenwriters, both for production companies and independently.

Almudena Vázquez Miguel
Almudena Vázquez is one of Spain’s most prolific screenwriters under 40, with credits on Regreso a Las Sabinas (Disney+), Romi (Prime Video), Sueños de Libertad (Atresmedia), Tierra de lobos (Netflix), and films like Intercambiadas (ViX) and the upcoming Tres de más produced by Warner Bros. She studied Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and directed acclaimed shorts, including Magia negra, screened at the SEMINCI Film Festival.

Eva Vázquez de Reoyo
I studied film in London, animation in Bournemouth, and everything else by setting fires on set. I’ve shot chaos, beauty, and noise for brands and bands. Now I run Love Monster Films—a rogue production house built to wreck clichés and make stories that bite.

José Reguera Fernández
My name is José Reguera and I am a documentary director, screenwriter, and producer based in Madrid, Spain. I studied Filmmaking at ESCAC (Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya) and at the New York Film Academy, where I deepened my understanding of cinematic and narrative techniques. In 2021, I founded Nora Films, an independent production company focused on creating high-quality documentary films and series. Over the past five years, I have written, directed and produced several nonfiction projects that explore social, cultural, and human-interest stories, some of which are currently available on the FILMIN platform. My work combines journalistic depth with narrative and visual storytelling. I am particularly interested in character-driven approaches that bring real-life stories to the screen with emotional impact and cinematic strength. I am now focusing on developing myself further as a producer and writer of documentary series that can reach broader international audiences. I believe this format holds huge potential—not just to inform, but to entertain and inspire—especially when crafted with the same narrative ambition often reserved for fiction. At Nora Films, I am currently working on a slate of new projects designed to connect with audiences and contribute to the growing global demand for meaningful, story-driven nonfiction content.

Pedro Hernández Santos
Pedro Hernández Santos founded Aquí y Allí Films in 2010. His first production, Aquí y Allí, was funded entirely privately. Since then, he has produced sixteen feature films, one web series, two short films, and two international services. Throughout his career, Hernández Santos has won several national and international awards for his work.

Gigi Romero
Gigi Romero is a Spanish-Venezuelan director and screenwriter specialized in psychological horror. Her first feature, La Cura, is currently in development and financing stages. In 2025 she has been working on her first series project Próxima Estación as one of the selected residents of the Film Academy Residencies in Madrid.

Leonardo Luis Blanco Montes
Screenwriter and director. Holds a Master's in TV Formats (UCM–RTVE). Studied screenwriting at EICTV. Winner of the Cuban Film Fund for a documentary script. Works at RTVE. Explores narratives that cross fiction and documentary.

Vianessa Castaños
Producer, actress and screenwriter with more than 18 years of experience in the industry. She most recently appeared as ‘Edna’ in Eva Longoria's series 'The Land of Women' for Apple TV (Apple + 2024) and as ‘Romina’ in Netflix hit series based on actual events, ‘El Caso Asunta’. Her work as an international performer has taken her to TV series such as The Mindy Project, The People vs. OJ Simpson, Instant Mom, Superstore, and more. At the end of 2019 she launched the production company Anacaona Poductions in Madrid with the aim of creating projects focused on giving prominence to underrepresented communities in Spain. She is currently serving as lead writer of the series 'Border Station' that is being developed in co-production with Born Wild (UK), Vértice 360 (ES) and Do Post-Producciones (ES) and which won the Warner Music Award at Conecta Fiction 2023. She wrote and directed two seasons of the series "Gringa Latina", which was an official selection of the Raindance Webfest in London in 2014, where Vianessa also earned an honorable mention as an emerging director. She then went on to write and direct a series of short films for the digital channel Crypt TV and worked as Second Director Unit of the series 'After Forever', which won 5 Emmy Awards in 2019, including 'Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama' award.
Selected participants from Galicia
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Lidia Fraga
I'm a Galician writer with more than 20 years of experience. Although I specialise in comedy and thriller, I’ve written 19 series (8 of them, created by me) across a wide range of genres, and broadcast in countries such as Spain, Portugal, Brazil, France, Germany, Switzerland, United States, Finland, Estonia and Russia, among other countries.

Simón Casal de Miguel
Simón Casal de Miguel is a screenwriter and director. He has written and directed the film Artificial Justice (2024) and historical, scientific and political documentaries ("Artificial Justice", "The Gourougou Trial", "The Swebian Kingdom of Galicia", "Quen Somos Nós", among others). He is currently writing the series "The Interregnum", awarded as Best Int. Project at SeriesMania SeriesForum 2025.

Anita Pico
As a versatile writer from A Coruña, Anita Pico, 29, has written and worked on projects ranging from short films to productions for HBOMax, TVE, and BBC. She has also pitched at BAFTA London and participated in labs like BBC New Creatives, Torino Film Lab, and Midpoint Institute. In 2022, she co-founded Henfunk Studio, in Galicia.

Irene Basanta Pin
Irene Pin writes off the beaten path. Her series LUME, a Galician-Portuguese co-production, premiered on HBO Max, RTP, and TVG. She also created Amnesia 3.0 (Best Pilot, Emerging Spanish Film Fest) and Rent-a-pal (Best Direction, Carballo Interplay).

Héctor Carré Menéndez
I was born in Galicia. Then I moved to Madrid to study filmmaking which I did in TAI. After 20 years working in the industry I moved back to Galicia where I continued working in the movies, the TV and publishing books as a writer. Now I work for hire and produce films with other directors and writers.

Ángel Filgueira
He studies a degree in Audiovisual Communication at Universidad de Vigo and a Master’s Degree in Art Research at the UCLM. In 2018 he has the premire of his documentary film "Sevilla y Gomorra" in the festival Cineuropa of Santiago de Compostela, and also his short film "Burdeos - Porto" in 2020 at the same festival. In 2018 he starts working with the production company Sétima in his feature film Cando toco un animal, his opera prima in fiction. "Cando toco un animal" had its premiere in 2023 at the Festival de Cine D’Autor of Barcelona, insidee the official section “Un impulso colectivo”, and also in the official sections Atlántida Film Fest of Mallorca and in the Festival Rizoma of Madrid. It was the closing film of the festival Novos Cinemas of Pontevedra 2023. He studies the Master’s degree in Scriptwriting of ESCAC with MediaPro (2024-2025), and he does internship working inside the developement department in fiction at MediaPro. Now he is writting and developing his next feature film "Handen", with the aim of build a international coproduction, again with Sétima. He is also editing the documentary shortfilm "A misteriosa desaparición de Ángel e Raquel", financed by AGADIC.

Fernando Rodríguez Tato
Fernando Tato, actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. He holds degrees in Art History and Dramatic Arts. He directed the short films Adeus, Berta, Compañeiros, A Entrevista, Te quiero demasiadas veces, El Jefe, Fracturas, Uganda, and the web series Delicias Amargas and Terapia De.
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Eva Pérez Misa
Eva is a Spanish-Argentinian screenwriter specialized in animation projects for kids and family audience. Eva is the responsible of the script department in the preschool series “The wawies” (Clan Tv, Imagic & Wawaland). She also wrote and developed series for kids that has been streamed in Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon, Cartoonito Latam, RTL Kids, Clan TV, Boing or Disney Channel. Series like “Crying babies” (Hampa Studio & IMC Toys), the special of “Zenon’s Farm” named “Bartolito a fledged adventure” (HBO Max, Cartoonito & El reino infantil), “Alice’s Diary” (Clan Tv, Lightbox, Sardinha em Lata & Gepetto Films), “Cuquín” (Anima Kitchen), or the new series and movie “Superthings: the power of kazoom” (Tandem Films, Filmax, Magicbox & Clan Tv).

