Seven Writers to Pitch Six Series in Madrid on Oct. 1

Seven Spanish screenwriters will pitch six original series ideas on Oct. 1 in Madrid.

The presentation is part of the sixth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria, the Spanish-language screen market, which runs Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 in Madrid, according to Variety.

The session is called the Writers' Show. It is a pitching event, meaning writers present story ideas directly to decision-makers. The audience includes producers, buyers, investors and other industry professionals, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The six projects were developed in collaboration with Fundación SGAE, described as Spain's primary collective management organisation for intellectual property rights. The seven writers took part in the foundation's 13th Television Series Creation Lab 2026. The pitch will be held at Matadero Madrid.

Among the six titles is La librera, by Virginia Burgos of Seville and Juan Sánchez of Madrid. It centres on a woman who opens the first LGBT bookstore in the early 1990s. The shop becomes a refuge and political backroom for the community across several decades.

Avión, by Miguel Cavadas of Vigo, turns to rural Galicia. It uses the village of Avión to tell a story of Galician emigration. Life swings between precarity in a quiet winter village and a busy summer influx with ties to Mexico.

El capricho, by Alberto Grondona, goes back further. It is billed as a satirical historical comedy set at the 18th-century Spanish court. Queen María Luisa of Parma, the Duchess of Alba and the Duchess of Osuna compete for power. The story is narrated by painter Francisco de Goya.

Teléfonos fijos, by Ángel Mirou, is a contemporary mystery. It is set in the Recalde neighbourhood of Bilbao. Residents begin receiving early-morning calls on landlines from relatives, friends or acquaintances who are dead.

What makes this stand out is the range on one slate. An 18th-century power struggle sits beside a 1990s bookshop story, a village migration tale and a ghost-call mystery.

For viewers, this means early ideas, not finished shows. None has a straight-to-series order, meaning no platform has yet agreed to make it. The Oct. 1 pitch is where that search for a producer or buyer starts.