By Enrique de la Rosa from Mexico City
Under the leadership of Adrián Ortega, the successful Mexican fiction series ‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’, created by Elisa Salinas, is back with a new installment of 60 standalone episodes, which present stories based on real experiences by women.
TV AZTECA RENEWS ICONIC DRAMA Dramas TV Azteca
ADRIÁN ORTEGA, GENERAL CONTENT DIRECTOR AT TV AZTECA
“We are very happy to start this new season, this fictional production for Azteca Uno, with a series that has a powerful brand, with great production values.”
On February 21, a new era began with the start of filming for TV Azteca’s most emblematic drama, ‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’, one of the most successful original fiction productions in Mexican television.
“We are very happy to start this new season, this fiction production for Azteca Uno, with a powerful brand, with great production values such as ‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’,” Adrián Ortega, General Content Director at TV Azteca, told ttv
20 years ago, Elisa Salinas, convinced of the importance of producing programs with social content that would be useful for Mexican men and women, created ‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’, a fictional series that addresses the problems experienced by women in a
real context, dramatizing stories based on true facts of what they experience in their daily environment.
With more than 3,000 cases that have been showcased over these 20 years, ‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’ has obtained dozens of awards from various institutions at a national and international level. The franchise has been licensed and has been broadcast throughout 56 countries and on four of the five continents: America, Africa, Asia and Europe.
Currently, under the leadership of Adrián Ortega, the series has come back and evolved to respond to a more demanding reality, with a greater presence in the media and with more powerful voices.
“It is a powerful narrative that speaks to today’s woman, with very tough current is-
sues. It touches sensitive issues for Mexican society. This series speaks to those women who have been through real situations. For us it is important to address those issues that affect society”, explained the executive.
The stories are presented in a didactic and informative way and are directed mainly at women to make them reflect on the importance of self-confidence, their self-esteem and fight for their rights, taking into account emotions and feelings that accompany their effort to win the respect they deserve. It is also a mirror in which men can become sensitive to the issues presented.
“The content of ‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’ was always important. Now it is modern, upto-date, corrected and increased, in a way that you we talk about things by their name”, added Carmen Delgado, actress and star of the new season.
“The melodramatic content of this series, its format under a standalone scheme, allows us all to understand the dimension of these situations. In one episode we can find a solution to a personal problem. The intention is to talk about what no one talks about today, what we women keep quiet about. One of those issues that society does not mention, because if us women don’t talk about them, who will?,” she added.
In this sense, the new season of ‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’, which is already being recorded at Azteca Estudios, in Mexico City, is a breath of fresh air for Mexican society, a content that continues to grow after 20 years, which is updated, that it is at the forefront and open, so that more women see themselves represented and reveal what they’re keeping quiet.
ABOUT LO QUE CALLAMOS LAS MUJERES
‘Lo que callamos las mujeres’, the dramatic series created by Elisa Salinas, represents in each onehour episode a different and real story about Mexican women who go through different situations. The experiences of these women who deal with issues censored by society and therefore face them in silence. Some
of the situations that are examined are: child abuse, unwanted pregnancy, murder, pornography, and family violence, among others. At the end of each episode, a list of help centers or agencies is shown for people who feel identified with the specific cases, and a call is made for them to seek help and break their silence.
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“It is a powerful narrative that speaks to today’s woman, with very tough current issues.”
PREMIERED THE SECOND SEASON OF CARDO
THE SECOND SEASON of the original series by Atresmedia Televisión, in collaboration with Suma Content, premiered on February 12 through the Atresplayer Premium platform in Spain. Likewise, the fiction is available outside the Spanish market, through Atresplayer Premium Internacional. Created by Ana Rujas and Claudia Costafreda, ‘Cardo’ shone in the first season as one of the most successful series on the platform and its story continues on Atresplayer Premium with its new season after winning public and critical applause.
ARGENTINA
TVN PREMIERES CAFÉ CON AROMA DE MUJER
ON FEBRUARY 27, at 7:45 p.m., the television series ‘Café con aroma de mujer’ premiered on TVN, in a new version that stars the Colombian actress Laura Londoño in the role of Teresa Suárez, “La Gaviota” and the Cuban, William Levy, as Sebastián, who live an intense love story among the beautiful places of the Colombian coffee plantations. The original version of ‘Café con
aroma de mujer’ premiered in 1994 in Colombia and starred Margarita Rosa de Francisco (Gaviota) and Guy Ecker (Sebastián Vallejo). Its broadcast was a phenomenon and became a classic of Latin American fiction, which now returns in this blockbuster, at its most successful moment after being broadcast on Telemundo and Netflix.
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Street Birds
ATV
+90 212 354 37 01 info@atvdistribution.com www.atvdistribution.com
Booth: P-1. J2
EXECUTIVES
Emre Görentaş, Head of Sales; Americas & MENA
Gözde Dinç Özcan, Sales Deputy Manager
Merve Doğan, Sales Specialist
Mustafa Keyvan, Sales Assistant Specialist Sena Kul, Sales Assistant Specialist
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Müge Akar, Head of Sales; Europe, Asia, Africa
STREET BIRDS
(Drama - 45’, In production)
Five friends living on the streets, they sell handkerchiefs. They find a baby in the trash bin, because of Mercan’s motherly instincts, they decide to take care of the baby; named ‘Gülayşe’. Çatal, the bad guy notices the baby, thus the chaos begins by accidentally hurting him on their way to escape. Moreover, they had to kill the woman who was looking for the baby, again accidentally. Time goes by and the five ‘Ruthlesses’ are adults now. They run a cafe called ‘Ateş Kuşları’ and everything will soon fall apart after a policeman called Barbaros is after Gülayşe.
A LITTLE SUNSHINE
(Drama - 45’ - In production)
Hakan and Elif were a happy couple until one day Hakan’s accident shows all the lies. Fırat is responsible for the accident whom Dila’s brother and Güneş’s Uncle. Güneş brings Elif’s dark life a bright light and Elif takes Güneş under her wings with the support of Fırat. and their story begins.
Farah
CALINOS ENTERTAINMENT
Calinos Plaza, Kavacik Mh. Ekinciler Cd. Elbistan
Sk. No: 6, 34810, Istanbul, Turkey +90 216 999 49 99 info@calinosentertainment.com www.calinosentertainment.com
Stand: P-1. L54
EXECUTIVES
Duda Rodrıgues, Sales Executive (LatAm)
Gamze Utma Besler, Sales Manager (Asıa, CIS, Russıa & Baltıcs)
Goryana Vasıleva, OTT & Format Sales Manager
Akshıt Sandhu, Format Acquısıtıons and Sales Manager
Burcu Anis, Marketing & PR Manager
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Aslı Serım, Head of International Sales
Golden Boy
ECCHO RIGHTS
Kungsgatan 48, 111 35 Stockholm, Sweden info@ecchorights.com www.ecchorights.com
EXECUTIVES
Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama
Lucy Roberts, Director of Sales, Western Europe Melis Hamacioglu, Director of Digital Media Acquisition & Content Sales Berkin Nalbantli, Sales and Acquisitions Executive, CEE & Africa
One Love
GLOBAL AGENCY
Istanbul, Turkey +90 212 241 26 93 theglobalagency.tv
Booth: Riviere 7 B9
EXECUTIVES
Pamir Gurglu, COO
Senay Filiztekin Turan, Head of Adquisitions
Duyu Safak, Head of Marketing
Communications
Senay Tas, Sales Director (CEE - Greece)
Ivan Snachez, Sales Director (Latin America)
Godze Sergili, Sales Director (Europe)
Miroslav Radojevic, Sales Director (MENA - Africa)
TOP EXECUTIVE
Izzet Pinto, CEO
GOLDEN BOY (Crime/Thriller/Science Fiction - 30 x 60’ - 120 x 45’)
FARAH (ADIM FARAH)
Adapted from the award-winning Argentinean scripted serie ‘La chica que limpia’ (‘The Cleaning Lady’), ‘Farah’ is the story of an Iranian woman, who had to run away from her country and struggling to live in Istanbul, working as a cleaning lady in order to maintain the treatment of her son, but turns into a mafia accomplice at the end…
TWISTED LIVES
(TETİKCİNİN OGLU)
Korkmaz and Iskender have been dear friends for 40 years… Iskender is the head of many illegal operations in Bodrum; a coastal town in the southwestern part of Turkey. Many years ago, Korkmaz was found by Iskender on the verge of dying. He saves him and Korkmaz grows up to become Iskender’s hitman. Korkmaz and Huri, Iskender’s sister, fell in love but are forced to marry others… 22 years later, after Metin, Korkmaz’s lost son kills Iskender’s only heir, Yigit; this friendship will turn into relentless chase which will destroy the lives of many people including Huri and Sibel, the abandoned love of Metin’s life and their secret child.
This record-breaking family drama was the most watched drama series of 2022 in Turkey. ‘Golden Boy’ tells the story of two sisters whose paths cross with Golden Boy Ferit. The two sisters’ lives change forever when Ferit decides to marry Seyran instead of Suna. Seyran becomes the new bride in a family full of betrayals, lies and secrets, while Suna starts making revenge plans to get her stolen future back.
ÖMER (Drama -30 x 60’ - 100 x 45’)
Ömer’s life turns upside down when he falls in love with Gamze. Gamze is a middled aged woman who returns to her old neighbourhood after her divorce. While struggling to start over as a single mother, she finds an unexpected comfort in Ömer’s love. But Ömer comes from a traditional, conservative background: Their romance is doomed from the start, and though the two have incredible chemistry, their love is an impossible dream, strictly forbidden by Ömer’s religious father.
ONE LOVE (Drama)
‘One Love’ tells the captivating story of the idealistic Doga falling hopelessly in love at university with the charming Fatih, a man from a devout family whose values clash with those of her mother, creating a moving drama as they seek to overcome their differences. Doga’s life plans are turned upside down and her mother is shaken to the core when she refuses to have an abortion and instead marries him. With her devastated mother convinced that religion will doom their marriage, Doga and Fatih face a battle for their love to triumph over this culture clash. Her mother too faces a struggle that triggers major changes in her attitudes, enriching a complex love story that brings together two families who are worlds apart but share the same deep truths.
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TOP EXECUTIVE Fredrik af Malmborg, CEO
Deception
INTER MEDYA
+90 (212) 231 0102 info@intermedya.tv www.intermedya.tv
Stand: C16.C
EXECUTIVES
Ahmet Ziyalar, President and COO
Beatriz Cea Okan, VP and Head of Sales and Acquisitions
Hasret Özcan, VP and Head of Legal and Business Affairs
Pelin Koray, Sales Executive
Sinem Alışkan, Sales Executive
Ekin Sarpel, Sales Executive
Zeynep Balto, Sales Executive
Melissa Şimşek, Sales Support Executive
Neşet Ersoy, Sales Support Executive
TOP EXECUTIVE
Can Okan, Founder and CEO
DECEPTION (Drama)
Güzide Yenersoy is a respectable family court judge living in Istanbul. With a marriage of 30 years and two children, Güzide Yenersoy has what could be described as the epitome of a perfect family. Her husband, Tarık, is an experienced and successful lawyer, running his own law firm. Her son, Ozan, is a construction engineer working at a prestigious company, while her daughter, Oylum, is studying medicine in the Netherlands, upon her mother’s insistence. But the truth is completely different from this false reality. Although everything seems to be going well, Güzide is not aware that the events buried in the past will come to light again. Every member of her family, whom she loves and dedicates her life to, is lying to Güzide.
Farewell Letter
KANAL D INTERNATIONAL
100 Mahallesi, 2264. Sokak, Demirören Medya
Center Apt. No: 1/21 34218 Bağcılar, İstanbul, Turkiye
www.kanald.international
Stand: R7. F28
EXECUTIVES
Çağla Menderes, Sales Manager
Canan Koca, Sales Executive for CEE, CIS and Europe
Buşra Saracoğlu, Distribution Sales Manager
Özen Yenice Çetinaslan, Marketing and Operations Manager
TOP EXECUTIVE
Selim Türkmen, Director of Sales
Family Secrets
MADD ENTERTAINMENT
Istanbul, Turkey (+90) 2122732434 www.madd.tv Stand: P-1.J50
EXECUTIVES
Ozlem Ozsumbul, Head of Sales
Alaa Elabasy, Senior Sales Manager
Salmi Gambarova, Senior Sales Manager
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The Patriots
MISTCO
Barbaros Mah. Fikret Mualla Sok. No:13, Fidem Prestij Blokları B Blok D:21 34664 Uskudar, İstanbul, Türkiye +902166951300 www.mistco.tv
Stand: P-1 K.3
EXECUTIVES
Zeynep Kayrak, Head of Marketing
Maria Fernanda Espino Noguez, Sales Manager LatAm & Iberia
FAMILY SECRETS
THE PATRIOTS (Action Drama)
FAREWELL LETTER (Premium Drama)
Alanur’s life, which she completely depended on Ziya, is turned upside down with the letter. Exactly 30 years later, whether we call it a twist of fate, the infallible justice of the universe or the power of love, the paths of Yıldız and Karlı families cross again. The fate of two opposed families, especially Alanur and Ziya, is now in the hands of their children, Aslı and Mehmet. Aslı will go to Sorbonne, one of the most prestigious schools in France, and Mehmet will marry Hatice, whom he loves like a sister. Despite their families’ objections, they choose to walk this path together. What these two fresh lovers don’t know is that the roots of their strong feelings go back much further, 30 years ago. While Mehmet’s father Ziya and Aslı’s mother Alanur were about to get married, Ziya suddenly disappeared and left Alanur all alone. Now the two former lovers have to sit at the same table, this time as in-laws.
Ceylin is a fearless lawyer who knows no boundaries when it comes to rules. Ceylin takes on Çınar’s case. Ilgaz’s brother, who is accused of murder. From this moment, things take a turn that none of them could have foreseen. While working for the liberation of Çınar, Ceylin and Ilgaz will find themselves in a puzzle that will worry their two families.
LITTLE BIG HEART
‘Little Big Heart’ tells the story of Masal, a precocious 9-year-old living a hard life in Istanbul. Her mother has a fatal heart condition, and her stepfather has a vicious deadbeat. Only an expensive surgery can cure Masal’s mother, but with nothing coming in, it is up to Masal to raise the money. This harsh reality has turned Masal from a sweet little girl into a ruthless swindler willing to do anything to save her mother. All that begins to change when Masal meets her new teacher, Evgin, who sees her cynical facade and helps nurture the bright, beautiful little girl that lies within. Evgin shows her there is more to life than pain and tragedy, and as Masal blossoms, she begins to effect those around her in surprising ways. But for all the happiness she brings to others, Masal’s own fairy tale ending remains elusive.
The age of chaos that started in the world causes all countries to review their security policies. Developing strategies suitable for changing conditions, the Türkiye creates elite teams that carry out point-and-shoot operations within the scope of special forces in the country and abroad. One of these teams is ‘The Patriots’.
SECRETS OF AN ANGEL (Drama)
‘Secrets of an Angel’ starring Alp Navruz (from Hold My Hand) and İrem Helvacıoğlu (from Lifeline). The series is about a family whose members see their lives changed abruptly by a tragedy. Cennet, who was exposed to domestic violence for years by her husband, Yılmaz, gets sick and is hospitalized. While she is being treated, she sees a Lawyer Zeynep’s number on the window of the hospital and calls her for help. She gives her a letter to be opened after she dies. This letter will not only bring Zeynep and Halil the eldest son of Cennet, together but also will cause conflict between the siblings. ‘The Secrets of An Angel’ is about the struggle of all women who are victims of domestic violence all around the world and also offers romance through the love story between Zeynep and Halil.
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Ates Ince, Managing Director
TOP EXECUTIVE Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director
Miracle Of Love
OGM UNIVERSE
Tomtom Mah.Istiklal Cad. No:163 Misir Apt. K:5 D:17-19, 34433 Istanbul – Turkey ekinkoyuncu@ogmuniverse.com www.ogmuniverse.com
EXECUTIVES
Nesrin Eyüpoglu, Marketing & PR Manager
MIRACLE OF LOVE
(Drama - TBA)
Ekin Koyuncu Karaman, Global Distribution & Partnership Director
Godless John
ONZA DISTRIBUTION
+34 91 562 0671 onza@onzadistribution.com www.onzadistribution.com
Booth: R7. J11
EXECUTIVES
Béatrice Nouh, Europe, CIS & Baltics, Canada
Erika Gómez, Asia, Turkey, Inflight, Educational
TOP EXECUTIVE
Carlos Garde, USA & Latin America, Middle East & Africa
Genesis
RECORD TV
1449, Bosque Street, Barra Funda São Paulo/SP, Brasil 01136-001 - São Paulo-SP, Brasil +55 11 3300-4022 dandrade@recordtv.com.br emendes@recordtv.com.br www.recordtvnetwork.com
EXECUTIVES
Edson Mendes, International Sales Manager
TOP EXECUTIVE
Delmar Andrade, International Sales Director
GENESIS
Lotería del Crimen
TV AZTECA INTERNACIONAL
(+5255) 5166 2330
www.tvaztecainternacional.com
Stand: P-1.F3
EXECUTIVES
Dulce Ávila, International Sales Manager for Mexico & LatAm
Melissa Pillow, Sales Representative for África (Rest of Europe including France, Spain and Portugal), USA and its territories & UK Giuliana Alberti, Sales Representative for Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Brussels and Denmark Canada, Australia & UK Andrés R. Payá, Head of Marketing TV Azteca Internacional
TOP EXECUTIVE
Ali Tahir was a brave commander who fought in the Battle of Sakarya in 1921. During the battle, he made a costly mistake that led to the death of many of his soldiers. However, he managed to turn the tide of the battle and was shot in the process. Miraculously, he was resurrected by the “Water of Life” and never aged again. In the following years, he became an agricultural educator and married a woman named Leyla. However, Leyla couldn’t handle the fact that he never aged and committed suicide. In 1968, he changed his name to Esref and became a school inspector. He fell in love with a teacher named Süreyya and they got married, but their marriage ended after Süreyya discovered hints from his past. In 2023, he changed his name again to Kemal and met Harika, a young and beautiful writer who entered his life unexpectedly. Will Harika be able to help Kemal find the answers he has been searching for over a decade?
GODLESS JOHN (Fiction Series/Drama - 3 x 50’)
Inspired by real events. The lives of two sisters, Cecilia and Carmen, change completely when they cross paths with “John of God”, a famous mystical leader who attracts thousands of people to the little town of Abadiânia in Brazil in search of healing.
PAROT
(Fiction Series/Thriller/Drama - 10x60’)
After the annulment of the “Parot” legal doctrine, dozens of terrorists, rapists and multiple murderers are released without completing their time in prison. Days later, some of the ex-convicts are found murdered in strange circumstances: they were killed in the same manner as their own victims.
FOREVER
(Telenovela - S1: 100 x 50’ - S2: 100 x 50’)
Pedro’s life has always been shrouded in mystery. He was abandoned as a child and grew up in a church. The only thing that has ever made sense to him is his first love; Clara. An evil conspiracy to tear the young lovers apart will make Pedro flee the town. But destiny will bring them back together. Years later, the investigation of the whereabouts of her mother leads Pedro back to his hometown, only to find out that Clara is now engaged to another man who happens to be Pedro’s biological brother.
(Biblical Telenovela - (221 x 45’)
‘Genesis’ is a super production divided into seven phases and is already making history in Brazilian television drama, with more than two hundred and fifty actors, seven great stories. An epic novel. ‘Genesis’ is the story of the first 2,300 years of humanity and recounts events exclusively from that period. The plot begins by giving us a greater understanding of why we exist and how we turned from perfection to imperfection. The origin of all social and racial problems is there at the beginning of everything, when via one decision a human being who only knew good and enjoyed it so much also chose to know evil.
MOSES AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
(Biblical Telenovela - 242 x 45’)
The telenovela tells one of the most famous passages in the Bible: the life of Moses. The story of the Hebrew leader, from his birth until his death, highlighting the encounter with God on Mount Sinai, the plagues thrown over Egypt, his participation in the liberation of the Hebrew people from slavery, the passage through the Red Sea, revelation of the ten commandments, the journey of forty years in the desert and the arrival of the people on the promised land.
Adrián Ortega, General Director of Contenet, TV Azteca
LOTERÍA DEL CRIMEN
(Drama/Thriller - 24 x 42’)
Every day dozens of atypical crimes happen in Mexico City, of such a perverted and mysterious nature that they seem impossible to solve by the police. Rituals, torture, cannibalism and mutilations are some of the modus operandi that draw the attention of the only police department capable of solving them: the Criminal Intelligence Unit (UNIC). The UNIC is made up of specialized investigative detectives in charge of gathering clues to catch the murderers of the strangest crimes before they commit the next one. Because only they can save society from these monsters in human masks who walk among us and who, at this moment, could be stalking anyone... even... you.
UN DÍA PARA VIVIR
(Drama - 60 x 60’)
In each episode of this series we will know the story of a person who is apparently in a good moment in their life. However, one day they receive a strange visit from an unknown woman who talks to them as if she knew them and tells them that they have 24 hours to live. Death gives our protagonists an ultimatum and will appear repeatedly during the episode to remind them of the little time they have left to live.
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