\n\tOver the last two years, no Spanish company has helped drive Spanish content onto the world stage more than Movistar Plus, the biggest Spanish pay TV\/SVOD operator.<\/p>\n
\n\tSince 2025 alone, Movistar Plus Originals have scored the two top prizes at Series Mania with \u201cQuerer\u201d and \u201cCeleste,\u201d has earned two Oscar nominations with \u201cSir\u0101t,\u201d while \u201cLa Bola Negra,\u201d another Original, has emerged as the Cannes Festival\u2019s biggest Oscar contender.<\/p>\n
\n\tLast week, Movistar Plus garnered International Emmy nominations for Alberto Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s \u201cThe Anatomy of a Moment\u201d and best actor for Javier C\u00e1mara in \u201cJakarta.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSuch plaudits raise the question of how Movistar Plus moves forward from here. Its key Mipcom<\/a> titles supply some answers.<\/p>\n \n\tUnder a new management team \u2014 CEO Alfonso G\u00f3mez Palacio and contents director Juan Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda Romero \u2014 Movistar Plus is attempting to reach out to younger audiences. It\u2019s scored one home run, Mipcom title \u201cMany People Need to Die,\u201d the series debut from YouTube-podcast comedian Victoria Mart\u00edn<\/a>. A withering take on Millennial angst, it has been an audience and new subscriber driver, says Garc\u00eda Romero, noting that Movistar Plus has already ordered a Season 2.<\/p>\n \n\tShot in Catalonia\u2019s heavenly Aran Valley, \u201cKilling a Bear,\u201d another top Mipcom title, underscores another strategic drive: co-production.<\/p>\n \n\tCreated by Jorge and Alberto S\u00e1nchez-Cabezudo (\u201cCrematorium,\u201d \u201cThe Zone\u201d), the fact-based wild bear murder mystery that exposes the deep social conflict in the high Pyrenees marks the fourth co-production between Movistar Plus and broadcast network Arte France<\/a>. Season 2 of \u201cCeleste,\u201d also a Movistar Plus original and another Spanish Mipcom buzz pick, is co-produced with the Mediapro Studio<\/a>, with the Mediapro Studio Distribution handling international sales.<\/p>\n \n\tMovistar Plus\u2018\u2019\u2019 overseas breakout has rolled off its close relationships with many of Spain\u2019s greatest younger auteurs, giving them the resources to make the films and TV series they envision at a competitive level of across-the-board production values comparable to, for example, France.<\/p>\n \n\tOn \u201cCeleste\u201d Season 1, \u201dwe were given a marvellous degrees of creative freedom. It could have become a madcap comedy full of gags and jokes made for the broadest of audiences. Instead, we were even encouraged to make a series with light and shade,\u201d says \u201cCeleste\u201d creator Diego San Jose.<\/p>\n \n\tThat strategy has proved highly successful. In early July, Movistar Plus created waves when it announced that it will double its original Spanish series annual output from eight to 16 titles. \u201cOriginals attract more client and generate more engagement,\u201d Movistar Plus noted.<\/p>\n