The Mediapro Studio Distribution has pounced on the international rights to period series “The Marquise” (“Leonor, Marquesa de Alorna”), capping a flurry of activities at the Berlin Film Festival where it showcased films and TV series to which it has worldwide distribution rights.
This ambitious adaptation of the bestselling novel by Portugal’s Maria João Lopo de Carvalho was created by Pandora da Cunha Telles. It centers on Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marquise of Alorna– a poet, diplomat and revolutionary thinker, who was considered one of the most captivating women of the 18th century.
Through six episodes, the series traces the Marquise’s life, from her early childhood in a Lisbon convent to her years at Vienna’s royal court and in revolutionary France. There she bears witness to the monumental changes sweeping across Europe before she returns to Portugal. Once back home, she makes it her mission to challenge despotic rule and foster education.
Produced by Da Cunha Telles’ Lisbon-based label Ukbar Filmes and Spain’s Tornasol Films, an Oscar winner with Juan José Campanella’s “The Secret in Their Eyes,” it is set to debut on Portuguese pubaster RTP and Netflix in Portugal.
The Mediapro Studio also presented the latest film titles in its vast catalog, including “Lapönia,” “Aida y Vuelta” and “Mesa de Regalos” at the EFM.
At the Berlinale Series Market Selects, it showcased two new series, Daniel Burman’s “So Far So Good” (“El resto bien”) and Hernán Caffiero‘s “Raza Brava.”
“So Far So Good” is the latest from Daniel Burman, made for the Argentine platform Flow. Produced by The Mediapro Studio’s Oficina Burman and Latin America’s production-services house Cimarrón, the new dramedy series from Burman and actor-director Daniel Hendler, who helmed Netflix’s 2025 San Sebastian opening film “27 Nights,” follows a successful comic book artist in the throes of a mid-life crisis.
Starring Benjamín Vicuña, Rita Cortese, Violeta Urtizberea and Jorge Bolani, the eight 30-minute episodes were co-written by Burman and a team of often regular writers. It features appearances by Hendler, Andrea Frigerio, Alejandro Awada and Marina Bellati and will premiere on Flow in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
“Raza Brava,” created by Hernán Caffiero who won an International Emmy in 2018 for his anthology series “The Suspended Mourning,” is the first fiction series about a real Latin American soccer team: Colo-Colo and comes at a time when World Cup “futbol” fever is coming to a head.
Produced by DeCulto alongside Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content and Atomica, with support from Chilean broadcast network CNTV, it is based on actual events that took place in the Chilean capital of Santiago more than two decades ago.
It follows Carlos “Barti” Aguilar, a young man from a blue-collar neighborhood who rises to become a leader of the White Claw (Garra Blanca), rabid supporters of the Colo Colo soccer club. With his pal Clavo, he is sucked into a sordid world of new-found wealth and power-battles where White Claw, once a source of identity and respect, becomes a prison.
Starring Gabriel Muñoz, Karla Melo and David Gaete, the production cast thousands of real soccer fans as extras, adding authenticity to scenes filmed at Colo Colo’s Estadio Monumental and other real-life locations in Santiago where the scenes in the series took place.
The Marquise, Courtesy of Ukbar Filmes
Rita Carmo