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South International Series Festival: 10 Titles to Watch

Unspooling in Cadiz over Oct. 25-31, the South International Series Festival is a bellwether on trends and highlights for the current season. What could be some of its star performers? Following, 10 titles to track, which also often say something about the way the market is going.

“The Big Jump” (Atresmedia International Sales)

One of Atresmedia’s biggest bets at Mipcom, a biopic series about the rise to Olympic Gold Medals at Sydney and Athens of Spanish gymnast Gervasio Deferrand, in a second timeline, his descent into drugs and alcohol, incapable of accepting failure in competition and lost when retired. Oscar Casasplays Deferr, with “Gangs of Galicia” helmer Roger Gualdirects. An Atresplayer Original Series, bowing on Nov. 17.

“La Favorita 1922” (Mediterraneo)

From “Grand Hotel” through “Velvet” and “Cable Girls,” Ramon Campos’ Studiocanalj.v. Bambu Produccioneshas carved out its international reputation, creating modern gender-agenda melodramas that make...

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Portuguese TV: Titles to Track at Conecta Fiction

Toledo, Spain — Less than a decade ago, the number of international premium series, beyond its telenovelas, coming out of Portugal each year could be counted

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Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.08.2008, Blaðsíða 15

Visit us on the web at http://www.lh-inc.ca Lögberg-Heimskringla • 1. ágúst 2008 • 15 Presenting an all-new fea-ture in Lögberg-Heim-skringla! Being list-lovers, we will periodically create a list of ten things relevant to the Ice- landic community. Please feel free also to submit your own. They can be on any subject, as long as it relates somehow to Iceland or Icelandic-ness. Note that these lists are not necessar- ily the top ten – we are not trying to compete with David Letter- man! – so bear in mind that your contributions need neither be de- finitive nor exhaustive. Ten Unexpected or Inter- esting Examples of Icelandic- ness in Popular Culture and History: 1. “Immigrant Song” “We come from the land of the ice and snow / From the mid- night sun where the hot springs glow.” This 1970 Led Zeppelin classic, the lead track from their third album, exploits Viking im- agery and Robert Plant’s ability to wail “Ahh-ahh-AHHH-ahh!” in order to tell the story of North America’s very first immigrants. The song is dedicated to Leifur Erikson, and was apparently in- spired by the band’s tour stop in Iceland. 2. Hostel This gruesome horror hit from 2005 includes a prominent Icelandic character, Oli, played by Icelandic non-actor Eythor Gud