Why talk about TV at Spain at the Spanish-world’s biggest film festival? One reason: in 2024, San Sebastián hosted the world premieres of Movistar Plus+ Original Series “Querer” and “Celeste,” which both went on to win the two biggest prizes at 2025’s Series Mania, Europe’s most important TV festival.

Also, Spanish pay-TV/SVOD operator Movistar Plus+ and Netflix , both out in force at this year’s San Sebastián, are the two companies that have moved most the needle in Spanish film production over the last five years.

Like other big TV companies – think Fremantle – Movistar Plus+ and Netflix are both plowing into movie production. The results and the companies will generate many of the highest-profile movies at this year’s festival and some of its main talking points.

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