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We have a new festival in Valencia! It's called LABdeseries and, as his name already announces to us, it is a laboratory, meeting point or space for reflection on one of the most notable cultural and consumer phenomena of recent times: television series. Through a rich and very interesting program of talks and screenings, LABdeseries invites us to think about our society through this new-old fictional model together with specialists from all fields, from screenwriters and directors, even scientific communicators, journalists, writers and sociologists. What the series we consume say about us, how they reflect our world, What does the very fact that we consume certain types of audiovisual products say about us?. Launched with the support of the Valencian Institute of Culture, The Valencia City Council, EDAV (Valencian Audiovisual Writers) and SGAE, The project is an initiative of David Brieva, cultural manager, the professor and historian of the University of Valencia Áurea Ortiz, and the journalist and television critic Mikel Labastida, all of them responsible for the podcast Series Management Laboratory (Cadena Ser – Prisa Radio), where this idea comes from. A guarantee, Listen.
LABdeseries starts on Thursday 11/4 with a colloquium that aims to treat the limits of humor in Spanish series and that will have as guests, no more no less, than to the scriptwriter Borja Cobeaga (Eight Basque surnames), a David Trueba and the cartoonist Dario Adanti (Do Spanish series dare to laugh at any topic??, organizers ask). Next, The first two chapters of the new Movistar+ series will be screened Just before Christ, satire on the modern world set, like in the legendary Monty Python movie, Bryan's life, in the moments before the emergence of Christianity. The scriptwriters and creators of the series will attend the event Pepón Montero y Juan Maidagan (Coffee Camera, Those in the tunnel) what, next to Cobega, director of its first season, and a good part of the cast, They will host a meeting with the public.
But there is more. Coinciding with the celebration of LABdeseries, one of the most anticipated events for fans of this type of formats will occur: the premiere of the last season of Game of Thrones. This event will animate another of the festival's round tables, in which it will be analyzed, together with the political scientist Pablo Simon and the historian Ester Alba, the reasons that have made this series a true reference for examining current events. Black Mirror It will be another of the series that will focus on a new meeting, in which we will talk about the future (political, social, technological) what awaits us. Here, we will have the presence of the journalist Marta Peirano, the writer Belen Gopegui and the scientific communicator Antonio Martínez Ron. The criminologist Vicente Garrido, cultural criticism Montserrat Ants and the cultural manager Maria Bastaros will participate in a round table about the fascination we have for evil characters in television fiction. While, Politics will be the focus of another session in which its representation in these formats will be analyzed by the scriptwriters. Roger Drew y Diego San Jose. Among many other recognitions, Drew is an Emmy Award winner for political comedy Veep, as well as screenwriter, among many others, from the celebrated series The thick of it. For your part, San José is one of the creators of the recent series produced in Spain by the TNT network, Vote for Juan, starring actor Javier Cámara. On a last date, We will analyze the representation of youth in Spanish series. The scriptwriter will attend this call Dario Madrona (Elite), the producer Begoña Álvarez (Shame) and the director Manuel Ríos San Martín (Companions). all of them, will participate in a special session with teenagers moderated by the journalist Mariola Cubells. The screening of two episodes of the British series closes the programming Urban myths, production of the Sky Arts network dedicated to addressing, in a comedic tone, life and urban legends related to great celebrities of our time. The screening will be presented by screenwriter Roger Drew, writer of the chapters presented to the Valencian public. G.LEON
