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\n\tConecta Fiction<\/a> & Entertainment is taking its 10th edition to Magaluf-Mallorca<\/a>, marking both an anniversary for the international content forum and its first landing in Spain\u2019s Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n \n\tUnveiled last week at a press conference in Calvi\u00e0, Mallorca, the 2026 edition \u2014 rebranded this year as Conecta Magaluf-Mallorca \u2014 will run May 25-28 at the Meli\u00e1 Calvi\u00e0 Beach Hotel with a broad program spanning industry panels, workshops, screenings, matchmaking sessions and closed-door executive exchanges.<\/p>\n \n\tThe program is aimed squarely at the business questions now facing the content industry, from AI<\/a> and vertical microdramas<\/a> to IP control, financing, commissioners, formats and the creator economy.<\/p>\n \n\tConecta Magaluf-Mallorca forms part of Event Conecta, Inside Content\u2019s platform for international industry gatherings linking creativity, business and technology across Europe and the Americas.<\/p>\n \n\tIts 10th edition brings together producers, distributors, commissioners, investors, broadcasters, streamers, digital creators and market analysts at a time when the sector is looking for new production models, clearer financing routes and stronger international partnerships.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe will be offering more than 40 activities featuring nearly 100 speakers, in a year in which we are celebrating our tenth anniversary in a very special way,\u201d said Conecta director G\u00e9raldine Gonard, presenting the program.<\/p>\n \n\tThe edition will focus on \u201call the key players that shape our industry: from creators to distributors, including commissioners, investors, producers and digital content creators, not forgetting the media, whose work is essential to us all,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \n\tOne of the meeting\u2019s main showcases will be a special public screening of Movistar Plus+ original series \u201cMany People Need to Die\u201d (\u201cSe tiene que morir mucha gente\u201d) produced with Corte y Confecci\u00f3n de Pel\u00edculas and Living Producciones. Created by Victoria Mart\u00edn and based on her novel of the same name, the series stars Anna Castillo, Macarena Garc\u00eda and Laura Weissmahr.<\/p>\n \n\tRecently selected for Canneseries 2026, where it had fans, the series is scheduled to premiere on Movistar Plus+ on May 21 before its Conecta screening May 27 at the Peguera auditorium.<\/p>\n \n\tAI and Microdrama Take Center Stage<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe program\u2019s potentially srigest debate may be around AI and Vertical Microdramas on Trial, staged May 27 as a mock trial led by Omdia analyst Mar\u00eda Rua Aguete. The session will examine AI\u2019s impact on production, ethics and creative work, while also addressing the rise of vertical microdramas as a mobile-first format.<\/p>\n \n\tThe mock-trial format will ask whether microdramas represent a natural shift in viewing habits or a break with traditional media models, with the audience acting as both jury and interested party.<\/p>\n \n\tThat debate will be paired with a practical AI workshop on May 26, where creator Paco Torres is set to produce a full vertical-series episode in front of attendees using only artificial intelligence models. The session is designed to show, in real time, how generative tools are entering production workflows.<\/p>\n \n\tMarket intelligence will also be part of the program. PlumResearch\u2019s Jonathan Broughton will lead Focus on Fiction: What\u2019s Next? while The Wit\u2019s Caroline Servy will deliver a parallel analysis of entertainment, offering a global analysis of scripted and unscripted demand.<\/p>\n \n\tClosed-Door Access, Commissioners and Formats<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tConecta is also placing a strong emphasis on curated access. Conecta Summit, an invitation-only session, will bring together 20 senior international executives from studios, streamers, production companies and big tech in a closed-door, off-the-record setting.<\/p>\n \n\tRather than a conventional panel, the Summit is conceived as a direct peer-to-peer exchange designed to open the way for future international collaborations.<\/p>\n \n\tConecta Creative Lab will operate as the event\u2019s international think tank, with its conclusions feeding into the Conecta Mallorca Report, a strategic document setting out recommendations for the media sector.<\/p>\n \n\tCommissioning priorities will be addressed in Focus on Commissioners, with confirmed participants including Morad Koufane of France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez of RTVE Play, Michele Zatta of RAI and Ludovica Fonda of Mediaset Group. For producers, the session offers direct insight into what major European buyers are looking for.<\/p>\n \n\tEntertainment formats will have a strong presence. Formats: Reviving, Sustaining and Launching will bring together Andr\u00e9 Renaud of Warner Bros. Discovery and Nick Smith of All3Media International to examine how large international groups are shaping project development and IP control.<\/p>\n \n\tThe corporate view will be countered by Independent Producers: Who Is Still Standing?, with Avi Armoza of Armoza Formats, Miroslav Radojevic of Global Agency and Simone de Pruyssenaere de la Woestyne of Primitives discussing how independents are competing in a market marked by mergers and acquisitions.<\/p>\n \n\tA further session, Creators vs Broadcasters: Who Owns the Future of Entertainment?, will look at the relationship between linear players and digital-first talent. Sebastian van Barneveld of Talpa Studios, Mar\u00eda Arroyo of Seven.One Studios International and Catherine Alvaresse of Banijay France are among the speakers.<\/p>\n \n\tA separate financing workshop, with Luis Pi\u00f1as of Bankinter, Alexandra Lebret of AXIO Capital and Sebasti\u00e1n Vibes of Green Screen, will address financial structuring for audiovisual projects.<\/p>\n \n\tEmerging talent remains part of the event\u2019s make-up. The second edition of Pitch Talent, organized with the screenwriting labs IsLABentura Canarias, CIMA Impulsa and DAMA Ayuda, will showcase emerging screenwriters and creatives selected by each lab, joined by Mallorcan screenwriter-director Ferr\u00e1n Bex.<\/p>\n \n\tThe event will also host a breakfast with the Spanish Television Academy dedicated to original sports-themed content, featuring Marta Garc\u00eda of IB3, Javier Mart\u00ednez of You First-Gersh and Juan Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda \u201cBropi\u201d of Movistar Plus+, moderated by sports journalist Mat\u00edas Prats Chac\u00f3n.<\/p>\n \n\tMagaluf\u2019s Culture Push<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe Magaluf setting is part of this year\u2019s edition. Local and regional authorities framed Conecta\u2019s move to Calvi\u00e0 as part of a wider effort to reposition Magaluf through culture, sport and the screen industries, adding professional and cultural events to a destination long associated with seasonal tourism.<\/p>\n \n\tJaume Bauz\u00e0, the Balearic Islands\u2019 regional minister for tourism, culture and sport, said backing events such as Conecta helps position the islands \u201cas a benchmark for the creative industry on an international scale,\u201d while linking culture, technology and year-round quality tourism.<\/p>\n \n\tCalvi\u00e0 mayor Juan Antonio Amengual framed Conecta as part of Magaluf\u2019s wider shift toward cinema, literature, music and culture, alongside initiatives such as \u2018Calvi\u00e0, Plat\u00f3 de Cine.\u2019<\/p>\n \n\tFor Conecta, the Magaluf-Mallorca edition marks both an anniversary and a fresh test of its role as a working forum for the international content business.<\/p>\n \n\tMarking the forum\u2019s 10th edition, Conecta will also pay tribute to Variety<\/em>\u2019s International Features Editor John Hopewell. Gonard described Hopewell as \u201ca great journalist and international figure in specialized journalism,\u201d placing the tribute within a program that brings the press into the same professional conversation as buyers, producers, commissioners and creators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Conecta Fiction & Entertainment is taking its 10th edition to Magaluf-Mallorca, marking both an anniversary for the international content forum and its first landing in Spain\u2019s Balearic Islands. 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