“Mallorca Things to Do,” a tourist-crisis comedy from local outfit Bastera Films, led the winners at the 10th edition of Conecta Magaluf-Mallorca, taking the RTVE Play Award and one of three Acorde Awards at the Europe-Americas TV industry forum.
The ceremony, held Wednesday May 27 at the Casal de Peguera auditorium, also saw “Nua” (“Naked”) take the Triodos Bank Award, while Galician dark comedy “To Catch an Old Lady” scored two prizes, the Spain Film Commission Award and the Warner Music Award.
Conecta’s awards recognized projects from its four pitch competitions — Drama Series, Comedy Series, Vertical Series and Direct to Streaming Movies — with Spanish titles taking a large share of the prizes and projects from Argentina, Colombia and Germany landing access to partner markets.
Set in an overheated, overcrowded Mallorca, “Mallorca Things to Do” turns on three precarious women who accidentally kill a tourist while stealing electricity, then drag two more women into the cover-up. Developed via in part Serializados Kick and PROMercat, the project comes from Bastera Films, the Mallorca outfit behind “Forastera,” winner of a Fipresci Prize at Toronto in 2025.
The RTVE Play Award consists of a €5,000 ($5,820) development grant for the project that best embodies creativity, now promoted by streaming platform RTVE Play. The Acorde Award gives “Mallorca Things to Do” access to catalogue music for its pilot and potential first season.
