The tourism crisis comedy Mallorca Sings to Do, produced by local company Bastela Films, led the list of winners at the 10th Connector Magaluf Mallorca competition, winning the RTVE Drama Award and one of the three Accorde Awards at the European-American Television Industry Forum.
At the awards ceremony held on Wednesday, May 27th at the Auditorium of Casal de Peguera, “Nua” (“Naked”) won the Triodos Banco Award, while the Galician dark comedy “To Catch an Old Lady” won the Spanish Film Commission Award and the Warner Music Award.
Conecta’s awards recognized projects from four pitch competitions: Drama Series, Comedy Series, Vertical Series and Direct to Streaming Movies, with Spanish titles taking the lion’s share of the awards, and projects in Argentina, Colombia and Germany gaining access to partner markets.
Set in the overheated and overcrowded island of Mallorca, “The Mallorca Thing” follows three unstable women who accidentally kill a tourist while stealing electricity and drag two more women into the cover-up. Developed in part by Serializados Kick and PROMercat, the project is from Bastera Films, the Mallorcan film company that produced “Forastera,” which won the International Federation of Film Critics Award in Toronto in 2025.
The RTVE Play Award consists of a €5,000 ($5,820) development grant for the project that best exemplifies creativity and is currently being promoted by the streaming platform RTVE Play. The Acorde Award gives “Mallorca Things to Do” access to catalog music for the pilot and potential first season.
Empatic Films and Corte y Confección de Películas’ “Naked” won the Triodos Bank Award of 3,000 euros ($3,492), which recognizes projects in line with values that have a positive social, cultural and environmental impact.
Naked, created by Anne Perello, follows a Mallorcan actress in Barcelona who deals with an eating disorder, a stalled career, and a family crisis. “‘Naked’ was born out of a need to share my secret. I struggled with an eating disorder for years,” Perello said. “It’s time to talk about how we normalize harmful behaviors.”
The project is a partnership between Menorca-based Empatic (producer of Favàritx and co-producer of Goya-nominated Rock Bottom) and Corte y Confectión de Periculas, whose credits include Leticia Dolera’s Cannes series winner A Perfect Life and Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winner Sirāt by Oliver Lacks.
Galicia-based Trebor’s “To Catch an Old Lady” won the Spanish Film Commission Award for the project that best showcases a Spanish location as a story and production asset. The film, which consisted of a five-day Dolby Atmos studio session to help create promotional materials, also won a Warner Music Award.
“To Catch an Old Lady” is about a lonely older woman who decides that going to prison might be her best chance to reunite with her only friend, so she attempts to commit a crime serious enough to land her in prison. This project previously won La Traca’s comedy feature script competition and is supported by an AGADIC writing grant.
Other Accorde Awards went to Red Collision Studios’ Colombia’s “What You Did” and Dexiderius Producciones’ “Aftertaste.” The second half of the six-part drama centers on a young chef who becomes a memory retainer and apprentices to a food inspector in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Aftertaste creators Rodrigo Martín Antrans and Pedro García Ríos described the project as an exploration of “culinary memory” from the “unique perspective of the diner” and how food connects people with their past and roots.
Lab Producciones’ Argentina “Breakdowns” won the Bogotá Audiovisual Market – BAM Award and earned an invitation to BAM 2026. Created by Sofia Celske, Jimena Aguilar, and Florencia Sokol, the comedy centers on a woman who reunites with a childhood friend after being released from a psychiatric hospital, only to discover that their seemingly functional life is marked by her own obsessions.
Selske said the series focuses on “the kinds of insanity that we normalize” through humor and a female perspective, from work obsession and performance enhancement to online aggression and mental isolation. “At its heart, it’s also a story about female friendship,” she added.
BRAINS Narrative Studio UG’s German “Idyllic” won the TV Beats Forum Award, bringing a cozy crime series set in Mallorca to Estonia’s 2026 industrial platform. The project is about a retired British and German couple who investigate a murder and then discover they are living in a VR retirement simulation.
The producers say Mallorca is “an idyllic place to end the day, but too good to be true”, describing the island as a “dramatic engine” rather than just a backdrop.
The New Art Award, consisting of a prize of 5,000 euros for post-production services, went to the Spanish vertical series “Room Zero” by Escaleta Audiovisual and Be a Child Group. Rhayuela Films’ Colombian “Rookies” has won the SANFIC Award, allowing it to participate in the series lab and pitching session at SANFIC Industria 2026 in Chile.
The evening also included the presentation of the 2026 Connector Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award to Variety’s John Hopewell, who was presented by Connector Magaluf Mallorca Director Geraldine Gonnard in recognition of Hopewell’s decades of work covering the global entertainment industry.
The memorial service also featured a congratulatory video message from San Sebastian Film Festival Director Jose Luis Rebordinos. Diego Abalos, Netflix Vice President for Spain, Portugal and Türkiye. Virginia Juarez, Founder of Fondoza Foundation. Cartoon Brew Editor-in-Chief Jamie Lang and FIPCA Vice President Gabriela Sandoval.
Events from Inside Content Conecta Magaluf-Mallorca, part of the Conecta umbrella of events, was held from 25th to 28th May in collaboration with Calvia City Council, with the support of the Sustainable Tourism Tax, in cooperation with ICIB and with the support of IB3, Mallorca Council and Palma City Council.
2026 Connector Magaluf Mallorca Award Winners:
RTVE Play Award
“Mallorca Things to Do”, Bastela Film, Spain
Spanish Film Commission Award
“To Catch an Old Lady” Trebor, Spain
Triodos Bank Award
“Nua” Empatic Films/Corte y Confección de Películas, Spain
warner music awards
“To Catch an Old Lady” Trebor, Spain
Acorde Award
“Aftertaste” Dexiderius Produciones, Spain
“What You Did” Red Collision Studios, Columbia
“Mallorca Things to Do”, Bastela Film, Spain
Newcomer Award
“Room Zero”, Escaleta Audiovisual / Be a Child Group, Spain
Sunphic Award
“Rookies”, Rhayuela Films, Colombia
Bogotá Audiovisual Market – BAM Awards
“Breakdowns” Lab Producciones, Argentina
TV Beats Forum Award
“Pastoral”, BRAINS Narrative Studio UG, Germany
