‘Apagón’: Movistar+ confirms the five directors of its new original series, produced by Buendía Estudios

Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Raúl Arévalo, Isa Campo, Alberto Rodríguez and Isaki Lacuesta are the five directors who will be in charge of the five episodes of ‘Apagón’, the new original series Movistar+ produced by Buendía Estudios.

The series will begin filming in December and will premiere on Movistar+ in 2022.

Together with the scripts of Isabel Peña, Alberto Marini, Fran Araújo, Rafael Cobos and Isa Campo and under the creative coordination of Araújo, the fiction will tell the consequences of a solar storm with catastrophic effects on the technology of the planet. The series is inspired by ‘El gran apagón‘, the original podcast of Podium Podcast (PRISA Audio).

Synopsis

A solar storm causes an energy blackout that unleashes chaos in our society. The terrible consequences are unimaginable in a world as interconnected and dependent on technology as ours. The struggle to maintain order and adaptation to the new reality defines each of the five stories.

The team

These are the directors and writers of the five episodes of ‘Apagón’.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen (director) and Isabel Peña (screenwriter)

Goya for best film, director and screenplay for ‘El Reino’; Concha de Plata for best screenplay for ‘Que Dios nos perdone’; Ondas Award, Feroz Award and Forqué Award for best drama series for the original Movistar+ series ‘Antidisturbios’.

Raul Arévalo (director) and Alberto Marini (screenwriter)

Arévalo: Goya for best film and new director, Feroz Award for Best Film and Director, and Forqué Award for Best Film for ‘Tarde para la ira’. Marini: Nominated for the Goya for best screenplay for ‘El desconocido’; Gaudí Award for Best Screenplay for ‘Mientras duermes’.

Isa Campo (director and screenwriter)

Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Festival and Gaudí Award for the best non-Catalan speaking film (‘Entre dos aguas’). Biznaga at the Malaga Festival for direction, special jury prize and critics’ prize, and Gaudí Award for best film and screenplay for ‘La propera pell’. One of her latest scripts is that of ‘Maixabel’.

Alberto Rodríguez (director) and Rafael Cobos (screenwriter)

Goya for best film, director and screenplay, Feroz Award for best film and director and Forqué Award for best film for ‘La isla mínima’; Goya for best adapted screenplay for ‘El hombre de las mil caras’. Alberto Rodríguez (director) and Rafael Cobos (screenwriter) Goya for best film, director and screenplay, Feroz Award for best film and director and Forqué Award for best film for ‘La isla mínima’; Goya for best adapted screenplay for ‘El hombre de las mil caras’.

Isaki Lacuesta (director) and Isa Campo and Fran Araújo (screenwriters)

Nominated for the Goya for best director and film, Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Festival and Gaudí Award for best director and non-Catalan speaking film for ‘Entre dos aguas’, and Gaudí Award for best film and screenplay for ‘La propera pell’. Ondas Award and Feroz Award for Best Drama Series for the original series Movistar+ ‘Hierro’ (Araújo).