South Series Festival to Launch Investors Week in Cádiz in 2027

South International Series Festival will launch a new investment forum, South Investors Week, in Cádiz on April 30–May 5, 2027, Womack Group announced during this year's edition. The forum will bring audiovisual producers and companies together with private financiers, and its dates confirm South's shift from autumn to spring programming.

The event will run during South's fifth edition. Its organizing partners include Mira Anta, an audiovisual investment fund promoted by Womack's Mira Entertainment Capital and managed by Anta Asset Management.

What does the program offer?

The planned schedule is built around direct deal-making:

• Project pitches
• Investment presentations
• One-to-one meetings between producers and financiers
• Discussions on funding and business models

Organizers said international firms specializing in audiovisual finance are expected to attend, although no participants have yet been named.

The forum targets investment funds and financial institutions as well as production companies, platforms and audiovisual technology businesses. Companies will be able to present projects and expansion plans to potential financial and industrial partners.

Where does the money come from?

Mira Anta Media Capital Fund I, launched in May and registered with Spain's CNMV financial regulator in June, has a fundraising target of €80 million ($90.1 million).

The fund plans to acquire stakes in audiovisual companies and provide financing for individual productions. Its instruments include participatory loans tied to presales, distribution agreements and tax incentives, as well as gap financing. Its investment interests also cover virtual production and audiovisual technologies, including artificial intelligence applications.

José Carlos Conde, president of Mira Entertainment Capital and CEO of Womack Group, framed the initiative as a response to a structural gap. "Spain's audiovisual industry has talent, production capacity and an increasingly international reach. Yet it needs new financial tools and specialized capital to realize its full potential," he said.

Sergio Torras Soler, a financier involved in developing Mira Anta, went further on the fund's scope. "Investment should not be limited to financing productions; it can also contribute to the growth of companies, infrastructure, technologies and business models," he said.

Womack produces South and is behind Mira Entertainment Capital. Anta Asset Management is part of Corporación Financiera Azuaga.

A wider capital push

The forum extends an existing financing effort. In January, Mexico-based Punta Fina Studios announced a partnership with Womack Studios, the group's audiovisual production arm, to establish a $47 million fund for developing series, telenovelas and films targeting Latin America and U.S. Hispanic audiences.

South's fourth edition ran Oct. 30–Nov. 4 in Cádiz, combining series premieres, creative talks and industry events. The 2027 edition, with Investors Week at its core, positions the festival not only as a showcase for series but as a marketplace where Spanish and international audiovisual companies meet specialized capital on a fixed calendar.