Rose d’Or Latinos Awards: Eugenio Dérbez, Daniel Burman, Natalia Beristáín Among 2025 Nominees
Announced Jan. 21 at Miami’s Content Americas, the Rose d’Or Latinos Awards are “held during a period of great creative fervor, change, major challenges and arguably the greatest transformation the entertainment industry has ever experienced,” says jury chairman Marcos Santana, former president of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and current CEO of Mas Ros Media.
That creative fervor is well on display in nominations for the two biggest categories, Drama and Comedy/Dramedy. Variety profiles the nominees below. Some high-profile titles might seem missing: For example, Netflix’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Senna,” its biggest TV productions to date in Latin America. Voting, however, began before either title was released.
Twenty years after the events of “City of God,” Buscapé, now Rio’s most in-demand shutterbug guilty at making a living shooting the favela dead, is dispatched to Cidade de Deus to snap a war between rival drug lords, militias, and corrupt politicians. But the community unites around a daring new leader; he finds himself torn between exposing the truth and becoming a part of the resistance. Directed by rated art pic and series helmer Aly Muritiba (Rust, Private Desert, “The Evandro Case”) and Bruno Costa (“Mirador”) with “Betinho” scribe and Lower City director Sergio Machado serving as head writer, a series which has a strong sense of Cidade’s community and which can still pack punch: Catch, for example, the climax of Ep. 1.
“I decided to produce the series when Paulo Lins brought me the idea to tell the story 20 years later, bringing back the same characters. Before this idea, it was very hard to find a way to tell this history in a different way,” says Andrea Barata Ribeiro, who produces with Fernando Meirelles. “After ‘City of God,’ many films were produced with the subject. It was a big challenge. But bringing back the characters looked like a fresh way. So, I decided to go ahead with the development. The film is a reference, and we could not do anything that would harm the film. When I told Warners the idea of bringing back the characters, they loved it and joined the project.”
“Midnight Family,” (“Familia de Mediaoche,” Fremantle/Fabula/Apple TV+) Mexico
One of Apple TV+’s first Spanish-language shows, inspired by the 2019 Sundance prize-winning doc-feature, “Familia de Medianoche” is a fiction deep dive into the chaos and paltry public sector health service where little 100 governmental ambulances serve a population of 10 million.
Unlike the documentary, the series is centered on a woman, which is in keeping with modern times, notes director Natalia Berinstain (“Noise,” “The Mosquito Coast”). Marigaby Tamayo, the family daughter, attempts to juggle her ambitions to qualify as a medic with night shifts on her bootleg family ambulance, saving lives that the parlous state service cannot handle. A pre-ER thriller and in the hands of director Natalia Berinstain, a take on a family turn between their individual dreams and humanistic vocation to serve their community, made with high production values by Fabula and Fremantle.
“Women in Blue” (“Las azules,” Lemon Studios/Apple TV+) Mexico
Since it debuted on Apple TV+ last July, “Las Azules” has gained recognition for its authentic portrayal of women in law enforcement, with strong performances and compelling narratives that have made it a standout series in the crime drama genre.
Set in 1970 and inspired by true events, it tells the story of four women who defy their ultraconservative surroundings to join Mexico’s first all-female police force, only to discover that it’s only a publicity stunt to distract the media from a serial killer. As the body count rises, María (Bárbara Mori), whose determination to catch the criminal becomes an obsession, Gabina (Amorita Rasgado), the daughter of a renowned police officer, Ángeles (Ximena Sariñana), a brilliant fingerprint analyst, and Valentina (Natalia Téllez), a rebellious young woman, launch a secret investigation to do what no man on the force has been able to do and catch the killer. The series’ narrative mixes intense crime-solving with emotional depth, exploring themes of gender equality, resilience, and solidarity among women.
Created by longtime TV veterans Pablo Aramendi and Fernando Rovzar and written by Aramendi, the series is produced by Mexico’s Lemon Studios.
“Memento Mori,” (Zebra Producciones (Grupo iZen)/Newen Co/Prime Video) Spain
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Spanish author César Pérez Gellida, “Memento Mori” takes place in Pérez’s hometown of Valladolid. It kicks off, like so many great crime thrillers do, with the discovery of a body. Upon the grisly find, Inspector Sancho teams with “Carapocha,” an expert in serial killers, to follow a trail of dead bodies left by Augusto, a Lecter-like sociopath with refined tastes. The investigative duo soon realizes their killer commits his crimes to a soundtrack, leaving poetic calling cards on the corpses.
“Memento Mori” is produced by Zebra Producciones and Newen Co for Prime Video España. Luis Arranz, Germán Aparicio and Abraham Sastre adapted the show’s screenplay. Marco A. Castillo and Fran Parra directed. Yon González (“El internado”), Francisco Ortiz (“Amar es para siempre”) and Juan Echanove (“Madregilda”) play the show’s three protagonists.
“Memento Mori’ has stood out and differentiated itself from others for several reasons: its memorable characters, complex and deep narrative, visual style and direction, realistic setting, psychological tension, and philosophical approach to life and death,” says Pérez. “The series is for the public that demands psychological thrillers, mystery and action.”
“Rapa,” (Portocabo/Movistar Plus+ International/Movistar Plus+) Spain
The Galicia-set procedural’s third and final season, created by Jorge Coira and Fran Araujo, one of Spanish TV – and Movistar+’s – finest and most popular assets. Here, Tomás (Javier Cámara), now in a power chair, his LGD advanced, negotiates his assisted suicide with his doctor, until police officer Maite (Mónica López), his partner in local crime solving, is assigned to a kidnapping and a once close friend is accused of murder, giving him reason to live, if only just a few weeks.
Once more, Araujo and Coira take a well-known genre, the rural crime mystery, and as Araujo once put it, tear up the rule books. Everybody has their reasons, even for murder, which vary across the seasons. Thomas admits in Season 3, he might have even encouraged a murderer to commit a second homicide. The rural setting is not just beautiful but bucolic to die for, with shots of Galicia’s coastline constantly present to counter darker scenes and contrast with Ferrol’s dockyards. Also, “We thought it was really interesting to put at the center of a crime story a character who, from the beginning, is conscious of his closeness to the corpses he investigates,” says Araujo. Movistar Plus+ produces with Alfonso Blanco’s Portocabo (“Hierro,” “Rapa” and now “Weiss & Morales”).
“Yosi, the Regretful Spy,” (Oficina Burman/Prime Video), Argentina
Reckoned by many as the best title at the 2022 Berlinale Series and showrunner Daniel Burman’s most consummate TV work aired to date, Amazon Original “Yosi, the Regretful Spy,” produced by Oficina Burman, part of The Mediapro Studio, sees Burman use his deep knowledge of Buenos Aires’ Jewish community to create a classic espionage thriller.
The originality of “Yosi, the Regretful Spy” lies not in its genre but in context: the two biggest acts of terrorism committed on Argentine soil, against the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and the building of the Argentine Zionist Organization, AMIA in 1994. In Season 1, Yosi, a young Argentine Federal Police agent, infiltrates the Jewish community. In Season 2, raising the stakes, aghast at having supplied information about the two buildings’ security measures that could have aided the attacks, Yosi becomes a double agent working for Mossad. Buoyed by excellent production standards, thanks to service company Cimarrón, a tense, involved and compelling rewriting of history. The official explanation of the attacks lays the blame on Irán. Burman – as well as co-writer-director Sebastián Boresnztein (“Chinese Take-Away”) and co-scribes Andrés Gelos (“Kdrabra,” “2091”) and Natacha Caravia (“Kdabra,” “Camp Crasher”) – beg to differ.
“Acapulco,” Season 3 (3Pas Studios/Lionsgate Television/The Tannenbaum Company/Apple TV+) Mexico
Máximo Gallardo (Eugenio Dérbez), a financial mogul with a large Malibu estate, recounts to his young nephew how he got his big break in 1984 as a cabana boy at Acalpulco’s hottest resort, Las Colinas, as “Acapulco” flashes back to Max, his teen self. In Season 3, Max is promoted to manager, as Max looks to not only recount but reconnect with his past and is greeted by a young woman who calls him “Dad.”
Bilingual, retro with eye-popping period detail, ingratiating, sometimes laugh-out-loud and, significant for a Latino show, now renewed for Season 4. “It’s a heartfelt story that showcases our culture with humor and heart. Seeing the love and support for this project reminds me why storytelling that bridges cultures is so important, “Eugenio Derbez tells Variety. Created by Austin Winsberg, nominated in 2022 for a Primetime Emmy Award for “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” Eduardo Cisneros, a co-writer on “Instructions Not Included” and Jason Shuman, producers of “To Leslie.”
“Consuelo,” (The Mediapro Studio/TelevisaUnivision/ViX) México
Mexico City, 1955: Consuelo (Cassandra Sánchez Navarro), a prim and proper upper-middle-class housewife, is abandoned by her husband and, to bring up her children while downing in debt, forced to sell sex toys on the side. It could be the makings of her, and she becomes an empowered sex counselor. A comedy-drama co-created by screenwriter-turned-executive Juan Carlos Aparicio, head of development at The Mediapro Studio, and Mateo Stivelberg, and co-produced by TMS and ViX. A hit on ViX, where it bowed last April, another genre blender yoking the period chic of classic melodrama, its pressures and frustrations of a central female figure with the naughty but diced zap of modern-day comedy and today’s TV’s embrace of female empowerment. The series is directed with verve by Mexico’s Kenya Márquez (“Asfixia”).
“Notwithstanding its complexity and budgetary limitations, the market is beginning to return to what it was, opening the door to co-production, licensing and new models, taking an idea from Daniel Burman and making it in Mexico, for example,” Aparicio said at Iberseries & Platino Industria. His own “Consuelo” is another case in point of cross-border creativity.
“Coppola, el Representante,” (Star Original Productions/Pampa Films/Disney Media Distribution/Star+/Disney+) Argentina
Produced by Pampa Films and Gloriamundo Producciones, Disney+’s “Coppola, el representante” is a ’90s-set fictional comedy series that tells the story of a world-famous soccer agent. Written by Emmanuel Diez and directed by Ariel Winograd, the ensemble series stars Juan Minujín as the titular Guillermo Coppola, Mónica Antonópulos, Mayte Rodriguez, Joaquín Ferreira, Santiago Bande and Alan Sabbagh.
In the show, Coppola tries to reconcile his chaotic private life with a high-pressure full-time job in which he is often left to deal with the consequences of his representative’s actions. The job is difficult, but not impossible when his client is playing like one of the best in the world. As the player’s on-field performances decline, things become untenable. In addition to receiving praise for its comedic chops, the series has been lauded for its authentic, if sometimes overdone, portrayal of the world of the 1990s. Its colors, hairstyles and outfits, mixed with the chaotic nature of ’90s professional soccer, have won over nostalgic fans.
“Dating in Barcelona,” (Arca/Filmax/Prime Video/3Cat (TV3) Spain
Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, the first season of “Dating in Barcelona” debuted in 2023 in Spain to significant ratings, both on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, where it became one of the streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A second season aired in 2024 and was met with similar good vibes from linear and streaming audiences.
A contemporary take on romance and sex in an online age, “Dating in Barcelona” also reflects a swing in TV towards a lighter, more episodic fare, whether in crime thrillers or other categories. Each episode features two dates that play off each other. Powered in creative terms by Pau Freixas, behind the oft-adapted series “Red Band Society,” “I Know Who You Are” and “Todos Mienten,” – all Produced By Filmax – “Dating In Barcelona” features a big-name cast. For Season 2, the ensemble is led by Spanish stars such as Anna Castillo (“Nowhere”), Natalia Tena (“Harry Potter”), Óscar Casas (“The Orphanage”), Leonor Watling (“Talk To Her”) and Verónica Echegui (“Fortitude”).
“Six is Not a Crowd,” (“Felices los 6,” Kapow/Warner Bros. Discovery/Max) Argentina
Pushing the envelope on sex, director Diego Kaplan scored a huge hit and Strand Releasing pick-up with swinging comedy “2+2” in 2012. A decade on, he gets up to six. Damián (Nico Furtado) is so romantic that he weeps during his best man’s speech at a friend’s wedding. Caro (Delfina Chaves, famed now for “Máxima”) is, by her early admission, polyamorous. She might as well as she’s a serial murderer from Damian’s shock-horror reaction. But as Damían tries to loosen up, getting to know her four lovers who live with her in what looks like a Disney version of a gothic mansion, Caro discovers feelings for him, which could be love. A gentle satire of prejudice effectively structured romcom with a few gross-out lashings, from Argentine powerhouse Kapow (“El Presidente,” “The Bronze Garden”), developed by Marcelo Tamburri and Monica Albuquerque when both were at WBD reporting to Tomás Yankelevich.
“‘We were interested in telling how the new bonds [in love relationships] are, to show a reality that exists and that is becoming more and more present every day. The crisis of monogamy, the possibility of having more honest, effective relationships, but without judging anyone. One of the characteristics that differentiate this project from the rest is the combination of humor/comedy and eroticism. And above all, starring a cast that is super relevant in the region,” says exec producer Diego Ventura.
“Land of Women,” (Bambú Producciones/UnbeliEVAble/Hyphenate Media Group/Apple TV+) Spain
A stacked production in terms of on-screen and behind-the-camera talent, “Land of Women” is produced by Spanish scripted giant Bambú, Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble and Hyphenate Media Group for Apple TV+.
The series follows Gala Scott (Longoria), a New York socialite whose life is thrown into upheaval when she is abandoned by her husband who leaves town to avoid a tremendous debt. Scraping by with limited resources, the show’s protagonist teams with her eccentric mother Julia (Carmen Maura) and her 17-year-old daughter Kate (Victoria Bazua), to relocate to La Muga, Grandma’s small hometown in the North of Spain. Gala is hopeful that the three women can escape her husband’s debt collectors, but decades-old secrets about her mother create a whole new set of problems for the trio.
“City of God: The Fight Rages On,” (O2, Warner Bros. Discovery, Max, Brazil)
“Midnight Family,” (Fremantle, Fabula, Apple TV+, Mexico)
“Yosi, The Regretful Spy,” S2, (Oficina Burman (The Mediapro Studio), Prime Video, Argentina)
“Women in Blue,” (Lemon Studios, Apple TV+, Mexico)
“Memento Mori,” (Zebra Producciones (Grupo iZen), Newen Co, Prime Video, Spain)
“Rapa,” S3, (Portocabo, Movistar Plus+ Intl., Movistar Plus+, Spain)
Comedy or Dramedy Series
“Acapulco,” S3, (Lionsgate Television, 3Pas Studios, The Tannenbaum Company, Apple TV+, Mexico)
“Consuelo,” (The Mediapro Studio, TelevisaUnivision, ViX, Mexico)
“Coppola, the Agent,” (Star Original Productions, Pampa Films, Disney Media Distribution, Star+, Disney+, Argentina)
“Dating in Barcelona,” (Arca (Filmax), Filmax, Prime Video, 3Cat (TV3), Spain)
“Six is Not a Crowd,” (Kapow, Warner Bros. Discovery, Max, Argentina)
“Land of Women,” (Bambú Producciones, UnbeliEVAble, Hyphenate Media Group, Apple TV+, Spain)
Miniseries or Limited Series
“Anderson Spider Silva,” (Prodigo Films, Paramount+, Brazil)
“Cris Miró (She|Her|Hers),” (Nativa, EO Media, Max, TNT, Flow, Argentina)
“La Mesías,” (Suma Content, Movistar Plus+, Spain)
“Past Lies,” (DLO Producciones (Banijay Iberia), Disney+, Spain)
“Allende, the Thousand Days,” (Parox, Onza Distribution, TVN, RTVE, Chile)
“Desperate Lies,” (A Fábrica (Banijay Americas), Netflix, Brazil)
Telenovela
“Broken Promise,” (SP Television, SIC Intl. Distribution, SIC, Portugal)
“Cacao,” (Plural Entertainment, Onza Distribution, TVI, Portugal)
“Love of My Life,” (Caracol Televisión, Netflix, Colombia)
“Renacer” (Globo, Brazil)
“Secretos de familia” (Canal 13, AGTV, 13Sudmedia, Prime Video, Chile)
“Dreams of Freedom,” (Diagonal (Banijay Iberia), Atresmedia, Spain)
Documentary
“From Dreams to Tragedy: The Fire That Shook Brazilian Football,” (A Fábrica (Banijay Americas), Netflix, Brazil)
“The Daughter of God: Dalma Maradona,” (Infinity Hill, Nativa, Warner Bros. Discovery, Max, Argentina)
“An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case,” (Boutique Films, Netflix, Brazil)
“Los 43 de Ayotzinapa: Un crimen de estado,” (PAR Media, Warner Bros. Discovery, Max, Mexico)
“Luz en la oscuridad,” (True Crime Factory, Goroka, Movistar Plus+, Spain)
“People’s Cup: A Street Symphony,” (Pampa Films, Disney Media Distribution, Disney+, Argentina)
TV Movie or Streaming Film
“The Rescue: The Weight of the World,” (Paramount, Infinity Hill, Rei Cine, Paramount+, Argentina)
“Traces of Love,” (Framboesa Filmes, Warner Bros. Discovery, Max, Brazil)
“Intercambiadas,” (The Mediapro Studio, TelevisaUnivision, ViX, Mexico)
“The Backlands Shall Sea,” (Cesar Produçao Cinematográfica, Globo, Brazil)
“Radical,” (3Pas Studios, The Lift, Videocine, Participant, ViX, Mexico)
“Ahora caigo,” (Boxfish, ITV Studios, El Trece, Argentina)
“Canta Conmigo Teen,” (Endemol Shine Brasil (Banijay Americas), Banijay, Record TV, PlayPlus, Brazil)
“Desafío 20 años,” (Caracol TV, Colombia)
“La caza: Nada es lo que parece,” (Secuoya Studios, Grupo Proyección, Secuoya Studios, EITB, Spain)
“Mental Masters,” (Warner Bros. Intl Television Production Spain, Warner Bros. Intl. Television Production, Telecinco (Mediaset España) Spain)
“Top Chef VIP,” S3, (RCN Estudios, NBCUniversal, Telemundo, U.S.)
Docu-Reality or Factual
“100% únicos,” (Shine Iberia (Banijay Iberia, Telecinco, Cuatro (Mediaset España), Spain)
“Checo Pérez: ¡No te rindas, cabr#n!,” (Star+ Original Productions, Rola Entertainment, Disney Media Distribution, Disney+, Mexico)
“De viaje con los Derbez: Buscando a Santa,” (Lionsgate, Amazon MGM Studios, 3Pas Studios, Visceral, Ais Ais Baby Media Corp, Prime Video, ViX, Mexico)
“Generación click,” (Shine Iberia (Banijay Iberia), Banijay, EITB, Spain)
“The Montaners,” S2, (Star+ Original Productions, Ntertain, Disney Media Distribution, Disney+, U.S.)
“Acoustic Home,” S3, (Sony Music Entertainment España, Kalicon Media, Acoustic Home Bizkaia AIE, Max, Spain)
“Congela,” (Fremantle Portugal, TVI, Portugal)
“Escape perfecto VIP,” (Sony Pictures, TV Azteca, Azteca Uno, Mexico)
“La revuelta,” (Encofrados-Encofrasa, El Terrat (The Mediapro Studio), RTVE, La 1 (RTVE), Spain)
“Me caigo de risa,” S9, (EndemolShine Boomdog (Banijay Americas), Televisa, Mexico)
“Sonríe, te estamos grabando,” (Saeta TV Canal 10, Uruguay)
Kids
“Franjito y Milena en busca de la ciencia,” S1, (Biônica Filmes, Mauricio de Sousa Produções, Warner Bros. Discovery, Discovery Kids, Max, Brazil)
“Pictoline: The Secret Life of Your Mind,” S1, (Warner Bros. Discovery, Mighty Animation, Max, Mexico)
“Marcelo Marmelo Martelo,” (Paramount, Coiote, TIS Distribution, Paramount+, Brazil)
“Daddies on Request,” S2 (The Walt Disney Company Latin America, BTF, Disney Media Distribution, Disney+, Mexico)
“The Kitchen Stand,” (The Walt Disney Company Latin America, Non Stop, Disney Media Distribution, Disney+, Argentina)
“Perfekta,” (Mixer Films, Imagem Filmes, Globo, Brazil)
“The Sandbox,” (Atresmedia, Buendía Estudios, MKTG Spain, Atresmedia, Spain)
“The Secret Score,” (The Walt Disney Company, Estudios Teleméxico (TIS), Disney Media Distribution, Disney+, Mexico)
“Luz: The Light of the Heart,” (Floresta (Sony Pictures Television), Netflix, Brazil)
“Raising Voices,” (DLO Producciones (Banijay Iberia), Netflix, Spain)
“DMG: El sueño de la hormiga,” (Spotify Studios y La No Ficción, Spotify, Colombia)
“Caso 63: Enigma,” (Spotify Studios y Emisor, Spotify, Mexico)
“HUMO: Murder and Silence in El Salvador,” (Sonoro Media, México)
“Quemar tu casa,” (Spotify Studios, Fabula, Spotify, Chile)