Spain’s Ana Rujas, greatest identified for co-creating and starring Atresmedia profitable collection “Cardo” whereas praised for her lead efficiency in Los Javis and Movistar Plus+ “La Mesías,” is hooked up to topline boxing TV drama bioseries “Rosa.”

Arrange at Studio TF1’s Madrid-based Kubik Movies, “Rosa” is among the finalist initiatives to compete on the Pitch Co-Professional Collection hosted by this 12 months’s Conecta Fiction & Leisure.

The collection is created and written partly by María Cantuel and govt produced by Fernando Sánchez-Cabezudo at Kubik Movies, the manufacturing firm based in 2011 by his brothers Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo, creators behind characteristic “The Evening of Sunflowers” and TV dramas equivalent to “Crematorium” (Canal+), “La Zona” (Movistar Plus+) and “See You in One other Life” (Disney+).

“Rosa” tells the story of María Jesús Rosa, a pioneer of ladies’s boxing in Spain, winner of the WIBF World Mild Flyweight title in 2003 and in addition a four-time European flyweight champion, who turned the primary European and world boxing champion within the nation.

Regardless of her achievements, Rosa was forgotten and unrecognized. She hung her gloves when she turned pregnant.

She died of most cancers in 2018 on the age of 44 and was posthumously inducted into the Worldwide Ladies’s Boxing Corridor of Fame.

“Though the plot takes place on the planet of boxing, the collection is a narrative of characters that takes us on a journey by means of a love story and addresses social points equivalent to overcoming adversity and success in an period – the Nineties and 2000s – when Spain was not able to settle for feminine success,” mentioned Fernando Sánchez-Cabezudo.

“It additionally goals to spotlight the assist of the individuals who believed in her, 4 male figures who accompanied her to the tip. And to function a mirror for brand spanking new generations, reflecting on the idea of success and paying tribute not solely to Mari, however to all girls who’ve paved the way in which in numerous fields,” he added. 

The undertaking acquired the Lab Opera Prima prize from Barcelona movie faculty Escac in 2024, incomes the Escac Award for Finest Pitch on the Sitges Movie Competition.

Kubik Movies might be presenting “Rosa” on the upcoming Conecta Fiction version, searching for worldwide assist. Since a small a part of the collection takes place within the U.S. and Germany, the corporate is on the lookout for allies in these territories.

“Though Rosa felt she by no means acquired the popularity she deserved, she was lastly inducted into the Las Vegas Corridor of Fame after her loss of life. That a part of her story holds a really particular worth,” the collection’ govt producer argued.

Rosa additionally fought on the Karlsruhe Area in Germany in September 2005 for the world flyweight title towards Germany’s Regina Halmich. One among her most vital fights and the final of her profession, was watched by two million TV viewers in Germany and never broadcast in Spain.

The ninth version of Conecta Fiction & Leisure, the Europe-Latin America TV and networking discussion board, runs June 16-19 in Castilla-La Mancha’s metropolis of Cuenca,  a one hour practice experience east of Madrid.