Padre Casares to evangelize Monte-Carlo

Voz Audiovisual TV series Padre Casares has been nominated in four categories at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival TVFest 09. Only two additional Spanish TV shows are among the nominees, Spanish public broadcaster TVE’s Cuéntame, and Antena 3’s El Internado. Only 51 TV productions from 22 different countries have reached the final phase of the 49th edition of this renowned festival, to be held in Monte-Carlo from 7th to 11th June, 2009.

Padre Casares will be competing for the Golden Nymph award in the categories:

• Outstanding Actor (Drama), where the candidates are Pedro Alonso / father Horacio Casares and Antonio Durán “Morris” / mayor Edelminio Ferreira
• Outstanding Actress (Drama), competing María Vázquez / Iria and Mercedes Castro / Dona Amelia
• Outstanding International Producer (Drama), where the candidates are Padre Casares producers Carlos Carballo, Carlos Portela and Alfonso Blanco
• Outstanding European Producer (Drama), again Carlos Carballo, Carlos Portela and Alfonso Blanco

Besides Spanish hits Cuéntame and El Internado, performers and producers in Padre Casares will compete with international TV series like ABC Studios' Lost, American Movie Classics' Mad Men or 20th Century Fox Television's Boston Legal.

Padre Casares is one of the most successful TV series aired by Galician public broadcaster TVG, with recurring prime-time share figures well over 25% in Galicia.

Congratulations to all who made it possible!