Turkish production powerhouse OGM Pictures has forged a strategic partnership with prominent Spanish outfit Grupo Ganga, which is behind Spain’s longest-running primetime TV series “Remember When.”
Under their deal, the two companies will collaborate to develop scripted projects in Turkey and Spain, “with an initial focus on building a slate of series to be coproduced for linear broadcasters and global streaming platforms,” they said in a statement.
For OGM — which has gained prominence since launching in 2019 thanks to a production portfolio comprising popular Netflix series “The Gift,” “The Taylor,” and “Paper Lives” — the agreement with Grupo Ganga follows the recent launch of an international arm called OGM Pictures that aims to bolster the company’s global ambitions through strategic alliances.
In January OGM, hired as its head of international production long-time YellowBird executive Berna Levin, whose producing credits include “The Playlist,” “Young Wallander” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
Last year, OGM Pictures partnered with Fremantle-owned companies Wildside and The Apartment, as well as Italian indie Fandango, to produce a Turkish adaptation of Italy’s globally well-received Elena Ferrante adaptation series “My Brilliant Friend,” that is currently in the advanced script stage.
The partnership between these two outfits from Turkey and Spain, which are both big players on the global TV market, will involve “both the adaptation of existing formats from each company’s catalogue and the creation of original content tailored for international audiences,” the statement said.
“The collaboration is rooted in a shared ambition to blend distinct narrative sensibilities and production approaches, creating stories that feel both locally authentic and internationally scalable,” it added.
“Bringing together different storytelling traditions creates new opportunities for layered and compelling narratives. Our collaboration with Grupo Ganga reflects our ambition to develop stories that can travel across borders while staying authentic to their roots,” said OGM Pictures chief executive Onur Güvenatam in the statement.
Commented Miguel Angel Bernardeau, founder and general manager of Grupo Ganga: “This union is not just an addition of teams; it is the multiplication of our creative capacity. By joining forces with OGM Pictures, we are in a privileged position to tackle larger-scale projects and international complexity.”
Besides its record-breaking “Remember When,” Grupo Ganga is behind hit procedurals and dramas such as “UCO,” “Desaparecida” and “HIT.”
Pictured above: Onur Güvenatam (left) and Miguel Angel Bernardeau (right)
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