Millstreet Films, Videoland, and Beta Film have joined forces for the third time, collaborating on the eight-part romantic dramedy series La Vida Barcelona.
The three companies previously aligned for Maxima and are working together on the spin-off, The Other Royals—A Maxima Story. Directed by Katina Medina Mora, Charlotte Scott-Wilson and Ayla Spaans, La Vida Barcelona has wrapped filming in Barcelona and is now shooting in Amsterdam. Rachel van Bommel of Millstreet Films produces the show, about a young Dutch designer sent to Barcelona to secretly undermine a rival agency. The series, distributed by Beta Film, is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund Production Incentive, the Spanish Tax Rebate, and the Creative Europe MEDIA program.
“With La Vida Barcelona, we are taking our collaboration with Millstreet to the next level of internationalization,” said Justus Riesenkampff, EVP for the Nordics and Benelux at Beta Film. “With top talent attached, such as Emily in Paris’ director Katina Medina Mora and Euphoria’s Priscilla Delgado, the show is set to compete with premium English-language productions in the genre. Barcelona provides the perfect backdrop to attract younger audiences from around the world. Who could resist following Julia as she plunges into an adventure filled with ambition, romance, intrigue, and friendship?”
Van Bommel added, “La Vida Barcelona is a feel-good series, emotionally grounded in a modern mother-daughter relationship. It’s a story about ambition, identity, and the courage to find your own voice. At the same time, it is a truly female-driven project, in front of as well as behind the camera, which is important for us at Millstreet Films.”
Medina Mora added, La Vida Barcelona is, at its core, a story about identity. It explores what it feels like to move to another country and have to prove yourself, only to realize that what begins as a mission slowly becomes a journey of self-discovery.
Barcelona becomes much more than a backdrop; its energy, culture, and sense of possibility transform Julia’s journey and allow her to discover parts of herself she didn’t know were there. It gives her the freedom to explore who she is outside of the expectations she grew up with. All of this while navigating insecurity, ambition, and the unfamiliar, making the story both deeply personal and universally relatable.”
