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Pedro Lopes: Building Stories Across Time, Formats, and Borders
On history, conflict, and why stories sometimes refuse to stay on screen Unwritten+ is back — and we’re starting the year with something new:our first-ever video episode. I’m excited. And yes, a little bit terrified. Which usually tells me it’s the right move…
🎙️ Pedro Lopes: Building Stories Across Time,
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Unwritten+ is back — and we’re starting the year with something new:our first-ever video episode. I’m excited. And yes, a little bit terrified. Which usually tells me it’s the right move…
🎙️ Pedro Lopes: Building Stories Across Time, Formats, and BordersOn history, conflict, and why stories sometimes refuse to stay on screen
Our guest is Pedro Lopes, Director of Content at SPI in Portugal — an International Emmy–winning writer, academic, and storyteller who has spent years building narratives at scale: telenovelas, high-end series, international co-productions… and now, micro dramas.
We talk about:
– what a background in history gives you as a writer– why “drama is conflict” still matters, no matter the format
– why international co-production is basically a marriage without dating- why deadlines are the most honest collaborators
– how being a father sharpened his sense of responsibility as a storyteller – and what happens when a story doesn’t quite stay on screen
Pedro is expanding into micro dramas — the short, vertical format that started in China, spread across Asia and Latin America, and is now one of the most talked-about shifts in our industry. Not as a gimmick, but with the same care for craft, responsibility, and audience.
It’s thoughtful, grounded, occasionally very funny — and a strong way to open the new season.
Season two starts here.
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Erscheinungsdatum: 23.1.2026, 13:22:33
