''Nights in Tefía'' ( es, Las noches de Tefía, links=no) is a 2023 Spanish drama television series created, co-written, and co-directed by . It is set in a Francoist concentration camp for vagrants, dissidents, and homosexuals in the island of

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Plot

Told from the account of and old Airam Betancor in 2004, the plot delves into the repression and abuses but also the camaraderie that he experienced back in the 1960s in the , a Francoist concentration camp for the re-education of homosexuals in

, Canary Islands.

Cast

Production

The series was produced by Buendía Estudios alongside Atresmedia.

Release

The first two episodes received a pre-screening at the , as a part of the 'Pantalla TV' section of the

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. The series will premiere on

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on 25 June 2023.

Accolades

, - , , 70th

Ondas Awards The Premios Ondas (Spanish: literally "wave awards", also known in English as the Ondas Awards or simply The Ondas) have been given since 1954 by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio ...

, , Best Television Actor , , Patrick Criado , , , , align = "center" , , - , rowspan = "5" , , , rowspan = "4" , 25th Iris Awards , , colspan = "2" , Best Fiction , , , , rowspan = "4" , , - , Best Fiction Production , , Montse García, Sonia Martínez , , , - , Best Fiction Screenplay , , Miguel del Arco, Antonio Rojano , , , - , Best Actor , , Patrick Criado , , , - , 35th GLAAD Media Awards , , colspan = "2" , Outstanding Spanish-language Scripted Television Series , , , ,

References

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