The Mobile World Congress, setting for a 'thriller' that will be seen on Prime Video and 3Cat

The Mobile World Congress, which this year celebrates its twentieth anniversary in Barcelona, is one of the major annual events held in Catalonia and will now also be the setting for a new Prime Video series that can also be seen in Catalan on 3Cat. Day one, which will premiere on Prime Video on March 13 and later on 3Cat under the title of Dia u, follows Ulises Albet, a computer prodigy who left Barcelona and the technological world after his sister's death. Ten years later, he receives a call from a former partner and friend, Samuel Barrera, who warns him that the world is in danger and makes him return to the Mobile World Congress. Ulises will have to confront his past, technological advancements, and the fundamental question of how far one can go without losing humanity.

The main protagonists of the series are actors Álex González, Asier Etxeandia, and Alba Planas, but the fiction features a large cast full of Catalan actors. A list that includes names such as Ivan Massagué, Jordi Mollà, David Selvas, Àgata Roca, Mireia Oriol, Mercè Martínez, and Peter Vives.

Through Prime Video, the series will be available worldwide. The producers, therefore, consider it an opportunity to showcase Barcelona and some of the city's most iconic technological spaces, which have served as real sets for the series. Among the locations are the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), the ALBA Synchrotron, the Talent Arena, the Collserola Tower, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), the Mirador Torre Glòries, and the 22@ district.

The series, produced by Zebra Producciones, NewCo Audiovisual, and Documentales en Canarias SL, with the associated production of Barcelona Mobile World Capital Foundation, and the participation of 3Cat, will consist of six 45-minute episodes. Day one (Dia u) is directed by Marta Pahissa and Víctor Cuadrado, and has a screenplay by Cristina Pons, Luis Arranz, Luis Moreno, and Juan Salvador López.