Screenings, series presented finished, in production, in development, masterclasses and discussions are at the core of our programme which focuses on creation.
In 2022, on Thursday 30 June & Friday 1st July we will meet and focus on the theme “Can drama be a force for good”. Our European series summit is reserved for pass-holders.
The general audience has a free access to series screenings in the presence of the creative teams.
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For as long as the Viking sagas have been passed down through the ages, Viking Skool has trained the best of the best to be future Viking leaders.
Teens Ylva, Erik and Arni are three friends brought together at Viking Skool. They each share a common element: they’re long shots at becoming Vikings. Bound together by their outlier status, over the course of the series, their friendship will only grow as they meet the challenges that await them.
Together our three heroes will make it through their first year and come out stronger than ever - even if they haven’t gotten their axe throwing scream down!
Series screening and meeting with Céline Gobinet (director), Pierre-Gilles Stehr (screenwriter) and Xavier Vairé (screenwriter) !
Book your seats here !
Country : France
Original idea : Gisle Normann Melhus, Frederick P.N. Howard
Screenwriters : Épisodes 3 & 22 : Pierre-Gilles Stehr, Xavier Vairé
Director : Céline Gobinet
Composors : Benjamin Nakache, Mathieu Rosenzweig
Production : SAMKA, CARTOON SALOON
Producers : Samuel Kamika, Paul Young, Frederick P.N. Howard
Broadcasters : Disney, France Télévisions, NRK, RTÉ
Cast : Chloé Berthier, Alexis Gilot, Jonathan Gimbord, Nathalie Homs, Thierry Kazazian, Grégory Laisné, Marie Nonnenmacher, Audrey Sablé, Yann Sundberg, Lionel Tua
Format : 26x22'
Date of broadcast : 11/05/2022 (France Télévisions)
Exposing the world’s uproar, series are an expression of our culture, the vision of creators immersed in society. More than ever, we know those stories feed the need for the audience to escape and discover, but also learn, travel through universes or enrich their vision of the world.
As war overturns her country, Ukrainian producer Kateryna Vyshnevska has invited Maria Feldman, Israeli-American producer of Ukrainian origin, to discuss their views on the impact of war and adversity on creation.
How to conceive the future for Ukrainian creators and audiovisual industry, and what can come out of the crisis? Do war and adversity foster creativity? Israel has long established itself as a hotbed of creativity. So what does it mean for Ukraine? As the war forces the industry and people to reinvent themselves, what does it mean for all of us?
BBC Media Action, the charity and international development arm of the British pubcaster, works in partnership with local media and development organisations around the world, seeking to promote social change, improve education and healthcare, and support human rights in developing countries, convening the communication and media (for) development, social and behavioural change through a social networking and shared knowledge strategy.
Ellie Haworth, Head of projects for BBC Media Action, and Sevda Shishmanova, Bulgarian director, former journalist and Head of drama at BNT, will exchange their views on their experience in the Eastern European context and illustrate how drama can be a force for good with concrete examples. Among other relevant projects, they will notably look back at the 5baksiv.net series which targeted young audiences in Ukraine in the context of the war in Dombass, seeking to address the problems they were facing, in particular hate speech and the polarisation of society, and aiming to support the country in dealing with tensions and divisions exacerbated by the war.
Ellie and Sevda will concretely illustrate how TV drama can create a safe space to address complex societal issues and dilemmas. They will dive into a softer approach, ideally based upon research, implying translated, nuanced and realistic images and discourse, and encouraging critical thinking.
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ISRAEL
Four Mothers is the incredible true story of a women’s movement that ended a war. Following the devastating collision of two Israeli Airforce transport helicopters in February ‘97, which killed all 73 military personnel on board, Israel is shaken to its core and a small group of mothers realise they can no longer be silent – they must speak out, stop the futile war and save their sons. It is the beginning of the anti-war movement “Four Mothers” that led a groundbreaking civil fight, inspired masses and ultimately changed the course of history in the Middle east.
Discussion with Yuval Yefet (co-creator, screenwriter), Rotem Shamir (co-creator, director), and Atar Dekel (Executive Producer, Keshet International). Session chaired by David Dusa (screenwriter).
Original idea : Rotem Shamir, Yuval Yefet
Screenwriters : Yuval Yefet, Rona Tamir
Director : Rotem Shamir
Production : Keshet International, co-producer TBC
Producer : Atar Dekel (Keshet International)
Broadcasters : Keshet 12 & TBC
Distributor : Keshet International
Format : 8x60’
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BELGIUM
Rough Diamonds (W/T) is an 8-part crime drama that follows the struggles of the Wolfsons, a prominent ultra-Orthodox Jewish family within Antwerp’s world-famous diamond industry. When their youngest son takes his own life, his long-estranged brother Noah – who turned his back on his religion and made a new home within the criminal fraternity of London – returns to Antwerp and finds out that the family business is on the brink of collapse and under the heel of the local mob. While Noah desperately attempts to save the Wolfsons’ business and protect the family's legacy and honor, he and his siblings must first settle their own internal battles.
Presentation of the series with Yuval Yefet (Creator, Sceenwriter), Rotem Shamir (Creator, director), Pieter Van Huyck (Executive Producer, De Mensen), Atar Dekel (Head Of Global Drama and Co-Productions, Keshet International). Session chaired by David Dusa (screenwriter).
Original idea: Rotem Shamir, Yuval Yefet, Jan Theys
Screenwriter: Yuval Yefet
Directors: Rotem Shamir, Cecilia Verheyden
Composer: Stan Lee Cole
Production : a co-production between De Mensen and Keshet International for Netflix and VRT, with the support of Screen Flanders.
Producers: Pieter Van Huyck (De Mensen), Ivy Vanhaecke (De Mensen), Atar Dekel (Keshet International)
Broadcasters: Netflix, VRT/Eén (Belgium)
Distributor: Keshet International
Cast: Kevin Janssens, Yona Elian, Ini Massez, Robbie Cleiren, Jeroen Vander Ven , Marie Vinck, Els Dottermans, Dudu Fisher, Mendy Cahan
Format : 8 x 50’
Date of broadcast: TBC
For the past 11 years, Radio Télévision Suisse has been a discreet but loyal broadcaster, always reliable for the quality of their editorial choices and the pieces they offer us. We have decided to give them the floor, following the conversations started last year, to take stock of the editorial line, organisation and vision of European broadcasters that have been carefully chosen for the quality of the drama they offer.
Can drama be a force for good in Switzerland? Izabela Rieben and Patrick Suhner, Editorial Drama Producers, will present their vision, discuss their choices, their methods and artistic and business collaborations, as well as the projects underway at the Swiss public broadcaster.
The discussion will be followed by a focus on RTS' new project Minor Offence.
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Juvenile Court, Geneva. Three women struggle to give hope to young people in difficulty, but a murder will change the situation and place them in front of risky choices: lock up or trust ?
Screening of excerpts during a discussion with Britta Rindelaub (Executive Producer, Alva Film Production), Izabela Rieben and Patrick Suhner (Commissioners, RTS).
Original title : Délits mineurs
Created by : Nicole Borgeat, Jacqueline Surchat
Screenwriters : Nicole Borgeat, Jacqueline Surchat, Marco Rivard, in collaboration with Christophe Joaquin, Alain Berliner
Director : Nicole Borgeat
Composer : TBC
Production : Alva Film Production, coproduction : Radio Télévision Suisse, Hélicotronc (Belgique / Belgium)
Producers : Britta Rindelaub, Thomas Reichlin, coproduit par / co-produced by Julie Esparbes
Broadcaster : Radio Télévision Suisse
Cast : Marie Gillain, Noémie Schmidt, Assa Sylla
Format : 6x52’
Date of broadcast : 2023 (2nd semester)
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After the death of his father, Robert the Magnificent, William, the contested heir to the throne of Normandy, manages to find refuge in the village of Baligan. In order to escape from the lords that seek to eliminate him and replace him on the throne, William assumes a new identity, that of a simple peasant boy named Hugo.
Taken in by Cecile’s family, Hugo must be careful not to attract any attention from Lady Neel, the Sovereign leader of Baligan, as she has tasked her head guard to track down the boy and prevent him from succeeding to the Norman throne.
Original idea: Guillaume Mautalent, Sébastien Tavel
Screenwriter: Marine Lachenaud
Director: Jean-Louis Vandestoc
Composer: Atli Örvarsson
Production: Les Armateurs
Producer: Reginald de Guillebon
Broadcaster: CANAL+
Distributor: Prime Entertainment Group
Cast: Maxime Baudoin, Cerise Calixte, Élode Menant, Arthur Pestel, Antoine Schoumsky, Cathy Cerda, Léovanie Rault, Emmylou Homs, Eric Aubrahn, Françoise Cadol, Thomas Sagols Kelly Marot, Adrien Antoine, Pierre Legois, Philippe Spiteri, Céline Ronté, Paul Borne, Jean-Lou Hortwitz, Jérôme Keen
Format: 26 x 22'
Date of broadcast: 22/10/2022
Adam Kay is an award-winning writer and comedian. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, a memoir inspired by his years as a junior doctor, offers a vital, witty yet dark and often shocking depiction of the National Health Service in the UK. Recently adapted into a series, with Adam serving as writer, and co-executive producer with Jane Featherstone and Naomi de Pear for SISTER and James Farrell for Terrible Productions, the piece is a perfect illustration of how the distinctive vision and voice of an artist can raise awareness in a powerful manner.
This is Going to Hurt is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, it has sold over 2.5 million copies, making it the bestselling UK narrative non-fiction book of the 21st Century. Translated into 37 languages, This is Going to Hurt has won ten national awards including a record-breaking four National Book Awards. Adam’s bestselling follow-up, Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, and two children’s books Kay’s Anatomy and Kay’s Marvellous Medicine also broke records in their respective genres. His anthology Dear NHS raised over £500,000 for charity.
After serving as writer and executive producer on the TV adaptation of This is Going to Hurt for AMC+ and the BBC, Adam is currently showrunning a major new comedy-drama. He lives in Oxfordshire, England with his dog and husband (two separate individuals).
Adam will do us the honour of sharing his committed and distinctive creative vision with us: a powerful take on the question “Can drama be a force for good?”.
The International Icelandic star Aníta Briem played in films and series such as Doctor Who, Journey to the Center of the Earth or the Tudors. After an English career, she is back in Iceland where she continues to play top roles, among those, Trapped, presented in Fontainebleau a few years ago. Aníta Briem is coming to talk about her new series, As long as we live, but as a creator and screenwriter this time. Inspired by her personal life and experience, the series is about a former queen of pop, now a struggling mom in a stale marriage, longing for the thrills of her past life. Aníta Briem will share her vision of women’s characters, and the need for others and new ones, anchored into real life. She will share the stage with Hordur Runarsson, her producer, working on creating the best setting for a feminist and engaged series, that will raise her voice.
Manuel Alduy, Head of Film and International fiction for the France Télévisions group, will come with Catherine Gaucher, Hélène Saillon and Morad Koufane, to present his organisation and share his vision. The team will discuss current projects and the expectations and ambitions of the public group in terms of international series. This will be an opportunity to highlight the projects developed within the Alliance and the collaborations with creators in France and Europe.
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UNITED KINGDOM
From celebrated screenwriter Chris Lang and acclaimed production company Story Films (Deceit), this extraordinary story explores the stranger-than-fiction tale of Anne and John Darwin, the couple who deceived the world, their family and friends after John faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy. Led by transformative performances from BAFTA winner Monica Dolan as Anne and Eddie Marsan as John and told through Chris Lang’s poignant, humorous and insightful script, Story Films’ four-part series is an utterly compelling drama that offers a fresh take on the traditional true-crime narrative.
Screening of one episode followed by a video with Chris Lang (screenwriter) and a discussion with Alison Sterling (producer, Story Films).
Original title : The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
Original idea : based on a true story
Screenwriter : Chris Lang
Director : Richard Laxton
Production : Story Films
Producers : Alison Sterling (producer), David Nath (executive producer)
Broadcaster : ITV
Distributor : All3Media International
Cast : Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, Mark Stanley, Dominic Applewhite
Format : 4x52'
Date of broadcast : 17/04/2022
UNITED KINGDOM
Alice is a formidable PA, single mother, and lifelong Madonna fan. Cheryl is a bestselling fantasy author who, recently bereaved, lives alone with her toy poodle, Goblin. Rob is an eccentric & celebrated ecopreneur… who may or may not be trying to destroy them both.
This is a story about lies & artifice, about our weakness for self-deception, and about the rapid ascent of the modern fraudster. Why do ‘respectable’ psychopaths rise to the top? Why does a posh man in a suit seem so plausible compared to a working-class single mum in a pink plastic rain mac? And if you can’t beat them, is joining them really so bad?
Above all, this is also the story of an unexpected friendship between two very different women and the power they’ll discover if they can make their voices heard...
Presentation of the series with Lydia Hampson and Alice Tyler (producers, SISTER).
Original idea : Penelope & Ginny Skinner
Screenwriters : Penelope & Ginny Skinner
Directors : Robert McKillop, Nicole Charles
Composer : Arthur Sharpe
Production : SISTER
Producers : Executive Producers Lydia Hampson, Alice Tyler, Naomi De Pear - Producer Georgie Fallon
Broadcaster : BBC
Distributor : BBC Studios
Cast : Marianne Jean Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton
Format : 5x60’
Date of broadcast : TBC
There is nothing as powerful as great storytelling, and TV series are the ultimate media for sharing stories with a wide audience.
Europe has some of the greatest talent in writing, creating and producing TV series, and we have our broadcasters to ensure these series reach the largest audience - if we work together.
The European Writers Club fosters great storytelling from a unified, European front.
By creating a network of creators, writers, independent producers, and broadcasters from all over Europe, together their aim is to uplift, promote and unite the continent’s greatest talent. Through tailor-made sessions, the EWC encourages sharing, exchanging and collaboration within the network. Our common goal? More eyes on the stories that matter – yours.
EWC is financed by the European Commission and our partners. Join their European network.
Let’s create stories together.
Speakers :
- Toni Grisoni, author, United Kingdom
- Simone Emmelius, SVP International Fiction, ZDF, Germany
- Jacobo Sutil, Director of the Galician Agency for the Cultural Industries (AGADIC), Spain, Partner in EWC
- Angelica Cantisani, Programmes Coordinator, TorinoFilmLab, Italy
- Thomas Gammeltoft, Head of the European Writers Club, Producer on behalf of Vision Denmark, Partner in EWC
By exposing the troubles of our society, by bringing all the marginalised out of the shadows, crime thriller is a public service. Often a militant act, with dark sincerity, it creates works with a unique atmosphere. Its great diversity and uncompromising reflection of our civilisations undoubtedly make crime drama the most relevant way of understanding the world.
Created by Laetitia Duguet, the Maison du Polar shares its discoveries and favourites with fans and other curious people who are struggling to make a selection from an increasingly vast and complex market. The Maison du Polar is a website (lamaisondupolar.com) and a free bi-monthly newsletter, both 100% and positively dedicated to crime thriller (understood in the broadest sense: noir, mystery, neo-polar, espionage, thriller, etc.), from all eras (heritage pieces and new releases) andin all its forms (novels, films, series, documentaries, comics, news, podcasts, etc.)
The Maison du Polar invites two novelists to share their unique imaginations and experiences; two authors whose universes, characters and plots seem particularly interesting to consider for screen.
With committed thrillers addressing deeply contemporary themes - extremism, immigration, secularism, social injustice, the emergence of a deadly virus... - Diniz Galhos (translator and writer) and Fabrice Jambois (novelist) offer two very different storytellings and stylistic approaches, which share their originality and their obvious visual evocations. Two illustrations of fiction for a better world.
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Kamila Zlatušková> has created the Serial Killer international television festival in Brno after a career as a creative producer for Czech television. She will expose a strong vision for Eastern creation to reach international standard and recognition and for creators to dive into their history and culture. By creating an international center for education in the field of production, she promotes quality production of all genres, aiming at a global impact and challenges the limits of tv production in Central and Eastern Europe. She will share her views and expectations with two drama commissioners in Czech Republic : Jan Maxa, director of content and new media for the pubcaster Czech TV and Lenka Szántó, creative producer for the Voyo platform. An occasion to learn more about drama production in the Eastern countries.
Speakers :
Kamila Zlatušková – Founder of the Serial Killer festival
Lenka Szántó – Creative Producer, Voyo
Jan Maxa - Director of Content and New Media, Czech TV
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ARGENTINA
This is the story of Eva Perón after her death.
Evita's embalmed body had an eventful journey that lasted 22 years and it was as eventful as her 33 years of life. Evita died in 1952 but her corpse remained waiting three years to be buried in a monument that was never erected. In 1955 a military coup overthrew Perón and hid the body for 19 years to prevent it from becoming a weapon against the regime. A political figure for six years as General Peron's wife, yet her corpse influenced Argentine politics for more than two decades, fabricating a strange story, becoming part of the Argentine mythology. To the military officers that took over, dead Evita was even more dangerous than the alive one. Everyone feared that errant corpse without a burial site.
This is the story of that corpse without a grave and its legend.
Screening of one episode followed by a discussion with Pamela Rementeria, Marcela Guerty (screenwriters), Alejandro Maci (director), Natalia Oreiro, Enersto Alterio, Francesc Orellá (actors), Leonardo Aranguibel, Mariana Perez (producers, The Walt Disney Company LatAm) and Patricio Rabuffetti (producer, Non stop studios).
Original title : Santa Evita
Original idea : based on the book Santa Evita by Tomás Eloy Martínez
Screenwriters : Marcela Guerty, Pamela Rementería
Directors : Rodrigo García, Alejandro Maci
Composer : Federico Jusid
Production : Star Original Productions, Non Stop Studios
Producers : Betina Brewda, Salma Hayek Pinault, José Tamez, Rodrigo García, Pedro Dávila, Gastón Gualco, Patricio Rabuffetti, Mariana Perez, Leonardo Aranguibel, Fernando Barbosa
Broadcasters : Star+, Disney+, Hulu
Distributor : DMED
Cast : Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, Diego Velázquez, Special guest appearance Francesc Orellá & Darío Grandinetti as Juan Domingo Perón
Format : 7x45’
Date of broadcast : 26/07/2022
Thursday 30th June, after the dinner - 1-hour set
At the Château de Fontainebleau
French Fuse aka Jerry & Ben met in 2008 at the Institut Musical de Formation Professionnelle (IMFP), a jazz and contemporary music school. Jerry plays the piano and Benjamin the trombone. In 2011, they passed the entrance exam for the Aix en Provence conservatoire and began to meet to write songs: "We wanted to create without a cerebral approach. The first tracks we posted on Youtube had no particular intention! We wanted to make music for the general public, more intuitive". The group posted a first video and, in view of its success on the platform, the two musicians decided to set up the duo French Fuse. In just a few months, the project took off. Innovative, popular, heady and playful, they invented a sort of soundtrack to our imagination, a pop digest of consumer society. They signed with Universal Music, Alex Lutz invited them to play at the 28th Nuit des Molières and then they went on tour in festivals throughout Europe.
Currently, French Fuse has over 120 million views.
Ignace is of Togolese-Beninese descent and has been mixing for 35 years. He made his debut at the turntables of the Palace in Paris. Coming from a family of musicians, he was lulled by the rhythm of his father's percussion since his youngest age.
After several years at the Palace, he quickly became an essential artist of the Parisian nightlife, playing at LA MAISON BLANCHE, the QUEEN, the MANRAY, the ARC, the BAINS DOUCHES.
From urban music to house music, this magician of the dancefloors gives the rhythm and it didn't take him long to become a reknowned DJ, respected by all.
For more than 25 years, he has been touring the world playing in the most select clubs of the planet:
NACHT Club Germany; P1 Munich; JET SET Russia; BAMBOO Romania;
GAYA & FRATELIE Bucharest ;
MINT CLUB Miami & St Martin ; OLIVIA VALERE Marbella (LOVE resident) ;
CABESTAN Casablanca ;
EPIC Prague ; KONTIKI BEACH Portugal ; THEATRO Marrakech ...
He was on the French tour of MAX magazine and he was booked for the Fashion Week of JEAN PAUL GAULTIER &
KARL LAGERFELD in Duseldorf.
For 5 years, he has been the Dj for the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX in Abu-Dhabi.
Clubbers never forget the passage of IGNACE in a club. His zest for life and his good mood build up indelible memories from the most festive evening of their lives!
He is now on tour for the release of his new single AFRO HOUSE "OULALA" on the label SoulNPepa.
Do not miss his Dj and percussion show Live.
Fresh out of school is a collection of shorts that associates, poetically and in the true spirit of artistic freedom, 13 poems of French poets with the graphic worlds of young directors who have just graduated from French animation school.
Serie screening and meeting with Hugo Glavier and Lise Rémon (directors) !
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Country: France
Directors: Martin Bonin, Gaspar Chabaud, Martin Clerget, Hugo Glavier, Ada Hernaez, Shih-Yen Huang, Lola Khattou, Juliette Laboria, Héloïse Le Bail, Marie-Sarah Ouwe Missi Oukem, Emeline Perrin, Lise Péron, David Stora
Compositors: Julien Divisia, Frédéric Marchand, Yan Volsy, Pablo Pico
Production: Tant Mieux Prod
Productors: Delphine Maury, Thomas Malmonte
Broadcasters: France Télévisions
Distributors: Tant Mieux Prod
Format: 13x3"
Date of broadcast: 10/03/2022
In recent years, European fiction has often attempted - with success - to transcribe and document real events. Without ever trying to replace journalistic objectivity or documentary insights, creators offer an alternative, human and subjective prism on these real events.
We know the role that emotion and identification play in raising awareness on contemporary issues. Fiction, better than any other genre, can play these assets in all sincerity. But beyond individual awareness, can it help us move forward as a group? Can fiction help us overcome our trauma by diving back into painful memories?
This is the challenge taken up by the creators of the Belgian series Lost Luggage, who chose to set their series in the context of the Brussels airport attacks. Through the eyes of their heroine, they were able to weave a web of individual and fictional stories into a great collective narrative with a very real resonance. A deeply European story, through which they will try to answer the question: can fiction heal wounded souls?
Speakers : Nathalie Basteyns, Tiny Bertels and Ivy Vanhaecke (Lost Luggage)
In charge of the French private channel's fiction department since 2018, Anne Viau has established a strong vision and an editorial line which she will share during this session centered on Série Series 2022’s topical theme, "Can drama be a force for good?". At a time when the audience is more than ever in the need for comfort, how does TF1 build a feel-good, positive, yet ambitious fiction line up, with notorious protagonists, emblematic characters and highly anticipated mini-series? How do TF1 dramas answer a complex and all too often gloomy societal context? What is the positioning of its editorial team and what in what direction are the current developments going?
Anne Viau will share her optimistic vision during a 20-minute presentation.
After its sensational arrival on the French TV scene with the Oussekine series a few weeks ago, the Disney+ platform is being scrutinised by creators who see it as an exciting space for artistic expression. Pauline Dauvin, its vice-president in charge of original content, will come and present their organisation and their policy revolving around creators, and share her vision and expectations for a booming sector. As she is convinced that local production is essential to anchor the brand in France, her ambition is to increase the amount of original content available, with a strong determination towards strong and distinctive original works, and to allow creators to fully express their voice. Pauline Dauvin will not fail to mention her commitment to a fiction that can be "a force for good", as promoted by this season of Série Series, discussion her ambition to represent the full diversity of our society, in front of or behind the camera.
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BELGIUM
After the terrorist attacks on Brussels Airport, Samira Laroussa, a strong-hearted, half-Moroccan police woman, is missioned to handle and return all baggage and personal belongings that were left behind in the departure hall that day. Every new encounter with a victim or relative will unbalance the seemingly strong Samira who is far from ready to deal with the pains of her own troubled past. Even so, she perseveres in helping everyone. In her blind determination, however, Samira forgets one thing: herself.
Screening of one episode followed by a discussion with Tiny Bertels (screenwriter), Nathalie Basteyns (director), Ivy Vanhaecke (producer, De Mensen), Elly Vervloet (international Drama Executive, VRT) and Alexandre Piel (deputy Head of Drama Arte France)
Original title : Lost Luggage
Original idea : Tiny Bertels
Screenwriters : Tiny Bertels, Michel Sabbe, Charles De Weerdt, Mathias Claeys, Edith Huybreghts
Directors : Kaat Beels, Nathalie Basteyns, Ibbe Daniëls
Composer : Peter Baert
Production : De Mensen, VRT, ARTE France
Producers : Pieter Van Huyckand, Ivy Vanhaecke
Broadcasters : VRT/Eén, ARTE France
Distributor : Newen Connect
Cast : Lara Chedraoui, Jeroen Van der Ven, Isabelle Vanhecke, Yassine Ouaich, Mathias Van de Vijver, Willy Thomas
Date of broadcast : 20/03/2022 (VRT/Eén)
Pauline Dauvin (Disney+ France), Mariana Perez and Leonardo Aranguibel (Disney+ LatAm) will exchange their views on how drama can be a force for good during a 20 to 30-minute discussion based on the recent series they commissioned.
Oussekine and Santa Evita are two ambitious series based on real and recent facts from France and Argentina. Both rely on strong and meaningful stories, anchored in national History. Both of those stories give the audience an occasion to dive into our society and tackle essential subjects such as racism, politics, the relation to the female body, the position of women in society, etc. Though entertaining, those series are deep and fundamental and provide us with a strong vision on our current world.
Do the three commissioners work with something like a sense of responsibility towards society and the audience in mind? Why did they choose to host such stories on their platform? What was their point regarding facts and the relation to History while working with the authors? What do they think of the power of reality and fiction? All those questions will be addressed by the three visionary speakers.
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FINLAND
Young idealistic economist Salla Nurminen gets a job at the Bank Inspectorate and decides to sink the greedy central savings bank SKOP. She soon realizes that her assumptions are wrong, and as she gets to know SKOP’s charismatic CEO Christopher Wegelius, she identifies with the small bank’s foolhardy fight against big and unscrupulous commercial banks.
The Invincibles, inspired by real life events, is a political drama thriller set in the banking world of the early 1990s. The series focuses on questions of justice, human dignity, and the might of money and power. What happens when greed gets out of control?
Screening of excerpts during a discussion with Matti Kinnunen (creator-writer-director, Moskito Television) and Mari Kinnunen (Executive Producer, Moskito Television).
Original title : Rosvopankki
Original idea : Matti Kinnunen, Mikko Reitala, Mari Kinnunen
Screenwriters : Matti Kinnunen, Mikko Reitala
Director : Matti Kinnunen
Composer : Olli Huhtanen
Production : Moskito Television
Producer : Mari Kinnunen
Broadcaster : Elisa Viihde
Distributor : Fremantle
Cast : Amanda Pilke, Pekka Strang, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Wanda Dubiel
Format : 8x42’
Date of broadcast : 2023
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FRANCE
Marie Tessier, 45, director of an NGO, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on the day when five Europeans, including two French, are taken hostage by terrorists in the Sahel. By making this crisis a personal matter, Marie will quickly cross all the red lines while trying to give the impression that everything is under control.
Screening of excerpts during a discussion with Charly Delwart (screenwriter), Muriel Meynard (executive producer, AGAT Films) and Alexandre Piel (deputy head of Drama, ARTE France).
Original idea : Charly Delwart
Screenwriters : Charly Delwart in collaboration with Benjamin Charbit
Director : Erwan Le Duc
Composer : Julie Roué
Production : AGAT Films, ARTE France
Producers : Muriel Meynard, Marc Bordure
Broadcaster : ARTE France
Distributor : Federation Entertainment
Cast : Léa Drucker, Samir Guesmi, Laurent Stocker de la Comédie Française
Format : 6x30’
Date of broadcast : 2023
In recent years, podcast has given a place to new voices, representing a free, open and valuable space for expression, particularly in the fields of feminism, intimacy and a unique and original approach to society. The development of original audio fiction is also investigating this promising field, opening up new creative horizons. A pioneer in native podcasting, Nouvelles écoutes is recognised as one of the most demanding and creative French studios. Its managing director, Julien Neuville, will present, with Claire Hazan, production director at Spotify, collaborations and synergies in the drama field and present innovative co-production and development experiences for the serial world, including 1 euro per minute, their co-production with Gaumont.
Speakers:
Julien Neuville – DG Nouvelles Ecoutes
Claire Hazan – Head of production, Spotify
She came to Fontainebleau a few years ago to present Skam. Marianne Furevold-Boland is coming back for a deep and relevant conversation with Amy Black Ndiaye, the creator of Norwegian series I Am Earth. They will tackle new voices and perspectives in drama, creating a safe space and developing trust within the creative process.
They will also come back on the importance of music in the project's narrative and character-driven series.
What if other ways of engaging the audience were possible?
Starting from I Am Earth, created and played by Amy Black Ndiaye for NRK, this session will be a dialogue between a committed creator and a producer who keeps inventing new ways to address the youth.
moderated by Marike Muselaers
FRANCE, GERMANY
The six-episode series focuses on the events of a French-German school exchange in rural France during the 1982 World Cup. It follows characters from three generations – one who fought during World War II, one who rebuilt Europe during the Cold War, and one enjoying the peace the prosperity of the 1980s – as they investigate a tragedy that took place in the village during 1944.
Screening of excerpts during a discussion with Jörg Winger (co-creator, co-screenwriter, Executive Producer, Big Window) and Stéphanie Carrère (Executive Producer, Kwaï).
Original idea : Thomas Bourguignon, Jörg Winger
Screenwriters : Thomas Bourguignon, Jörg Winger
Director : Thomas Bourguignon
Composer : Yuksek
Production : Kwaï & Big Window (Fremantle)
Producers : Stéphanie Carrère, Jörg Winger
Broadcasters : France Télévisions, Starzplay
Distributor : Fremantle
Cast : Bruno Solo, Ophelia Kolb, Katharina Schüttler, Thomas Sarbacher, Stefan Konarske, Ruben Meiller, Eloïse Rey, Victor Lefebvre, Patrick Mille, Anne Le Ny, Matthias Van Khache, Catherine Mouchet, Raphaëlle Agogué, Emilia Pieske, Célia Lebrument, Leyla Rink and Manu Libert
Format : 6 ep.
Date of broadcast : spring 2023
Created by Laetitia Duguet, the Maison du Polar shares its discoveries and favourites with fans and other curious people who are struggling to make a selection from an increasingly vast and complex market. The Maison du Polar is a website (lamaisondupolar.com) and a free bi-monthly newsletter, both 100% and positively dedicated to crime thriller (understood in the broadest sense: noir, mystery, neo-polar, espionage, thriller, etc.), from all eras (heritage pieces and new releases) andin all its forms (novels, films, series, documentaries, comics, news, podcasts, etc.)
The Maison du Polar invites two novelists to share their unique imaginations and experiences; two authors whose universes, characters and plots seem particularly interesting to consider for screen.
With committed thrillers addressing deeply contemporary themes - extremism, immigration, secularism, social injustice, the emergence of a deadly virus... - Diniz Galhos (translator and writer) and Fabrice Jambois (novelist) offer two very different storytellings and stylistic approaches, which share their originality and their obvious visual evocations. Two illustrations of fiction for a better world.
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SPAIN
When her school’s year-end trip to Italy is canceled, Alba’s (Naira Lleó) dream of escaping her troubled life – and the shady dealings her brother is always roping her into – seems next to impossible. But after discovering that some of her classmates are secretly planning an epic road trip, Alba does everything she can to secure a spot in their van. Guided by only three rules – no posting to social media, always stay together, and let fate decide their destination – the teenagers hit the road for a wild adventure, discovering more about themselves, one another, and the joys (and consequences) of freedom with every mile.
Screening of one episode followed by a discussion with Jaime Olías (co-creator, screenwriter), Pablo Sanhermelando (co-creator, Executive Producer, BOOMERANG TV) and Miguel Salvat (Executive Producer, HBO Spain).
Original title : Cómo mandarlo todo a la mierda
Original idea : Jaime Olías, Pablo Sanhermelando
Screenwriter : Jaime Olías
Director : Jaime Olías
Production : Boomerang TV
Producers : Pablo Sanhermelando (Boomerang TV, Groupe mediawan), Valentina Francelet (Boomerang TV), Miguel Salvat (HBO Max), Patricia Nieto (HBO Max)
Broadcaster : HBO Max
Distributor : HBO Max
Cast : Naira Lleó, Malva Vela, Nadia Al Saidi, Óscar Ortuño, Gabriel Guevara, Sergi Méndez
Format : 6x30’
Date of broadcast : 02/07/2022
For authors, getting their rights recognised or finding solutions to conflicts or disagreements can be a difficult task. However, there is no shortage of structures dedicated to their defence: SACD, AMAPA, trade unions and professional organisations, etc. All too often authors get discouraged and give up on their defence. How, then, can we simplify the path to better protection for authors? What recourses exist? What are the pitfalls to avoid? How can practices be made to evolve in a more virtuous direction? Initiated by the SACD, this meeting will provide answers to help authors see clearly and assert their rights.
Discussion with representatives of the SACD, the AMAPA, the French Screenwriters Guild and the U2R.
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As a long-standing partner of the festival, Banque Palatine is joining forces with Série Series to launch the Palatine x Série Series - GLORIA Prize. The prize will be awarded to a French drama series project that has an ambitious approach to the representation of women, at the heart of the creative process and/or via the subject matter of the work.
The Prize is intended to reward and encourage a drama series project by one or more women and/or one that highlights the accomplishments of one or more women in society or more particularly in fields such as society, sports, music, literature or science.
Banque Palatine will offer €5,000 to the winner.
Since its inception, Série Series has never ceased to promote and back independent, high quality European pieces and to give a voice to the creators who work on them. It is therefore only logical that this prize should be awarded to the writer(s)/producer duo behind the project, and that the prize money should be given to them in equal parts.
THE JURY :
Pauline Dauvin, VP Programming, Production and Acquisitions, DISNEY+ FRANCE
Audrey Ismaël, composer (Les Grands, Germinal, Vortex), member of Smoking Smoking
Cathy Verney, screenwriter and director (Vernon Subutex, Hard)
Julien Lilti, screenwriter (Hippocrate, Family Business, Germinal, Oussekine)
Barbara Schulz, writer and actress (Le remplaçant)
Philippe Pettini, Corporate Market Director, BANQUE PALATINE
In French only.
Série Series launches the first Series Night in partnership with France.TV Slash, on Friday 1st July from 8pm at the Fontainebleau theatre, and throughout the summer in cinemas across the Ile-de-France region.
The event will feature 4.5 hours of series broadcast on the Slash platform, with preview episodes (REUSSS, CHAIR TENDRE) and the first episodes of some iconic series accompanied by never-before-seen footage (MENTAL, STALK, PARLEMENT, DERBY GIRL) and in the presence of the creative teams (writers, producers, actors).
Programme :
Vendredi 1e juillet – 20h-00h30 : Théâtre de Fontainebleau
Dimanche 3 juillet – 16h-20h : Cinéma Le Figuier Blanc, Argenteuil
Mercredi 6 juillet – 20-00h : Cinéma Le Rex, Châtenay-Malabry
Jeudi 7 juillet – 20h-00h : Cinéma L’Ecran, Saint-Denis
Vendredi 8 juillet – 22h-6h : Cinéma Le Méliès, Montreuil
Vendredi 22 juillet – 20h-00h : Cinéma La Tournelle, L'Haÿ-les-Roses
PREMIERES
REUSSS
It's the start of the holidays for Hanane, Maissa and Ambre. But when Djamel, Hanane's older brother, is found unconscious, the three friends decide to find the culprit. Surrounded by crappy boyfriends, meddlesome parents and scary drug dealers, Hanane, Maissa and Ambre will only have their REUSSS (sisters) to rely on.
Creators : Jérôme Larcher, Catherine Regula
Screenwriters : Jérôme Larcher, Estelle Koening, Salif Cissé, Joël N’sita
Directors : Mohamed Chabane, Théo Jourdain
Production : Elizabeth Arnac (Lizland Films).
CHAIR TENDRE
Sasha is 17 years old. Until a few months ago, Sasha was an ordinary boy. Since then, Sasha has learned that they have been lied to since birth. In reality, Sasha was born with a body that wasn't entirely male or female: an intersex body. Sasha has only one thing on their mind: find out who they really are.
Creator and screewriter : Yael Langmann
Directors : Yael Langmann, Jérémy Mainguy
Production : Clara Laplace, Eric Jehelmann, Philippe Rousselet (Jerico TV)
DERBY GIRL 2
Lola is now a full member of the Cannibal Licorns. Whilst the team is warming up for the next roller derby season, their sport is suddenly banned. The Cannibal Unicorns have no choice but to go underground and organise the resistance...
Creators : Nikola Lange, Charlotte Vecchiet
Screenwriters : Nikola Lange, Thomas Mansuy, Fiona Leibgorin
Director : Nikola Lange
Production : Barbara Maubert, Stéphane Moatti – Noon (Kabo Productions / Part of Asacha Media)
MENTAL 2
Bienvenue à la clinique pédopsychiatrique des Primevères. Marvin, 17 ans, plus habitué aux gardes à vue qu’aux examens médicaux, est interné suite à une décision de justice. Avec Mélodie, Simon et Estelle, ils vont bousculer le quotidien de la clinique, trouvant au passage une forme d’équilibre bien à eux.
Screenwriters : Marine Maugrain-Legagneur, Victor Lockwood
Director : Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun
Production : Augustin Bernard (Black Sheep Films)
STALK 2
As Lux starts his third year in engineering school, it’s clear that his stalking days are over. But it’s short-lived: a mysterious stalker by the name of “White Duke” is victimizing the campus. And seems to have a personal grudge against Lux.
Creators : Simon Bouisson, Jean-Charles Paugam, Victor Rodenbach
Screenwriters : Jean-Charles Paugam, Simon Bouisson
Director : Simon Bouisson
Production : Priscilla Bertin, Judith Nora (Silex Films).
PARLEMENT 2
Samy becomes the assistant of Valentine Cantel, an ambitious and newly elected member of the European Parliament. He is flanked with an overqualified intern who outshines him and a new girlfriend whose woke rhetoric befuddles him. To top it all, Rose is back, now working as a lobbyist. Again, Samy has to juggle his ethics, job and love life.
Creator : Noé Debré
Screenwriters : Noé Debré, Lily Lambert, Pierre Dorac, Maxime Calligaro
Directors : Emilie Noblet, Jérémie Sein, Noé Debré
Production : Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, Thomas Saignes, Jan Diepers, Dagmar Rosenbauer (Cinétévé, Studio Hamburg Serienwerft)
Embark on the extraordinary daily life of an extraordinary child! Zouk is a little girl... but a little girl who slaloms between the skyscrapers on her flying broom, who brushes her teeth with toad slime, and who can transform her best friend into anything she can think of! Because Zouk is an apprentice WITCH... and she’s got character!
Serie screening and meeting with Marc Dhrami (coproducer) and Valérie Magis (screenwriter).
Book your seats here !
Country: France
Original idea: d'après l'oeuvre originale de Serge Bloch et Nicolas Hubesh publiée dans le magazine Les Belles Histoires
Screenwriters: Serge Bloch, Alexis Lavillat, Isabelle Catalogne, Valérie Magis, Baptiste Grosfilley, Philippe Traversat, Cyrille Deysier, Pierre-Gilles Stehr, Yves Coulon, Nicolas Verpilleux, Sonia Gozlan, Xavier Vairé, Sébastien Viau, Su¨ana Airault, Héloïse Cappcoia, Valérie Chappelet, Pauline Rostain, Anne-Sophie Salles, Lison d'Andrea, Laure d'Oyonnax
Directors: Jonathan Mesner
Composors: Féloche
Production: Bayard Animation, Normaal
Producers: Alexis Lavillat, Nathalie Becht, Pauline Chamming's
Coproducer: Marc Dhrami
Broadcasters: CANAL +, VRT, SVT, RTS, WarnerMedia Italie
Distributors: FESTIVAAL Distribution
With: Anna Mayoux, Elena Plonka, Jeanne Chartier, Patrice Dozier, Jérôme Pauwels, Jérémy Prévost
Format: 52x11'
Date of broadcast: 23/10/2021
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Bobbi and Frances start to spend time with Melissa and her husband, Nick (Joe Alwyn), a handsome but reserved actor. While Melissa and Bobbi flirt with each other openly, Nick and Frances embark on an intense, secret affair that is surprising to them both. Soon the affair begins to test the bond between Frances and Bobbi, forcing Frances to reconsider her sense of self, and the friendship she holds so dear.
Original idea: based on a book by Sally Rooney
Screenwriters: Alice Birch, Meadhbh McHugh, Mark O'Halloran, Leanne Welham, Susan Stanton
Directors: Lenny Abrahamson, Leanne Welham
Composer: Stephen Rennicks
Production : Element Pictures
Producers: Ed Guiney, Emma Norton, Lenny Abrahamson, Andrew Lowe, Sally Rooney, Tommy Bulfin, Rose Garnett (Executive Producers), Jeanie Igoe , Catherine Magee (Producers)
Broadcasters: BBC Three, Hulu, CANAL+ (France)
Distributor: Endeavour Content
Cast: Alison Oliver, Jemima Kirke, Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane
Format : 12x30’
Date of broadcast: 05/2022 (UK), CANAL+
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UNITED KINGDOM
The series is based on Adam Kay’s award-winning international multi-million selling memoir of the same name. Blisteringly funny and frequently heartbreaking, This Is Going To Hurt is a stark reminder of the vital role played by the NHS.
At times hilarious, at times devastating, it follows Adam, a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology who we find wending his way through the ranks of hospital hierarchy, junior enough to suffer the crippling hours, but senior enough to face a constant barrage of terrifying responsibilities: the 97-hour weeks, the life-and-death decisions, and all the while knowing the hospital parking meter is earning more than him.
Original idea : Adam Kay
Screenwriter : Adam Kay
Directors : Lucy Forbes (ep. 1-4), Tom Kingsley (ep. 5-7)
Composer : Jarvis Cocker
Production : SISTER
Producers : Adam Kay, Naomi de Pear and Jane Featherstone for SISTER, James Farrell for Terrible Productions, Mona Qureshi for BBC One, Kristin Jones and Dan McDermott for AMC
Broadcasters : BBC One (UK) / CANAL+ (France)
Distributor : BBC Studios
Cast : Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Dame Harriet Walter, Alex Jennings
Format : 7x60’
Date of broadcast : 8/02/2022 (UK)
In French only.
As Zoé has regained her position of Étoile and Flora has passed the entrance exam of the company, a new season begins at the Opera. Since Sébastien left, the company no longer has a Dance Director. It is in this chaotic atmosphere that a new Maîtresse de Ballet arrives: Diane Taillandier. This former Étoile, a true ballet legend, enforces drastic methods. Between emotional blackmail and psychological manipulation, Diane does not back down from anything in order to establish her authority. And Zoé, just like Flora, will have to pay the price.
This new season tells the story of two mutations: a dancer’s, Zoé, and an institution’s. In both cases, it will be a matter of moving on from the past, of accepting one's flaws and faults, in order to better reinvent oneself.
Original idea : Cécile Ducrocq, Benjamin Adam
Showrunner : Cécile Ducrocq
Screenwriters : Cécile Ducrocq, Benjamin Adam, Simon Jablonka, Frédéric Rosset, Claire Patronik, Hélène Faure
Directors : Stéphane Demoustier, Cécile Ducrocq, Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux
Composer : musique originale Yves Gourmeur, thème principal Marco Prince
Production : Victoria Production / Newen France, avec la participation de OCS, en coproduction avec Orange Studio, en coproduction avec Belga Productions
Producer : Florence Levard
Broadcaster : Une série OCS Originals
Distributor : Newen Connect, Orange Studio
Cast : Ariane Labed, Suzy Bemba, Anne Alvaro, Raphaël Personnaz
Format : 8x52’
Date of broadcast : 20/09/2022
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