Série Series provides an overview of European creation through a selection of series from across Europe, presented while in diverse stages of development. What makes Série Series special? Each series is presented by its creative team (screenwriters, directors, producers, composers, actors...) through an in-depth discussion. The series screenings and talks with their creators are open to everyone, and give the audience a behind the scenes access to the creation of series. The professional in attendance get a head start by discovering projects still being shot or that are in the writing process. The key words for the selection are quality, diversity and originality!
Screening and case study: Polichinels
Marion and Salomé decide to have a child. It's not an easy decision. On one side ther’s Marion who knows she wants to be a mother, on the other Salomé still doubts herself and her ability to be a mother. With humour, they'll have to face social constructs, their friends and family, and the reality of pregnancy and constructing a homoparental family. The couple goes through highs and lows, inevitable conflicts that feed their desire to have a child together... or question it.
Screening and case study with Sandra Parra (creator, actress), Adrien Pallatier (editor), Théo Laboulandine (producer, Melocoton Films)
Chaired by Bérengère Legrand (producer, Septembre Productions)
In the Pipeline: For Life
Year 2040. Top police woman Victoria Woll is in her 60s, sitting in jail, sentenced for life. Each episode follows sharp detective Victoria through flashbacks, where she is working on different cases with her team. We get to know the complex female cop and her family, notably her son, and love interest. Gradually, the mystery around why she ended up in jail will be revealed.
Screening of excerpts and case study with Gjermund Steenberg Eriksen (creator), Håkon Briseid (producer, Monster Scripted), Marianne Furevold (broadcaster, NRK)
Chaired by Dominic Schreiber (Global Drama Executive, Reel One Entertainment)
In the early 20th century, two visionaries boldly set out to develop the Dutch aviation industry but find their character differences standing in the way. Idealist Albert Plesman and opportunist Anthony Fokker join forces and prove that shared dreams can conquer great challenges.
Screening of excerpts and case study with Thomas van der Ree (screenwriter), Dennis Kleyn (VFX supervisor) and Idse Grotenhuis (producer, Topkapi).
Country: Pays-Bas Original title: Vliegende Hollanders Original idea: Jeroen Plesman Screenwriters: Thomas van der Ree, Winchester McFly Directors: Joram Lürsen Compositor: Merlijn Snitker Production: Topkapi Films Producters: Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Idse Grotenhuis, Laurette Schillings (producers), Han van der Werff, Ed Keij (executive producers) Broadcaster: AVROTROS (NPO) With: Daan Schuurmans, Fedja van Huêt Distributor : Global Screen Format : 8 x 50' Date of broadcast: 2020
A year after the restructuring of the group’s drama department, the heads of national, international and digital drama will share their methods and current approach. They’ll revisit the emphasis that is put on European collaborations and will present several new national projects (Romance, Une Belle Histoire), digital projects (Parlement, Mental) and projects developed following a recent alliance with the Rai and ZDF, with the creative teams present.
Speakers: Anne Holmès, Director for National Drama Nathalie Biancolli, Director for International Drama Sened Dhab, Director for Digital Scripted Content
and the teams of the series on the programme
Moderated by Carole Bienaimé-Besse, Commissionner - board member CSA
with Alex Berger, producer (The Oligarchs)
January 27, 1994. The bodies of a man and two 25-year-old models are found riddled with bullet holes in the house of a nightclub owner. The police find a camera set up in the living room of the victim, which has filmed the murder. Three weeks later, at a police station in another district, an officer thinks he recognizes one of the killers: Pablo Ibar. None of the evidence found at the crime scene points to him… But it does not matter. Pablo is sentenced and sent to death row.
Small Budget, Big Success
In partnership with EBU
Presented during the France Télévisions Focus.
What's Next : Frankenstein 1918.
1918. Alice is a promising young physicist. Her research on the atom and the unauthorized experiments she conducts ruin her academic career. With the help of an extravagant patron, she sets up an expedition headed to the great north in pursuit of a monstrous secret that could save her reputation and restore the tainted honour of her ancester, Victor Frankenstein. In the turmoil of a changing world, it is in the icy northern wasteland that Alice hopes to unlock the secret to life’s breath.
Screening of excerpts and study case with Jean-Daniel Schneider (screenwriter), Julien Dumont (screenwriter, producer, Titan Films), Kennocha Baud producer, Titan Films), Izabela Rieben (producer, RTS)
Chaired by Marike Muselaers (co-CEO, Lumiere Group)
How to incorporate the original piece and give it a fresh impetus whilst also respecting its spirit and freedom?
A month after the broadcast of Mouche on CANAL +, writer and director Jeanne Herry, alongside producer Dominique Jubin and head of programming Pauline Morineau, will explain how she took on a mission which at first seemed impossible: creating a French adaptation of Fleabag, a creation from screenwriter and actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge that couldn’t possibly be more personal.
Unveiled during Série Series 2016, Flemish Team Chocolat has made waves in Europe, with several remakes in the pipeline. We will look at the Italian version with the creative team and representatives from the Rai.
Samy, a young assistant in Parliament, turns up in Brussels the day after the Brexit vote. He is ill-equiped for the job. Really, he does not much about European institutions and hope to blag his way through it… Unfortunately, he ends up having to handle a curious report… How does one get a report passed by the European Parliament? Samy does not have the slightest idea and has 6 months to figure it out.
What's Next: Snow Angels
Snow Angels is a character driven crime-drama miniseries set in Stockholm during a cold and snowy winter. The story centers around the disappearance of Lukas, a 5-week-old infant, and the 3 female characters, Alice, Jenni and Dagmar, that are all involved in - or connected to - the case of the missing child.
Speakers: Mette Heeno (creator), Mie Andreasen (producer, Happy Ending Film), Stefan Baron (producer, Yellow Bird), Georgie Mathew (producer, Yellow Bird), Göran Danasten (broadcaster SVT), Jacob Secher Shulsinger (broadcaster, DR)
Chaired by Marike Muselaers (co-CEO, Lumiere Group)
Screening and case study: Happily Never After
Karen, a 38-year-old couples counselor and mother of three, has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband's infidelity. Suddenly single, she must say good-bye to the utopian vision of the perfect nuclear family, and the professional advice she gives her clients now seem absurd. Every other weekend, the so-called "daddy weekends", are what Karen now fears most.
Screening of an episode and case study with Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir (creator, screenwriter, director, producer, actor).
In the Pipeline: The Trial of Christine Keeler
A peaceful town on the seaside, its grey walls sprawling, maze-like. Suddenly, it catches fire… In the metro, in the supermarket, on the street, strangers burst into flames. Brutally, wildly, inexplicably... Spontaneous combustion? Suicide by immolation? Pyrotechnic homicides? Louise, a young intern at the local newspaper, conducts the investigation.
Screening of excerpts and case study with Arnaud Malherbe (creator, screenwriter, director), Marion Festraëts (screenwriter) and Xavier Matthieu (producer, Calt Studio), Clémentine Bobin (commissioner, ARTE).
Chaired by Dominic Schreiber (global drama executive, Reel One Entertainment)
Country: France Created by: Arnaud Malherbe Screenwriters : Arnaud Malherbe, Marion Festraëts Director: Arnaud Malherbe Compositor: Flemming Nordkrog Production: Calt STUDIO Producer: Xavier Matthieu Broadcaster: Arte Distributor: Mediawan With: Olivier Gourmet, Marine Vacth, Arnaud Valois, Marc Zinga, Alice Verset, Julie-Anne Roth, Soufiane Guerrab Format: 6 x 52' Date of broadcast: TBA
Screening of two episodes followed by a discusison with Amy Chappelhow (script editor, Two Brothers).
Chaired by Marike Muselaers (co-CEO, Lumiere Group)
In the Pipeline: Gangs of London
Complex, contemporary and visually stunning, Gangs of London is set in one of the world’s most dynamic, multicultural cities – one which is torn by the turbulent power struggles of the international gangs that control it. When the head of a criminal organisation is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city.
Screening of excerpts and case study with Lucas Ochoa (executive roducer & chief creative officer - Film & Scripted TV, Pulse Films) and Jamie Hall (EVP of TV, Pulse Films)
Chaired by Harald Hamrell (director)
Work In Progress: Miraklu
Holy Mary! (Miraklu) intertwines dark humour and drama perfectly to tell the story, set in a small town, of an ex-convict and single father of five as he struggles to put food on the table and pay the bills. Playing on popular superstition and small town religious fervour, his ten year old twins create a ‘miracle’, claiming they are being visited by none other than the Holy Mary herself.
Case study with Abigail Mallia (co-creator, director, producer, Take2 Entertainment), Carlos Debattista (co-creator, screenwriter, producer, Take2 Entertainment) and Jon Mallia (producer, Take2 Entertainment)
Chaired by Harald Hamrell (director)
The corpse of a young girl appears floating in the bay of Malaga. It's Noelia, the only daughter of an important local businessman. At the same time, on the other side of the city, the truce breaks between two hashish mafia gangs: someone has introduced a new product, a strange pollen that comes in golden ingots. "El Oro", as they call it, threatens to burst the market and trigger a war. Dario, a corrupt policeman who knows the street thoroughly, and Blanca, an elite agent recently arrived from Madrid, are forced to work together in both cases.
Screening of excerpts and case study with Javier Garcia Diaz (broadcaster, RTVE), Daniel Corpas (creative and co-executive producer, Globomedia), Samuel Pinazo (screenwriter, creative producer, Globomedia), Javier pons (producer, globomedia)
Chaired by Harald Hamrell (director)
Country: Spain Original idea: Daniel Corpas Screenwriters: Daniel Corpas, Samuel Pinazo Director: Marc Vigil Production: Globomedia, RTVE Producers: Javier Olivares (producer), Javier Garcia (executive producer) Broadcaster: RTVE Distributor: RTVE Cast: Maggie Civantos, Salva Reina Format: 8 x 60‘ Date of broadcast: TBA
Screening and case study: Hide and Seek
In an ordinary looking apartment, a father and daughter play a game of hide-and-seek. While searching for his daughter, she is nowhere to be found... Later, a video is posted which shows the girl holding a sign with a mysterious set of numbers. But what do they mean? She’s the first of several children who disappear without a trace in a small industrial town.
Screening and case study with Simor Galsenko (scriptwriter, author of original idea), Iryna Gromozda (director), Sergey Krutko (director of photography), Olesya Lukanenko (producer, FILM.UA)
Chaired by Philippe Triboit (screenwriter, director)
Closing ceremony : screening of 45 Revoluciones
November 1962. First morning of the Price Circus. Thousands of young people congregate to sing and dance to the songs of the leading bands of the moment. The show is about to end, when a boy jumps on stage, it is Robert Aguirre, who with all the nerve of the world begins to play a song.
Upon leaving the Price, Guillermo intercepts Robert and offers him to be part of his new project: Futura. His idea is to convince Don Alfredo, the president of Golden Records, to bet on rock and create Futura as the new sub-label at the record company. In reality, Golden has a portfolio made of folkloric music, singers of copla and even the prodigy Marisol, but Guillermo is convinced that rock is the future. He has three months period to present a proposal that convinces the board of directors.
Screening of the first episode in presence of Gema R. Neira (creator, screenwriter) and David Pinillos (director) and Guiomar Puerta (actress).
Chaired by Pierre Zéni (journalist, CANAL+).
Presented in the DR Focus
A 14-year-old girl has written a school essay, claiming domestic violence. Social service is involved. The parents deny all the accusations and launch a legal attack against the system and their own daughter. The family is split. The social worker investigating the case is driven by a strong belief in the teenage girl, but who is really telling the truth? And who is lying?
Screening of excerpts and case study with Maja Jul Larsen (creator, head writer) and Claudia Saginario (producer, DR Drama).
Chaired by Tone C. Ronning (producer, NRK) and Tasja Abel (VP acquisitions, sales and coproductions, Dynamic Television)
Country: Denmark Original title : En Familiesag Original idea: Maja Jul Larsen Screenwriters: Maja Jul Larsen, Nanna Westh, Kim Fupz Aakeson, Adam August Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen Composer: When The Saints Go Machine, Christian Balvig Production: DR Drama Producer: Claudia Saginario Broadcaster: DR Distributor: DR Sales Cast: Bjarne Henriksen (The Killing), Christine Albeck Børge, Peter Plaugborg, Flora Ophelia Lindahl Format : 8 x 58’ Date of broadcast: Sept. 2020
Screening and case study: Grenslanders
In a godforsaken bordertown where nothing is what it seems, a Dutch detective and a Belgian psychiatrist fight an unpredictable battle to save the life of a young girl, who has fallen into the hands of an age old human trafficking organisation.
Screening and case study with Rik D’Hiet (co-creator, screenwriter), Chantal van der Horst (producer, Column Film), Peter Bouckaert (producer, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama), Jasmine Sendar (actress), Mylène Verdurmen (broadcaster, AVROTROS), Elly Vervloet (broadcaster, VRT)
Modéré par Caroline Palmstierna (consultant)
Presented in the DR Focus : When The Dust Settles
When the Dust Settlesis a multi-plot drama that portrays the lives of eight Copenhagen citizens, during the days before and after a tragic terrorist attack shocks the city. As the stories of the eight characters interweave throughout the season, it becomes apparent that their lives are connected in unexpected ways.
Screening of the first episode followed by a case study with Dorte Høgh and Ida Ryden (creators, screenwriters) and Stinna Lassen (producer).
Chaired by Pierre Zéni (journalist, CANAL+)
Country: Denmark Original idea: Dorte W. Høgh, Ida Maria Rydén Screenwriters: Dorte W. Høgh, Ida Maria Rydén Director: Milad Alami (ep 1, 2, 5), Jeanette Nordahl (ep 3, 4), Iram Haq (ep 6, 7, 8), ep 9, 10 TBA Composer: Maartin Dirkov Production: DR Drama Producer: Stinna Lassen Broadcaster: Danish Broadcasting Corporation Distributor: DR Sales Cast : Jacob Lohmann, Karen-Lise Mynster, Peter Christoffersen, Arian Kashef, Henning Jensen, Viola Martinsen, Malin Crepin, Adam Brix Format: 10 x 60' Date of broadcast: 1 Jan. 2020
Presented in the DR Focus
The citizens in a small town join forces and plan the perfect murder of the local town psycho, only to realise that when you start playing God, it is easy to end up as the Devil.
Screening of excerpts and case study with Marie Østerbye (creator, screenwriter).
Chaired by Tone C. Ronning (producer, NRK) and Tasja Abel (VP acquisitions, sales and coproductions, Dynamic Television)
Country: Danemark Original title: Fred Til Lands Original idea: Christian Torpe, Marie Østerbye Screenwriters:Christian Torpe, Marie Østerbye, Jakob Weis Directors: Louise Friedberg, Søren Balle, Martin de Thurah Composer: Colin Stetson Production: Motor, DR Drama Producers: Jesper Morthorst, Rikke Lassen Broadcasters: DR, ZDF Distributor: Dynamic Television With: Lene Maria Christensen, Dar Salim, Morten Hee, Claus Riis Østergaard, Anders Juul, Marijana Jankovic Format: 8 x 60’ Date of broadcast: Oct. – Nov. 2019
With Lewis Arnold (director) and Babou Ceesay (actor)
Chaired by Pierre Zéni (journalist, CANAL+)