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Why Series Mania Has Grown So Big, This Year’s Buzz Titles and Other Takes on the Top European TV Festival   

LILLE, France  –Bowing in 2010 as a boutique event at Paris’ Forum des Images – though launched with an absolute conviction in the cultural import of premium TV series, Series Mania will kick off...

Tuva Novotny Starrer ‘All and Eva’ from ‘New Comedy Queen of Sweden’ Johanna Runevad, Takes Love Seriously, Sells to Australia, Spain and Greece (EXCLUSIVE)

“All and Eva,” starring “Annihilation’s” Tuva Novotny, has been acquired by Australia’s SBS, EITB, the Basque Country public broadcaster in Spain, and Vodafone TV in Greece, ahead of its SeriesMania premiere....

Onza Distribution Picks Up Czech World War II Drama ‘Golden Swan’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Spain’s Onza Distribution has picked up international sales rights to Czech Republic hit period drama “Zlatá labut’” (“Golden Swan”). Onza will be presenting the show to the international market at the...

‘Saturn Return,’ ‘Radical,’ ‘Little Loves’ Top Spain’s Malaga Festival

MALAGA — Isaki Lacuesta’s “Saturn Return” (“Segundo Premio”), always a frontrunner, topped this week’s Malaga Festival winning its best picture, director (with co-director Pol Rodríguez) and editing (Javi Frutos) awards.  The...

Power, Religion, and the Place of Women Dominate Antonio Chavarrías’ High-Profile Malaga Competition Contender ‘Holy Mother’

A Malaga competition contender, Antonio Chavarrías returns to the festival with “Holy Mother,” (“La abadesa”). His latest venture, sold by Film Constellation, transports us to the 9th century where Emma, a...

Malaga’s Spanish Screenings Host 222 Titles, Underscore Industry Drivers: NextGen Talent, Animation, the Rise of Spain’s Regions

MALAGA —  Antonio Chavarrías’ “Holy Mother,” Celia Rico’s “Little Loves” and Diogo Viegas’s “Alice’s Diary” play at this year’s 3rd Spanish Screenings Content, the Malaga Festival’s part of the Spanish Screenings XXL,...

Gerard Butler’s ‘Has Fallen’ Film Franchise Gets an Event TV Series Makeover in Studiocanal’s ‘Paris Has Fallen’

Is this now an age of TV caution? A brace of big swings at this week’s London TV Screenings belie that trend, and few come bigger than the English-language action thriller...

London TV Screenings Bets on Escapism and ‘Elevated Mainstream,’ While Unscripted and Long-Running Franchises Continue to Grow: ‘We Want to Entertain You’

Enough with the winter gloom: Feel-good shows are about to take over TV market London Screenings, as distributors echo Russell Crowe’s Maximus iconic words: “Are you not entertained?”  “Most platforms are...

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