{"id":383040,"date":"2026-03-13T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/383040\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:36:08","slug":"series-mania-unveils-global-drama-picks-for-its-buyers-upfront-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/383040\/","title":{"rendered":"Series Mania Unveils Global Drama Picks For Its Buyers’ Upfront Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBuyers are going to get a first look at ten international drama series that Series Mania<\/a> has identified as global hits-in-the-making, with gnomes, Nazis, gamers, fertility clinics and the British PM all in the mix. There is a show from the producers Sherlock, another backed by HBO, and amid a mostly European selection, a Japan-Singapore co-pro and Australian comedy adding some global flavor.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Series Mania Forum<\/a> was traditionally a co-production-focused industry gathering that ran alongside the public-facing Series Mania festival. As the Forum became must-attend for the international scripted crowd, a market where shows are bought and sold has become part of proceedings. An invitation-only event for buyers was introduced last year, showcasing series with international legs. A jury of top buyers presents a Buyers Choice Award, with nuclear negotiations drama The Deal taking the honor last time.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis time there are ten shows in all. From Sherlock-producer Hartswood Films there is Number 10. Sherlock writer Steven Moffat, who will give a masterclass at Series Mania, penned the series about life inside 10 Downing Street, the home of the British Prime Minister. ITV Studios<\/a> has sales on the show. Also from the UK there is Scotland-set legal drama Counsels, for the BBC and Germany\u2019s ZDF Neo. All3Media<\/a> is selling this one. As an aside, it looks like the last Series Mania outing for All3Media International as a standalone distributor given its parent company is merging with Banijay.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are several French-distributed dramas. Wild Bunch produced and distributed Franco-Belgian series Alice tells the story of cinema\u2019s first female filmmaker, Alice Guy. SND Groupe M6 will have R91, a French crime thriller set on board a nuclear aircraft carrier. Studio TF1<\/a> has The Dark Book: The Secret of the Egerias (a working title, and a very long one), a Spanish thriller about a criminal profiler.<\/p>\n

\n\tGermany\u2019s Beta Film<\/a> has another Spanish project, In Vitro, following a micro-biologist working in a fertility clinic and made with the participation of HBO Max. The aforementioned Japanese-Singapore drama is Lost and Found, a thriller set in the world of gaming. From Australia there is comedy Gnomes, about a potential gnome apocalypse and sold by Happy Accidents.<\/p>\n

\n\tScandinavia has a strong drama pedigree and Fremantle<\/a> has Norwegian thriller The Traitor Within, based on the true story of Norway\u2019s most notorious Nazi collaborator and the man sent to kill him. Elsewhere, OneGate Media has Blind. The crime drama kicks off when a blind bartender Nathaniel shows up at a police station covered in blood and claims that a pregnant woman has been kidnapped in his bar.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Buyers\u2019 event takes place in the Lille Chamber of Commerce on March 23. Check out the full lineup below.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlice <\/strong>(France, Belgiam, Canada)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> Wild Bunch TV<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction companies:<\/strong> Wild Bunch &\u00a0Ligne de Front\u00a0(France) \/ Panache Productions & La Compagnie Cin\u00e9matographique (Belgium) \/ Sphere Media (Canada)<\/p>\n

\n\tBlind<\/strong> (Switzerland)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> OneGate Media<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction company:<\/strong> OneGate Media GmbH<\/p>\n

\n\tCounsels<\/strong> (UK)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> All3Media International<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction companies:<\/strong> Balloon Entertainment, ZDF NEO, BBC, BBC Scotland<\/p>\n

\n\tGnomes <\/strong>(Australia)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> Happy Accidents<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction companies:<\/strong> Screen Invaders, Total Fiction<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Vitro<\/strong> (Spain)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales: <\/strong>Beta Film<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction companies:<\/strong> Moir\u00e9 Films, Rodar y Rodar, and Bullfrog Pictures, in co-production with 3Cat, with the participation of HBO Max<\/p>\n

\n\tLost and Found<\/strong> (Japan, Singapore)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> Empire of Arkadia<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction companies: <\/strong>Empire of Arkadia, Mocha Chai Laboratories, TV MAN UNION<\/p>\n

\n\tNumber 10 <\/strong>(UK)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> ITV Studios<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction company:<\/strong> Hartswood Films<\/p>\n

\n\tR91<\/strong> (France)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> SND Groupe M6<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction company:<\/strong> Next Episode<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Dark Book: The Secret of the Egerias (WT) (Spain)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> Studio TF1<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction group:<\/strong> Studio TF1<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Traitor Within <\/strong>(Norway)<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales:<\/strong> Fremantle<\/p>\n

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