“Ena – Queen Victoria Eugenia,” the screening highlight in Mipcom’s Spain Country of Honor celebrations, begins with a bang. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Victoria youngest granddaughter, marries Spain’s Alfonso XIII at Madrid’s San Jerónimo Royal Monastery on May 31, 1906. Splendid first scenes see the couple after the wedding in their carriage, Ena smiling […]

With Mipcom in full swing, Spain’s Onza Distribution – with offices in Madrid and Miami – has cemented sales to Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Latvia and Mozambique for a slew of key titles.  Chilean drama “Allende, The Thousand Days,” Onza-produced thriller “Heartless” and its comedy “Traffic Jam” as well as acclaimed Italian mini-series “Flowers Over the Inferno” […]

The year was 1992 when Ettore Bernabei, a former chief of Italian public broadcaster RAI, founded Lux Vide, first as an advertising company before moving into television production.  Over 30 years and 1,300 hours of television later, the production house with its expanded studio space now has one of the largest, most sustainable and technologically advanced […]

Catalonia’s blend of cultural heritage, natural beauty and cosmopolitan cities has attracted numerous filmmakers, hosting some of the most important films and TV series in history. It’s well-known: from the Costa Brava beaches to the mountains of the Pyrenees, the region offers a wide variety of locations that can adapt to any kind of production. […]

DR Sales, the international sales arm of Danish pubcaster DR, is launching at Mipcom in Cannes DR Drama’s latest event series “Generations,” mixing crime, mystery and family secrets. Making her debut in long-form serialised drama is Anna Emma Haudal, behind DR3’s hit youth series “Doggystyle” for which she won a national Robert Award for best […]

Life swings between triumph and failure in the enthralling “El Gran Salto” produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Banijay’s Diagonal TV, the force behind shows such as “Isabel” and “La Catedral del Mar.”  Spanish star Óscar Casas (“Instinto,” “Xtremo”) stars as Olympic Gold Medalist gymnast Gervasio Deferr. The series is written by “Bye” scribe […]

RTL+ Germany has acquired exclusive rights to the Dutch hit crime series “Mocro Maffia: Gangs of Amsterdam” from Amsterdam-based distributor Skoop Media for its streaming platform.  Belgian platform Streamz has also secured rights to “Mocro Maffia’s” latest – and final – sixth season, along with re-licensing the series’ previous five seasons as part of a […]

Grupo Globo, the biggest production force in Latin America, has sold the format of the major hit drama series “The Others” for Greece and German-speaking territories and the format for the anthology series “Justice” for Greece, Variety can exclusively announce. In Greece, “Justice: Life is Not Fair” will be produced by Primavisione and broadcast by Alpha. In […]

Copenhagen-based TrustNordisk has picked up international rights on “My Brother,” a four-part mystery thriller produced by Banijay Group’s Swedish banner Filmlance International, credited for the crime hits “The Bridge”, “Fallen”, and family epic “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter.” Filming on the SVT series is due to begin in February 2025 in Norrbotten, Sweden’s northernmost county, with […]

In a groundbreaking move, European powerhouse Beta Film and Grupo Globo, the biggest production force in Latin America, have inked a multi-year partnership, kicked off by development on ‘Discipline,’ from Konrad Dantas and Felipe Braga, the creative team behind “Sintonia,” Netflix’s biggest hit in Brazil.  “Discipline” marks Beta Film’s first series outside Europe, but head […]

In one of its major recent scripted pick-ups, ZDF Studios has acquired international distribution rights to “Lume,” an eco thriller set against the building crisis of endemic wildfires on the northern Portugal-Spain border which is devastating its countryside.    The production-distribution powerhouse of one of Europe’s biggest public broadcaster powerhouses, ZDF Studios is bringing “Lume” […]

The world premiere of Paramount Global’s “Watson” raised the curtain on this year’s Mipcom in Cannes. The series, set to premiere on Jan 26 on the CBS Television Network, sees “Reasonable Doubt” star Morris Chestnut as the iconic Dr. John Watson in a Sherlock Holmes spin focusing on Watson’s medical career. “Watson” follows the titular character […]

“@love” Belle Films Produced by Annabelle Mullen and Leah Aldarondo, this romcom turns on a Caribbean film producer navigating dating apps and self-discovery in Spain. “At its core, it’s a woman’s journey away from home to find not only romance but clarity,” say its creators. “Alone in the Night” Feel Sales Produced by Summer Films and La […]

As it rolls out new animated series “Barney’s World” on Max and Cartoon Network and prepares a live-action “Barney” movie with Daniel Kaluuya, Mattel will be driving into live action non-pre school premium TV series to grow its brands and properties, Josh Silverman, Mattel’s chief franchise officer, announced on Sunday at his MipJunior leadership keynote […]

Signalling one of the biggest European packages to hit Monday’s Mipcom, “Mozart/Mozart,” the latest big series swing from Germany’s Story House Pictures, behind Beta Film/RTL mega-hit “Sisi,” has been boarded by Germany’s ARD and its Austrian public broadcaster counterpart ORF. In further news, Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim, co-director of “The Zweiflers,” this year’s Canneseries […]

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (known as PÖFF) has unveiled the full lineup of its flagship Official Selection, whose 18 features from 23 countries will compete for the coveted €20,000 ($21,600) Grand Prix.  They include 11 world premieres. The jury is helmed by acclaimed German director Christoph Hochhäusler. Tiina Lokk, the founder and director of […]

“In 2007 I watched the “X Files” on YouTube. That changed my consumer experience!” said analyst firm Ampere Analysis’s Research Manager Olivia Deane, invited to discuss audience’s shift in the last 20 years, structural adaptations and new business models in kids’ content at MipJunior’s opening session Oct. 18. From the boom of on-demand to peak […]

“Artistock Game” CJ ENM The new shiny-floor music show from Korean powerhouse CJ ENM. Viewers receive virtual game money to invest in a choice of 48 artists ranging from the indie scene to K-pop. Only one winner with the highest stock price remains at the end. Broadcast in Korea by CJ ENM-owned pay TV channel […]

French production-distribution-sales powerhouse Studiocanal, which holds one of the largest film libraries in the world with some 9,000 titles, has completed its Jean-Pierre Melville collection with the acquisition of his 1950 classic “The Terrible Children” (“Les Enfants Terribles”).  This latest high-profile addition joins the ranks of the studio’s Melville lineup, which includes “Army of Shadows,” […]