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TV Movies Screenings Festival / Korean Creativity

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CONTENTS

JUNE/JULY 2022 WORLD VIEW By Mansha Daswani. MOVIE MAGIC World Screen’s second TV Movies Screenings Festival showcases the breadth of the film offering available to buyers today.

Publisher Ricardo Seguin Guise

KOREAN HEAT KOCCA’s SangHyun Kim on highlights from the K-Format Showcase.

Group Editorial Director Anna Carugati

TRENDING ON The most-viewed clips on our video portals for the last 30 days.

Editor Mansha Daswani Executive Editor Kristin Brzoznowski

GOING GREEN Children’s media executives discuss the important role that the TV industry plays in spreading awareness about the climate crisis. PARAMOUNT GLOBAL’S JULES BORKENT The recipient of the TV Kids Pioneer Award discusses his programming strategy at Nickelodeon and Paramount+. LIGHTING A SPARK ZDF Studios’ Jan-Frederik Maul on the value of early involvement and localization. FAMILY TIME Halle Stanford on The Jim Henson Company’s animation development pipeline. JEFF VALDEZ The executive producer and showrunner talks The Garcías, HBO Max’s reboot of Nickelodeon’s The Brothers García.

PREMIERE: GORDON RAMSAY’S FUTURE FOOD STARS Lisa Edwards, chief creative officer at Studio Ramsay Global, talks about the genesis of the celebrity chef’s latest competition series, on offer from All3Media International. ZDF STUDIOS’ RALF RÜCKAUER The VP of unscripted at ZDF Studios talks about the latest trends in factual and explains how the company works with producers to develop and fund projects for the global market. AUTENTIC’S DR. PATRICK HÖRL The managing director of Autentic discusses the company’s positioning and weighs in on the shift to premium factual.

Managing Editor Chelsea Regan Associate Editor Jamie Stalcup Editor, Spanish-Language Publications Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari Production & Design Director David Diehl Online Director Simon Weaver Sales & Marketing Director Dana Mattison Sales & Marketing Coordinator Genovick Acevedo Business Affairs Manager Andrea Moreno

Ricardo Seguin Guise President

PROGRAM LISTINGS Highlights from several distributors.

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Anna Carugati Executive VP Mansha Daswani Associate Publisher & VP of Strategic Development

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BY MANSHA DASWANI

Must-Have Brands? According to Hub Entertainment Research, the average U.S. household uses 12.5 different sources of entertainment— from TV and streaming to social media, music, gaming, podcasts and more. That number is even higher when looking at the core demo of 18 to 34 and still higher in homes with kids. Notably, those consumers only regard half (6.2) as “must-haves,” according to Hub’s Battle Royale consumer survey. And it is indeed a battle royale when it comes to fighting your way into the coveted list of services that increasingly price-conscious consumers say they have to hold onto. Platforms with no easy substitute are more resilient, the research notes, which means exclusive content that can’t be found elsewhere. Returning series also make a difference, with consumers increasingly frustrated over investing time into a show only for it to be canceled after one season. The global streamers seem to have caught on, Ampere Analysis indicates, with renewals in the U.S. and the U.K. hitting record levels in Q1. Olivia Deane, senior analyst at Ampere, noted: “Streamers must strike a balance between committing to fresh new content and satisfying fans of existing titles in order to compete. For streaming newcomers like Disney+ and discovery+, which have well-established fan bases for key IP, it’s easier for commissioners to make long-term commitments to titles they know viewers will love. Streamers also need to compromise between pleasing fan bases with more expensive scripted titles from genres like sci-fi and fantasy while making a range of unscripted content. The latter fleshes out their catalog with cheaper-to-make, easily digestible titles.” 12 WORLD SCREEN 6/22

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UPFRONTS

ATV

Destan

Destan / For My Family / Wounded Heart Leading ATV’s lineup, Destan takes place in the 8th century in Central Asia and tells the story of the warrior woman Akkız. “Destan is different from all other Turkish historical productions, with its female lead and unique structure,” says Müge Akar, head of sales for Europe, Asia and Africa. For My Family’s second season is currently on air in Turkey and is topping Saturday prime-time ratings. Another series on offer, Wounded Heart features a love triangle and revenge. It has already been licensed in more than 15 countries.

“During the summer period, we will be preparing new seasons of The Ottoman, For My Family, Destan and Lone Wolf.” —Müge Akar

Kanal D International Three Sisters / Love and Hate / That Girl Among the drama series Kanal D International is presenting to the global market, Three Sisters has been dubbed “the leading drama of Tuesday nights” due to its success in Turkey. It stars Iclal Aydın and Reha Özcan. The new romantic comedy Love and Hate, directed by Serdar Gözelekli, is also on the company’s slate. That Girl, which is slated to launch in September, “will be a premium drama produced by Focus Film, and Mehmet Ozan Dolunay, the successful [actor] from Ruthless City, will be one of the leading acts,” says Ekin Koyuncu, executive director.

Three Sisters

“We also have strong dramas like Ruthless City and Hekimoğlu and romantic comedies Twist of Fate, Recipe of Love and Love Trap in our wide catalog.”

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—Ekin Koyuncu

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Paramount Global Content Distribution Fire Country / So Help Me Todd / Colin From Accounts Fire Country, on the Paramount Global Content Distribution slate, is inspired by series star Max Thieriot’s experiences growing up in Northern California ﬁre country. Also on the slate, the drama So Help Me Todd stars Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin. Colin From Accounts is an international co-production starring and executive produced by Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. “It is a charming and very funny comedy that was a huge hit at L.A. Screenings,” says Lisa Kramer, president of international TV licensing.

So Help Me Todd

“So Help Me Todd features strong characters with a procedural element.” —Lisa Kramer

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Newen Connect’s Emma Bovary

MOVIE M A G I C World Screen’s second TV Movies Screenings Festival showcases the breadth of the ﬁlm offering available to buyers today.

merican Cinema International (ACI) has been serving the needs of ﬁlm buyers for more than two decades with its multi-genre slate. Its offering at the TV Movies Screenings Festival includes the romance drama Finding Love in San Antonio. “Experience the unique Latin culture, cuisine and love of San Antonio,” says Chevonne O’Shaughnessy, president and cofounder of the company, of the romance drama. Plus One at an Amish Wedding, which takes viewers into Amish Country in Pennsylvania, follows the success ACI has had with Love Finds You in Sugarcreek and more recently From the Heart. Cineﬂix Rights has an extensive slate of TV movies to offer buyers. In the always popular holiday romance category, there is An Ice Wine Christmas, 16 WORLD SCREEN 6/22

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Cineflix Rights’ An Ice Wine Christmas

which James Durie, the company’s head of scripted, bills as a “feel-good story,” and Miracle in Motor City. “Tia Mowry-Hardrict stars in this holiday movie filled with new family traditions, Christmas miracles and Motown legend Smokey Robinson,” Durie notes. Cineflix is also highlighting two female-led thrillers: Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story, which Durie calls “a powerful story that resonates with a global audience,” and Stolen by their Father, based on Lizbeth Meredith’s memoir. “Greece provides a beautiful backdrop for this moving account of a mother’s love that’s sure to strike a chord with audiences worldwide.” Incendo continues to provide the global market with romantic comedies, showcasing two in the festival. When Love Blooms “captures a rare tale of unexpected love, the importance of family and challenging oneself to find new

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Incendo’s When Love Blooms

passions in life, all set against a breathtaking floral backdrop and the world of competitive flower arranging,” says Gavin Reardon, international sales and coproductions. Written in the Stars, meanwhile, was “filmed in stunning locations across New Zealand [and] encompasses a unique love story and setting while staying true to the core of a classic rom-com.” Newen Connect is touting three films commissioned out of Europe, including the period piece Emma Bovary, a France 2 commission. Leona Connell, executive VP of distribution, says the film is a “romantic adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s classic, exploring the heroine’s state of mind and her emotions. A beautiful yet dramatic human story, modernizing the original story to reach a wider audience while being rooted in actuality by questioning women’s social status.” Made for TF1, En Garde is “a touching movie about women who

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Newen Connect’s Fourniret–The Showdown

become friends while going through a therapeutic workshop based on fencing,” Connell says, while Fourniret–The Showdown is “an intense psychological thriller following one of the greatest police investigations—to bring down Michel Fourniret and discover the truth behind all his secrets.” Nicely Entertainment’s ever-expanding lineup of movies includes Old Flames Never Die, a thriller starring Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Rich Paul and Lou Ferrigno Jr. “If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what could have been with the ‘one that got away,’ this thrilling tale of obsession is sure to scare you back to reality—old ﬂames may be better left untouched,” says Vanessa Shapiro, the company’s CEO. There’s also the true story-inspired Adeline, which Shapiro describes as a “heartwarming and authentic story sure to be enjoyed by the whole family.”

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KBS Media’s My Fair Lady.

Korean Heat

KOCCA’s SangHyun Kim on highlights from the K-Format Showcase. By Kristin Brzoznowski

hrough the K-Format Showcase, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) presents the best formats from Korea to buyers around the world. Its latest K-Format Showcase was held in connection with L.A. Screenings in the U.S. “A K-format has both universality and uniqueness,” says SangHyun Kim, KOCCA’s general director of media content and the animation division. “It is often made of materials that can resonate with many people, so it can be easily remade worldwide. At the same time, it can be made in a fresh way that is not seen in 20 WORLD SCREEN 6/22

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other countries. The characteristic of the K-format industry is to create a new format with universal materials.” From KBS Media, the showcase featured the mystery/horror series The Ghost Detective, the family drama My Fair Lady, the

“A K-format has both universality and uniqueness.” —SangHyun Kim

competitive cooking show Stars’ Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant and the celeb-reality series The Return of Superman. From MBC America, the showcase included the observational reality format My Working Vlog, the military-based variety/ reality series The Real Men and the comedic satire Special Labor Inspector, Mr. Jo. SBS International’s scripted format One the Woman, about a punk female prosecutor, was also a highlight, alongside Something Special’s dating/culinary hybrid My Ex’s Secret Recipe. CJ ENM had a handful of formats featured, including Prison Playbook, a dark comedy following a former baseball star living with people in prison, and the crime thriller Mouse, which centers on the question, “Would you give birth to a child knowing they were a psychopath?” Also from CJ ENM, My Boyfriend is Better is a music game show that features couples, and Shadow Singer is a studio-based music entertainment show that allows people to perform as celebrity clones. 6/22 WORLD SCREEN 21

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Trending On The most-viewed clips on our video portals in the last month.

Chain Reaction (Crime/suspense, 6x52 min.) From the team behind Generation War, the gripping story of the fateful consequences of a failed robbery. Distributor: ZDF Studios

Surviving my Family (Dramedy, 80x60 min.) A typical middle-class family struggles to overcome the daily problems they face. Distributor: Estudios RCN

The Traitors (Ent./reality format, 60 min. eps.) A group of contestants must complete challenges and win prizes. But some among them will be traitors. Distributor: All3Media International

Plus One at an Amish Wedding (Romance) April and Jesse must travel to Amish Country and introduce themselves to the people Jesse left behind. Distributor: American Cinema International

1&6 Zeros (Game show, 60 min. eps.) A team of three players is just seven questions away from winning £1 million. Distributor: BBC Studios 22 WORLD SCREEN 6/22

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CONTENTS

Lost in a Digital Maze

GOING GREEN Children’s media executives discuss the important role that the TV industry plays in spreading awareness about the climate crisis.

I was navigating YouTube with the 7-year-old daughter of a friend recently. We were on a quest: find a fun, compelling, well-made show that would help her with her drawing skills. Ricardo Seguin Guise Publisher Anna Carugati Group Editorial Director Mansha Daswani Editor Kristin Brzoznowski Executive Editor Chelsea Regan Managing Editor Jamie Stalcup Associate Editor David Diehl Production & Design Director Simon Weaver Online Director Dana Mattison Sales & Marketing Director Genovick Acevedo Sales & Marketing Coordinator Andrea Moreno Business Affairs Manager

Ricardo Seguin Guise President Anna Carugati Executive VP Mansha Daswani Associate Publisher & VP of Strategic Development TV Kids ©2022 WSN INC. 1123 Broadway, #1207 New York, NY 10010 Phone: (212) 924-7620 Fax: (212) 924-6940 Website: www.tvkids.com

How hard could that be? As it turns out, really hard. Some skewed too old. Others weren’t fun enough, or the instruction not clear enough. Her mom turned to me and said, You know people in TV; why is this so difficult? I didn’t have an answer for her. And I had a boatload of my own questions after spending time on what a veteran children’s media exec I know referred to recently as “kid crack.” You know what I’m talking about: the independently produced shows on YouTube, made on a shoestring budget and often lacking in any kind of nutritional value. The creator economy is certainly making a lot of people a lot of money, and it’s giving opportunities to a wave of talent who may not have been discovered by “traditional” media. But, well, Sesame Street it is not. Should we be worried? Perhaps if a child has a balanced media diet—a little bit of junk, lots of broccoli—not really. But parents are being asked a lot here. Keep your kids safe in the real world while also making sure that they’re not getting lost in the rabbit hole that is online entertainment. Can we as an industry do better? I hope so. —Mansha Daswani

GET DAILY NEWS ON KIDS’ PROGRAMMING

PIONEER AWARD Paramount Global’s Jules Borkent, recipient of the TV Kids Pioneer Award, on his programming strategy. LIGHTING A SPARK ZDF Studios’ Jan-Frederik Maul on the value of early involvement and localization. FAMILY TIME Halle Stanford on The Jim Henson Company’s animation development pipeline. JEFF VALDEZ Executive producer and showrunner Jeff Valdez talks The Garcías, HBO Max’s reboot of Nickelodeon’s The Brothers García.

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Australian Children’s Television Foundation First Day / Little J & Big Cuz / Barrumbi Kids First Day, following a transgender student as she navigates high school, leads the Australian Children’s Television Foundation’s highlights. The fourth season of Little J & Big Cuz, about two Indigenous Australian kids, is also on offer. Barrumbi Kids sees 11-year-olds come of age in the Northern Territory. “With an increasing demand from international buyers for authentic storytelling on-screen with a focus on diverse representation, all three series are the perfect ﬁt with their engaging narratives and authentic diversity,” says Roberta Di Vito, international sales manager.

First Day

“We love comedy, drama and stories with heart and that don’t shy away from difﬁcult subjects when done in an appropriate way.” —Roberta Di Vito

Pat Patagonia

Cisneros Media Deva Dives In / Pat Patagonia Cisneros Media is presenting two series from its Mobius Lab Kids unit, including Deva Dives In. The preschool series centers on an impetuous child who learns to work through conﬂict and understand his feelings by going through musical journeys. Pat Patagonia, meanwhile, aims to instill the spirit of adventure in its viewers. “As the characters explore the Patagonian wilds, they also learn much about their own identities and build resilience while solving mysteries as a found family and tribe,” says Ailing Zubizarreta, VP of content development and creative services.

“Mobius Lab Kids creates stories with purpose, rooted in universal values such as inclusion, diversity, curiosity and family unity.” —Ailing Zubizarreta

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Big & Ridiculous

Cookbook Media Big & Ridiculous / Monkey Sing Monkey Do / Toof & Doof Cookbook Media’s catalog includes the animated comedy Big & Ridiculous, created by Greg Grabianski (Beavis and Butthead), based on his experience growing up in a blended family. “Blended families are increasingly common and yet not often portrayed in loving, angst-free stories,” says Claudia Scott-Hansen, partner. “When we read the scripts, we were completely charmed by them.” Monkey Sing Monkey Do explores social-emotional themes through song and dance. The nonverbal slapstick comedy Toof & Doof centers on two dinosaurs.

“We love that these three shows have heart and comedy at the forefront.” —Claudia Scott-Hansen

Dandelooo A day with the dogs / Billy the Cowboy Hamster / The Upside Down River Dandelooo has on offer multiple new series based on books, including A day with the dogs. Adapted from Dorothée de Monfreid’s book series, the preschool show captures the daily adventures of nine dogs. Billy the Cowboy Hamster, inspired by Catharina Valckx’s novels, follows a hamster who wants to become a cowboy. “He’s a great little hamster in the making who knows how to spread joy and friendship around him,” says Emmanuèle Pétry Sirvin, partner. The Upside Down River, based on Jean Claude Mourlevat’s book, is also in Dandelooo’s catalog.

Billy the Cowboy Hamster

“These shows have relatable strong characters and fun relationships with unique settings in nature.” —Emmanuèle Pétry Sirvin

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Distribution360 Lady Ada’s Secret Society / The Parker Andersons & Amelia Parker / Generation Mars Leading Distribution360’s slate, Lady Ada’s Secret Society follows the adventures of a girls’ computer club as its members rebel against their traditional boarding school. The Parker Andersons and Amelia Parker center on a girl who is selectively mute in response to trauma. Currently in development, Generation Mars is adapted from Douglas Meredith’s books. Each series “explores important and relatable themes for tweens and teens and offers strong female characters doing extraordinary things,” says Diane Rankin, senior VP of rights and executive producer, and A.J. Trauth, VP of kids.

Lady Ada’s Secret Society

“We have a strong focus on live-action programming across our third-party and original content slate.” —Diane Rankin

eOne Family Brands Transformers: EarthSpark / My Little Pony: Make Your Mark / Power Rangers Dino Fury With Transformers: EarthSpark, eOne Family Brands introduces a new generation of kids to Transformers. The new series follows a human family as they bond with the ﬁrst Transformers born on Earth. Also on the slate is My Little Pony: Make Your Mark, a CGI special follow-up to My Little Pony: A New Generation. Power Rangers Dino Fury features the ﬁrst LGBTQ+ Ranger in the franchise’s history. “We are thrilled that we are creating shows that promote acceptance and celebrate diversity,” says Monica Candiani, executive VP of content sales.

Transformers: EarthSpark

“Our shows are full of heart, incredibly fun, and we keep our subject matter fresh and relevant.” —Monica Candiani

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HappyKids

Future Today HappyKids HappyKids is the number one ad-supported kids’ and family channel on connected TV, delivering over 60,000 movies, TV shows and videos. With no subscriptions or accounts required, HappyKids is entirely free and COPPA compliant. Its portfolio includes My Little Pony, Angelina Ballerina, Transformers, Ricky Zoom, Geronimo Stilton and Cocomelon—with more on the way. “With our growing audience, we want to continue to meet demand with high-quality, original and exclusive content that keeps viewers engaged,” says David Di Lorenzo, senior VP of kids and family.

“We are constantly expanding the premium and brandsafe content we feature on HappyKids.” —David Di Lorenzo

Gaumont Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles / Stillwater / Do, Re & Mi Adapted from Stan Sakai’s comic books, Gaumont’s highlight Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles found itself on Netﬂix’s topten lists around the world after its April debut. “We are thrilled with the response it is getting from the original Usagi fans as well as kids and families experiencing it for the ﬁrst time,” says Terry Kalagian, executive VP of creative content at Gaumont U.S. In addition to the preschool series Stillwater and Do, Re & Mi, Gaumont’s slate includes KB & JJ, created by The Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo, and Tiny Head.

Do, Re & Mi

“As always at Gaumont, we continue to develop and produce relevant, engaging stories across both ﬁlm and TV series.” —Terry Kalagian

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Guang Dong Winsing Company GG Bond: Kung Fu Pork Choppers / GG Bond: Ocean Mission / GOGOBUS Guang Dong Winsing Company has multiple GG Bond titles on offer, including GG Bond: Kung Fu Pork Choppers. The series centers on superhero pigs whose power lies in their Chinese kung fu abilities. The new animated feature ﬁlm GG Bond: Ocean Mission, meanwhile, sees GG Bond help a friend search for his brother in the deep ocean. GOGOBUS embraces the fascination that young children have with vehicles and centers on a school bus that has the ability to transform into different vehicle shapes in order to perform rescue missions.

GG Bond: Ocean Mission

Guru Studio Big Blue / Pikwik Pack / True and the Rainbow Kingdom Guru Studio’s Big Blue, created by Gyimah Gariba, shows children what it means to be part of a family. It “underscores the timely message of how caring for our planet and each other is the most important thing of all,” says Jonathan Abraham, VP of sales and business development. Pikwik Pack focuses on working together and sharing joy with those in our community. True and the Rainbow Kingdom aims to empower children to be mindful, courageous and respectful of all living things and has multiple seasonal and holiday specials on offer.

True and the Rainbow Kingdom

“It’s been a busy few months for Guru, with our roster of original shows generating a ton of fresh excitement from buyers.” —Jonathan Abraham

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The Jim Henson Company Word Party / Splash & Bubbles / Doozers The Jim Henson Company’s Word Party introduces audiences to new words that help them describe their world, navigate their day and express their ideas and feelings. The Netﬂix original “has come off its broadcast holdbacks, and we are now talking to broadcasters worldwide about this preschool series that has been wildly popular with young preschoolers and their parents,” says Kerry Novick, VP of global distribution. Splash & Bubbles is available in Europe for broadcast as well as FVOD and SVOD rights. Doozers is generating new interest from both broadcasters and streamers.

Doozers

“Doozers is inspiring a whole new international audience with its solid STEAMbased ‘design-thinking’ curriculum.” —Kerry Novick

I.M.P.S. The Smurfs CGI series / The Smurfs HD remastered The first two seasons of the new The Smurfs CGI TV series are on offer from I.M.P.S., an official licensor of the iconic brand. The series “is aimed at kids 5 to 10, and more generally at the whole family, with parents who will feel the nostalgia of their childhood,” says Nele de Wilde, head of sales, production and business development, audiovisual and music. The company is also presenting the classic The Smurfs series from the ’80s, produced by Hanna-Barbera and remastered in HD.

The Smurfs CGI series

“Season two of our widely popular new The Smurfs TV series is set to start airing in Q4 of this year, and season three is currently in development.” —Nele de Wilde

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Magic Light Pictures

The Gruffalo

Pip and Posy / Superworm / The Gruffalo Magic Light Pictures has among its highlights Pip and Posy, a series that premiered in the U.K. last year and is now rolling out internationally. “Pip and Posy’s appeal comes from the strong, engaging scripts, the exquisitely detailed animation and the warmth and strength of the friendship of the two main characters,” says Muriel Thomas, director of international distribution. Also on offer from Magic Light are the half-hour films Superworm, The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child.

“Our entertaining half-hour ﬁlms are renowned for the stand-out quality of the animation, coupled with great storytelling.” —Muriel Thomas

Barbie: It Takes Two

Mattel Television Deepa & Anoop / Barbie / Monster High

The Mattel Television highlight Deepa & Anoop centers on 7-year-old Deepa and her best friend, Anoop, a color-changing elephant. Barbie: It Takes Two follows Barbie “Malibu” Roberts and Barbie “Brooklyn” Roberts as they pursue their dreams of musical stardom. “Netﬂix and our broadcast partners plan to release two new Barbie movies this fall,” notes Fred Soulie, senior VP and general manager. The Monster High franchise has a new animated series and a live-action TV movie musical.

“Mattel Television strives to tell inclusive stories in which children can see themselves.” —Fred Soulie

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Mondo TV Group Annie & Carola / Monster Loving Maniacs / Agent 203 Mondo TV Group is highlighting Annie & Carola, as well as two shows that are part of the company’s partnership with Toon2Tango. Annie & Carola follows shy Carola and her outgoing best friend Annie, a robot that Carola built herself. “All of the episodes have a special focus on the needs and emotions of its main characters—and teens in general,” says Luana Perrero, head of content sales at Mondo TV. Monster Loving Maniacs is about three kids who are trained as monster hunters, while Agent 203 centers on a girl who protects the planet against alien invasions.

Monster Loving Maniacs

“The partnership with Toon2Tango has added many new high-quality shows to our production pipeline.” —Luana Perrero

Paramount Rock Island Mysteries / Star Trek: Prodigy / Transformers: EarthSpark Featuring the backdrop of Australia’s Gold Coast, the live-action series Rock Island Mysteries tops Paramount’s kids’ highlights. “Family, friendship and adventure are universal themes in the show that resonate with kids around the world,” says Chris Rose, VP of international production and development for Paramount Kids & Family. Star Trek: Prodigy features a new motley crew of young aliens who are navigating a greater galaxy in search of a better future. Transformers: EarthSpark introduces a new generation of the robots, who are the ﬁrst to be born on Earth.

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“Nickelodeon has an exciting international programming lineup for the summer and beyond, with many more new and returning series launches.” —Chris Rose

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Sesame Workshop Sesame Street Mecha Builders / Bea’s Block / Play to Learn Leading Sesame Workshop’s highlights, Sesame Street Mecha Builders reimagines Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby as robot superheroesin-training with STEM superpowers. Bea’s Block follows the titular 5-year-old and her two best block friends, who go on “kindness adventures” in their community. “Both series will include fully integrated educational curricula, engaging music and a whole lot of heart,” says Whit Higgins, senior VP of international media and education and distribution. A collection of animated formats, Play to Learn features playful early-learning content.

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“Our series meet the moment to help broadcast and platform partners deliver real substance, with lots of furry fun, to their viewers.” —Whit Higgins

Slap Happy Cartoons Liquid Shell / Funky Fins / Gary, Defender of Lint! Liquid Shell, an action sci-ﬁ comedy series starring two unlikely heroes, tops Slap Happy Cartoons’ slate. On a quest for riches, the heroes become entangled in an adventure that could change the world. In Funky Fins, three bottom-of-the-sea dwellers swim up and take in the wonders of the entire ocean. Gary, Defender of Lint! follows a boy whose belly button lint is the key ingredient to a spell that grants unlimited power. “This show will appeal to anyone who enjoys heart-thumping action and belly-busting laughs,” says Josh Mepham, partner and head of development.

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“Our development slate is full of great properties that we can’t wait to take to market.” —Josh Mepham

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Vegesaurs / FriendZSpace / SeaBelievers Studio 100 Media is spotlighting Vegesaurs, which takes viewers on mini-adventures led by Ginger, a young Tricarrotops, and her friends, the baby PeaRexes. Three best friends who seem like regular human kids are actually risk-taking deep-space friend makers in FriendZSpace. “Every alien kid wants to be friends in the end, but to get there will rarely be easy,” says Dorian Bühr, head of global distribution. “Different customs, funny alien biological quirks and pressing narrative events create comic complications that must be overcome.” SeaBelievers is an eco-tainment series.

“Our mission in the kids’ entertainment world is to bring brands to life that are content-driven and entertain kids and families, on every platform and wherever they are.” —Dorian Bühr

ZDF Studios Theodosia / #LikeMe / Hoodie Theodosia, a series that centers on the teenage daughter of two Egyptologists, is among the three live-action kids’ titles that ZDF Studios is highlighting. Set in 1905, it “transports its audience in a universe full of magic, adventure, fantasy and mystery,” says Peter Lang, VP Junior, ZDF Studios. #LikeMe centers on Caro, a young girl who has to adjust after moving to the city from a remote village with her parents when her mother is diagnosed with cancer. A superhero series, Hoodie features a perfectly normal boy who has a talent for parkour and a passion for justice.

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“At present, we have 20,000 episodes of live action and animation available in 25 languages—all ready to air.” —Peter Lang

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Children’s media executives discuss the important role that the TV industry plays in spreading awareness about the climate crisis. By Jamie Stalcup

xperts have been sounding the alarm on climate change for years, but as the United Nations’ latest IPCC report indicates, the protections put in place have not been enough to slow the rise of greenhouse gas emissions. The TV industry plays an important role in spreading awareness about the crisis, and those in the children’s sector are doing their part, as evidenced by the boom in environmental and nature-based programming for young ones. “We have come to terms with the fact that we need to do more than wait for institutions to protect our environment and solve climate change,” says Lionel Marty, managing director of APC Kids, which distributes the live-action family series Go Green with the Grimwades. Dorian Bühr, head of global distribution at Studio 100 Media, holds the same sentiment: “The kids’ industry has a certain responsibility when it comes to inspiring kids, and it’s important that our industry contributes to making children understand what is going on in the world.” Studio 100 fulﬁlls this responsibility with SeaBelievers, an animated series that takes kids on adventures to save the ocean and the environment. Though some adults may want to shield children from major environmental issues, much of the programming comes about because “we have children of all ages reaching out and asking questions,” says Kenn Viselman, producer for North America of

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Studio 100 Media’s SeaBelievers is billed as an eco-tainment series.

MeteoHeroes, an animated series co-produced by Mondo TV Group and Meteo Operations Italia that centers on kids who have the power to alter the weather. “They are being bombarded on all their various screens with images of natural disasters 24/7.” Rather than alarm children, the shows that address these issues, even in less direct ways, can ease their fears and empower them, demonstrating examples of how they can help change the world right from their own homes.

ONE WITH NATURE Among producers and distributors of environmental series, it is widely agreed that one of the most important features of their shows is that they do not put the responsibility on the children. In fact, in many of these shows, the main idea is just to get children in tune with nature. Camille Serceau, producer at Superprod for Me and My Compost, a new series that centers on the adventures of a giant compost man, notes that the show’s “idea is not to tell the children how to consume—they’re not the ones going to the supermarket.

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Mondo TV co-produced MeteoHeroes with an Italian weather-forecasting center.

It’s just to reconnect with nature—to let them see that nature is everywhere.” Tara Hungerford, co-creator of The Gumboot Kids programs, which are distributed by Little Engine Moving Pictures and show preschoolers and their families mindfully exploring nature, concurs, noting that “it’s not putting it on the children to solve the problem. What our show does is just allows kids to connect and therefore love and care and respect their environment.” Eric Hogan, co-creator of The Gumboot Kids, adds, “There are studies done that show that children who spend time in nature carry these attitudes of appreciation, conserving nature [and] loving the planet throughout their entire lives.” “I’m not trying to sound overly simplistic about it, but the reality is, if a child feels nature in their body and soul and feels a connection, then they will care about the planet more,” Hungerford says. “They will make choices that are mindful and environmentally conscious.” When the environmental shows do demonstrate ways for children to actively help save the planet, they offer simple solutions. For Me and My Compost’s Serceau, “The concept of

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Superprod’s Me and My Compost centers on a friendly monster made of compost.

the project is, how do you take care of the planet when you’re just a kid and you have your whole life ahead of you?” Her coproducer Aurélie Angebault, who produces on behalf of Vivement Lundi !, notes that composting is one of the few “ways kids can do something for the planet, because all other issues are adults’ problems.” APC Kids’ Marty says Go Green with the Grimwades approaches the topic by offering an inside perspective of a real family, therefore showing viewers and their own families that change can start at home. The series demonstrates “through simple and efficient tools: the language Tim and Ella [Grimwade] adapt to their own children’s level, the catchy song and the key ﬁve ‘R’ words articulating their problem-solving: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair and recycle.” No matter which path producers take—just helping kids connect with nature or offering active solutions—“the most

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important thing is that we treat our audience with respect,” MeteoHeroes’ Viselman says. “We never talk down to them. We use humor and make sure that each episode is factually correct, that we use terms that make them feel hopeful and that we tell a compelling story leaving the audience hopeful.”

LENDING SUPPORT Many of the shows offer additional materials to further children’s education and understanding of the planet. The Gumboot Kids has two spin-off series and educational material for North American classrooms, MeteoHeroes offers a variety of educational content and community outreach programs, and Me and My Compost will have an additional short-form web series that includes interviews with children around the world. SeaBelievers, meanwhile, poses a challenge at the end of each episode to encourage children to go out and connect the lessons they learn in the series with real life. Paired with the messages already given during their episodes, the series are setting children— and our planet—up for a better future. “In the end, everyone just wants to create awareness and provide options to motivate kids and families to be mindful and proactive,” Studio 100’s Bühr says. And with that, hopefully, comes the protection of our planet for The Gumboot Kids programs, distributed by Little Engine generations to come. Moving Pictures, target preschoolers.

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Jules Borkent Paramount Global

aving joined Nickelodeon in 1998, Jules Borkent has been with the company through many shifts in the kids’ programming industry. Today, he serves as the managing director and executive VP of international kids and family brands at Paramount Global, which puts him in charge of all aspects of content and business operations for Nickelodeon-branded channels and platforms internationally. This includes content for the Paramount+ streaming service, which is continuing its international rollout. For his role in so carefully shaping the programming that reaches young ones around the world, Borkent is being honored with the TV Kids Pioneer Award. By Kristin TV KIDS: Tell us about the franchise strategy and how that is balBrzoznowski

anced against brand-new concepts coming to the screen. BORKENT: We do have a lot of well-known and beloved franchises, including SpongeBob SquarePants and PAW Patrol. We did a great spin-off called Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, where we went back to how SpongeBob and his friends

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first met at camp. It launched on Paramount+ in the U.S., and it was a fantastic success. While we launched it as a Paramount+ exclusive in the U.S., we very quickly transitioned it to the linear service as well, and it did phenomenally well there. Nick Jr. is among the partners on eOne Family That showed us that our Brands’ Peppa Pig. audience will follow us wherever we bring the content. We did The Patrick Star Show, which was another SpongeBob spin-off. For PAW Patrol, we have announced a spin-off around Rubble, and we are bringing back Dora the Explorer. Dora is coming back in two iterations: one is a new CGI preschool series that updates all the old, famous, wellbeloved characters, but we are also in development on a show more in the tween space based on the Paramount movie we did a couple of years ago. The Dora live-action show will not be for the Nickelodeon linear channel; it’s very much for streaming. I am hoping for international that the Dora show will not just be on Paramount+ but can also find a home on linear after. We cross-pollinate our platforms, and these franchises are ideal for that. Originals are also continuing. We are launching Rock Island Mysteries internationally this summer. We did it together with our partners at Network 10 and Fremantle in Australia. The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj, a new show that we’re doing with our partners at Viacom18, is also launching later this year. That is one of the first Indian co-productions that we’ve done.

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With [the new] launches for Paramount+, we’re looking at local markets like France, Germany, the U.K. and Italy to ﬁnd content that will build our platform internationally. We’ve had some great success recently with an acquisition, Barbapapa, which came out of France. The Smurfs is another franNickelodeon is developing new content chise that we did with our partners based on SpongeBob SquarePants. in Belgium and that launched this year with great success. We are about to go into the second season and are in development on a Paramount movie for that. TV KIDS: What are you and your teams looking for in acquisitions and content partnerships? BORKENT: We’re ﬂexible. In the past, we were pretty prescriptive about what we needed: two 11s, 22 minutes, maybe some short-form. We’re looking for shows that still very much fit the Nickelodeon ethos: making the world a more playful place, comedy, laughter and grounded in reality for kids to recognize themselves. Mainly, what we will be looking for in the animation space is comedy. Action-adventure is also going to be of some interest to us, given that we are about to launch Transformers with our partners at Hasbro later this year. We’re looking for what more we can do in that space. We’re looking at [Teenage Mutant Ninja] Turtles in a new iteration. We also announced Avatar Studios, where we are looking at the Avatar world and how we can bring that back for Paramount+ and potentially for linear services.

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TV KIDS: What areas of growth have you identiﬁed for the kids and family business? BORKENT: We know our content is incredibly popular on YouTube, and we know kids are on YouTube in vast amounts. We’re really looking at YouTube as a platform to bring our content to [an even wider audience] in a different Nickelodeon is a global partner on The Smurfs. format. Gaming is another really important part. We’re doing a lot in that space, mainly around our key franchises. Pluto TV is a huge opportunity to dig into our library of content. Some of that content no longer lives on current linear services, but there’s still a real appetite for some of those shows on Pluto. From linear channels to streaming services to FAST services to YouTube, [we’re looking at] how we manage to make our content available to as many fans as possible. TV KIDS: You’ve been in the kids’ business for a long time. What still excites you about serving this audience? BORKENT: The content we create still to this day puts smiles on kids’ faces. They love our shows. Despite the proliferation of platforms, they still come to us and watch our shows. I’m really proud of my team and the people I work with and to be a part of this. I always say change is good. You have to be able to cope with change, and that’s tough sometimes, especially after the two years we’ve had, but that’s where you have to keep looking forward—there’s always something to look forward to.

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Lighting ZDF Studios’ The Bureau of Magical Things.

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ZDF Studios’ Jan-Frederik Maul on the value of early involvement and localization. By Chelsea Regan

ermany-based ZDF Studios has been distributing series for preschoolers, kids aged 6 to 10 and tweens under its own name, for the ZDF channel or for third parties since its inception in 1993. Distinguishing itself in the kids’ content space, the company prioritizes early involvement in the titles that join its catalog. “Getting involved in top-quality kids’ programs, to us, comes ﬁrst and is something that we just don’t compromise on,” says Jan-Frederik Maul, director in ZDF Studios’ junior department. “We invest in captivating stories with international appeal, which often are brand- or book-based.”

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Key to ZDF Studios’ strategy as a distributor is offering different language versions of the titles on its slate. “We have a campaign slogan: ‘We speak your language,’ and we take that quite literally!” says Maul. “As of today, we have 20,000 episodes of live action and animation available in 25 languages ready to broadcast.” Brands such as “H2O—Just Add Water and The Bureau of Magical Things are deliverable in more than 20 languages,” he

“We have a campaign slogan: ‘We speak your language,’ and we take that quite literally!” —Jan-Frederik Maul

adds. Furthermore, ZDF Studios holds several hundreds of hours in specific languages for its key markets. As part of its localization strategy, ZDF Studios’ junior department reinvests in dubs for its brands, supporting their marketability and extending their shelf life. “We leverage the overall number of distributable content and are able to generate sustainable revenue streams,” says Maul. Taking a proactive approach, ZDF Studios’ junior department often handles producing language assets first to unlock potential. “When it comes to TV and VOD sales, we are able to make our clients benefit directly from relevant cost savings in their dubbing budgets,” says Maul. “We have established ourselves as a reliable one-stop shop for localized, high-profile kids’ and family content.”

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Family Time The Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.

Halle Stanford on The Jim Henson Company’s animation development pipeline. By Kristin Brzoznowski

orking across preschool and prime time, Halle Stanford, the president of television at The Jim Henson Company, sees commonalities in delivering for these different targets. “Overall, the strategy when developing is: Is this transformative television?” she says. “Will this project be able to build a fan family? Are we taking you away to a magical world that you can’t wait to go back to?” In terms of the way The Jim Henson Company approaches development, Stanford says the team is always looking to work with creators and dreamers who want to bring their

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“hope-and-dream project” to life. “I don’t think there’s one show I have on the slate that isn’t somebody’s hope-anddream project, including my own. That is a must at Henson. We approach it from: What is in your heart? What does your voice have to say in this world? Does it resonate with our company? And if it does, we’ll get behind it a thousand, million percent. That’s what we’re all about.”

“We always have our war cry: What do kids need now? That’s been our guiding star.” —Halle Stanford In the kids’ department, the company is looking to develop unique voices and perspectives with its characters. “We always have our war cry,” Stanford says, “which is: What do kids need now? That’s been our guiding star. One of the things that kids need right now is to be able to come together and have meaningful conversations, even if they’re completely different in their identities. So, we’re looking for stories in this area.” Stanford is also identifying programming that can grow up with kids. “Whatever our programming is, we need to have the next story for the next generation,” she says. “We need to constantly be giving everyone joyful, magical, thoughtful and entertaining experiences. If we can do that at all levels, from preschool all the way through prime time, we’ve done our job at Henson.”

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Jeff Valdez The Garcías By Jamie Stalcup

he Nickelodeon series The Brothers García is credited with being the ﬁrst English-language sitcom with an all-Latino cast and creative team. The groundbreaking show, which ended more than 15 years ago, has been brought to life again with its reboot, The Garcías on HBO Max. Set 15 years after The Brothers García, the reboot sees the García kids—played by the original actors—all grown up with children of their own. When the extended family travels to the Riviera Maya in Mexico, they go on a journey of self-discovery and learn what it really takes to be a family. Jeff Valdez, executive producer and showrunner of both The Brothers García and The Garcías, talks to TV Kids about his push to bring the show back, what it was like to reunite the original cast and the importance of Latino representation on-screen.

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As Mathieu Béjot, director of strategy and development at Sunny Side of the Doc, told my colleague Chelsea Regan recently, New Voices is the overarching theme of the event. In addition to the traditional pitching sessions around topics like wildlife, science and history, there will be an Immersive Experiences session as well as the Digital Na(rra)tive Stories segment, which will include “nonlinear documentaries produced for YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.,” explains Béjot. “The idea is to explore new types of storytelling.” Béjot and his team are also putting a focus on diversity and inclusion, a trend he saw emerge as one of the silver linings of the pandemic as producers, unable to travel, sought out talented filmmakers worldwide. “It’s really accelerated the movement that was kickstarted by the ideas of diversity and inclusion, to make sure that there are more local voices involved.” And that shift is proving to be a boon to the industry, he says: “It’s generating new, fresh looks at some of the existing stories that are already well-known.” —Mansha Daswani

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All3Media International Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? / Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars / The Simpler Life All3Media International’s factual catalog includes Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?, featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen testimony to reveal Maxwell’s full story. Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars sees food and drink entrepreneurs compete to win investment from the chef and restaurateur. “International viewers love Gordon Ramsay’s no-nonsense style, and this latest series is Ramsay at his very best,” says Rachel Job, senior VP of non-scripted. In The Simpler Life, a group of people attempt to live by the principles of the Amish.

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Autentic Distribution Wild Prairie Man / Qatar—Between Boomtown and Burqa / Tren Atlantico Among Autentic Distribution’s highlights, Wild Prairie Man is centered on wildlife photographer James R. Page and his fascination with Grasslands National Park. In time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Qatar—Between Boomtown and Burqa is on offer. It demonstrates that “Qatar is not only this ﬁlthy-rich emirate full of forced labor, which we all have heard about by now, but it is also a very open and progressive country,” says Mirjam Strasser, head of sales and acquisitions. Tren Atlantico shows the rugged sides of Portugal and Spain.

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Terra Mater Studios All You Need is Love / The Secret Crown / Birds in Paradise—Hummingbirds of Costa Rica All You Need is Love, which tops Terra Mater Studios’ highlights, spotlights relationships in the wild. “The animal kingdom—where gender is ﬂuid, roles can be reversed and homosexual behavior is common—has a lot of fascinating stories in store,” says Sabine Holzer, head of specialist factual. An underwater exploration, The Secret Crown tells the story of a newly discovered reef and the race to conserve it. Birds in Paradise—Hummingbirds of Costa Rica takes audiences on a journey with the hummingbirds to explore the country’s landscape and animals.

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Gordon Ramsay ’s Future Food Stars By Kristin Brzoznowski

multi-Michelin starred chef, Gordon Ramsay has become a ﬁxture in the TV food genre. In Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, which comes from Studio Ramsay Global and is distributed by All3Media International, Ramsay steps out of the kitchen to showcase his business savvy. The new business competition sees the world-famous chef on the hunt for the most exciting and innovative food and drink entrepreneurs, and he is prepared to back the winner with a life-changing investment. The competing

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entrepreneurs have big ambitions for their unique food ideas, including mussel popcorn, apple cider vinegar tonics, bottled Indian sauces and zero-waste restaurants, but their success depends on how they manage over eight weeks of extensive and extreme culinary and physical challenges. From cliff jumping, delivering hot meals at 1,000 feet in the air to foraging to create a feast, the contestants will have to show Ramsay that they have the raw ingredients to succeed, survive and win. “We wanted to show the many sides of Gordon Ramsay,” says Lisa Edwards, chief creative officer at Studio Ramsay Global. “He’s so much more than a chef. Food is always going to be in the DNA of who he is, but he is also the global CEO of a huge business corporation—whether that’s from his restaurants, his wine brand, his gin brand or Studio Ramsay. He’s an amazing businessman.”

“We wanted to show the many sides of Gordon Ramsay.” —Lisa Edwards

All3Media International is also offering the show as a format, and Edwards sees potential to bring the franchise into many different areas. “As long as your ‘Gordon’ is at the top of their game in whatever field or genre you are designing this format around, then it works!” she says. “We developed this as a competition format that could expand across a number of genres.”

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Ralf Rückauer ZDF Studios

ounded nearly 30 years ago, ZDF Enterprises rebranded earlier this year as ZDF Studios to better reﬂect the company it has evolved into—one that produces in addition to distributing and that has grown to have nearly 30 subsidiaries, including the factual producer and distributor Off the Fence. ZDF Studios works with subsidiaries such as Off the Fence, as well as factual indies, from the development stage of a project to ﬁnancing and distribution, explains Ralf Rückauer, VP Unscripted at ZDF Studios, who spoke to Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director. As the global media industry has changed over the years, so too have the ways and means of collaborating with companies for co-productions. “The co-production

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game is getting more and more complicated because, in ancient dinosaur times, we used to collaborate with U.S. networks—the likes of Discovery and National Geographic, A&E, Smithsonian—but these times are deﬁnitely over,” says

“We have had so many big events over the last couple of years that people are getting more interested in factual and news.” Rückauer, who explains that the shift is due to companies now demanding worldwide rights for their own platforms instead of just for one or two markets. In part because of the new challenges, ZDF Studios “decided to create shows more on our own and become more of a production company,” says Rückauer. And the company still manages to ﬁnd co-pro opportunities, particularly with partners in Europe. “We just launched Africa from Above. It’s a co-production between ARTE, ORF, ZDF and UKTV. Things like that are still doable.” Another reason for those in the factual space to remain optimistic is consumer demand. “We have had so many big events over the last couple of years that people are getting more and more interested in factual and news,” says Rückauer, who sees the biggest growth in demand for wildlife, science and history titles. “This is also what the industry, broadcasters and streamers, are telling us.”

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Dr. Patrick Hörl Autentic

unich-based Autentic has sought to bring topquality factual content to the German and international markets—from development to distribution—since its founding in 2008, while also operating its own channels and VOD services. Amid the ongoing proliferation of digital platforms and the global pandemic, there has been a boost in demand for content that has been a boon for Autentic’s distribution business. Dr. Patrick Hörl, managing director of Autentic, tells Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, about partnering with producers and the trends he’s seeing in factual, and reveals what Autentic looks for in its potential collaborators.

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NATPE Budapest Suite: 221 Contact: Stephen Driscoll, EVP, EMEA; Ben Packwood, VP, CEE. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Trigger Point (Drama, 6x60 min.) Stars Vicky McClure as Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal operative dealing with improvised explosive devices during a terrorist summer campaign. Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars (Fact-ent., 8x60 min./format) Business competition series follows Gordon Ramsay’s search for the entrepreneurs who will revolutionize the food industry.

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Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? (Doc., 3x60 min.) Features exclusive interviews with those closest to Maxwell, including many speaking for the first time, as it follows her story from her chaotic upbringing right up to the conclusion of her trial in the U.S. The Traitors (Ent./reality format, 60 min. eps.) A group of contestants are placed in an atmospheric location together and must complete challenges THE LEADING ONLINE DAILY NEWS SERVICE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA INDUSTRY. For a free subscription, visit subscriptions.ws

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and win prizes. But some among them will be traitors, out to claim the prize for themselves. Murder in the Valleys (Doc., 4x60 min.) Sheds new light on the murders that still haunt the small community in Clydach, South Wales. Marriage (Drama, 4x60 min.) Led by BAFTA winner Sean Bean and BAFTA nominee Nicola Walker, explores the insecurities, ambiguities, hopes and fears that are part of a long-term partnership. Ridley (Drama, 4x60 min.) Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar stars as a charismatic Detective Inspector. Soon after his retirement, his replacement sets about tackling her first murder investigation and turns to him for support. The Holiday (Drama, 4x60 min.) Thriller based on the best-selling novel by T.M. Logan. While on holiday, Kate makes a discovery that leaves her questioning whether her husband is having an affair with one of her best friends. The Simpler Life (Fact-ent./reality, 4x60 min.) A group of people leave behind 21st-century lives and attempt to live by the principles of the Amish, rejecting modern life. Date or Drop (Dating format, 60 min. eps.) Lucky singles hear about their potential date. If they hear something they don’t like, the culprit drops through a trapdoor.

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Contact: Muge Akar, head, sales, Europe, Asia, Africa; Gozde Dinc Ozcan, sales specialist. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Your Honor (Drama, 45 min. eps., in prod.) An idealistic and honest judge enters a war to protect his son, who is involved in a crime. Hidden Wings (Drama, 45 min. eps., in prod.) Ambitiously dedicated high school teacher Elif Türkkan’s arrival to a little town called Sarpça is a milestone to every soul that lives there. Lone Wolf (Drama, 45 min. eps. in prod.) Altay, a fighter, helps Esra escape from her lover and reunite with her little girl. Davut Bahadır, who lives alone in a hut in the forest, will guide Altay on his journey from the legends of 1950s Turkey to present day. Destan (Drama, 45 min. eps. in prod.) Batuga is the hidden Khan of the Turks; he will write a “Destan” (legend) with Akkız, uniting the Turks and proving to the world what a disabled prince and a slave girl can achieve by joining hands. For My Family (Drama, 200+x45 min.) After the sudden death of their parents, Kadir and his siblings

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find themselves in a new life without any money in their pockets and no shelter. Wounded Heart (Drama, 107x45 min.) A story of revenge between two families. The Ottoman (Drama, 185+x45 min.) Osman will fight for the future of the Kayı tribe and to be reunited with his love, Bala Hanım. Hercai (Drama, 256x45 min.) Reyyan and Miran Kangaroo Beach try to appreciate their love despite all obstacles. First Day (Live-action drama, 4x24 min.) It’s Hannah Bradford’s first year of high school. As a transgender AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges TELEVISION FOUNDATION that come with starting a new school but find the O (61-3) 9200-5500 courage to live as her most authentic self. m roberta.divito@actf.com.au Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? (Livew www.actf.com.au action factual, 10x24 min.) A living-history series that Contact: Roberta Di Vito, intl. sales mgr.; Tim pits the skills of today’s kids against the exploits of chilHegarty, intl. sales mgr. dren from the past to find out how they measure up. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Little J & Big Cuz (Early childhood animation, S1: Kangaroo Beach (Preschool animation, 26x12 min.) 13x12 min., S2: 13x12 min., S3: 14x12 min.) Little J is Four young animal friends share an action-packed 5 and Big Cuz is 9. They’re a couple of Indigenous summer training as cadets with their lifeguard heroes, Australian kids, living with their Nanna and Old Dog. keeping the water safe at Kangaroo Beach. Red Dirt Riders (Live-action factual, 5x12 min.) More Than This (Teen/YA drama, 6x30 min.) The Two- and four-wheeler-obsessed Roebourne kids experiences of five teens as they navigate contemporary adventure across their country. issues that will shape who they are becoming. Thalu (Live-action drama, 10x15 min.) With their The Inbestigators (Live-action comedy, 20x24 country under threat from a huge dust cloud and min.) Ten-year-old Maudie, a freakishly gifted the mysterious Takers that lurk within, a small observer of human behavior, forms a detective group of Indigenous kids have to make their way to agency with her classmates Ezra, Ava and Kyle. the Thalu, a place of great power. Hardball (Live-action comedy, S1: 13x24 min., S2: DisRupted (Short films, 3x30 min.) Rocky & Me, 10x24 min.) When Mikey moves from New Zealand to And Then Something Changed and The Legend of Western Sydney, he finds himself in the thick of the Burnout Barry seek to disrupt and reframe how disultra-competitive schoolyard game of handball. ability is understood.

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Sunny Side Stand: C2/NATPE Budapest Stand: MT 10 Contact: Mirjam Strasser, head, sales & acq.; Birte Zywko, intl. sales mgr.; Julian Althaus, snr. sales mgr.; Angelika Stebbings, acq. mgr.; Laura Beacall, material & sales coord. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Tren Atlantico (People/places, 2x45 min.) Spain and Portugal crossed and discovered by train. Where they border on the unbridled, cold Atlantic, both countries show a completely different side of their own.

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Qatar—Between Boomtown & Burqa (People/places, 1x45 min.) Qatar is more than a corrupt, filthy-rich emirate. We show you a more nuanced picture of a dazzling and colorful world located between boomtown and burqa. Wild Prairie Man (Nature/wildlife, 1x52 min.) An intimate look at the life of a man enthralled with the exotic and endangered lands of Grasslands National Park. The Mecca Clock Tower—The Construction of the World’s Largest Clock (People/places, 1x52

min.) Explore the engineering breakthroughs and fascinating story behind the design and construction of the world’s largest clock tower. Through Fire and Flames (Fact-ent., 21x45 min.) A tribute to the unsung heroes who constantly put their lives at risk while in service. The American Führer (History, 1x45 min.) Unknown stories from the time of National Socialism. The story of the fascist imposter, Fritz Julius Kuhn, is one. Adam & Ida—Almost a Fairytale (History, 1x80 min.) Separated as toddlers during the Holocaust, the Jewish twins Adam and Ida Paluch find each other half a century later. Will this become a fairy-tale ending? Sri Lanka—Leopard Dynasty (Nature/wildlife, 1x45 min.) Sri Lanka’s lowlands are home to one of the highest leopard populations on Earth. Follow leopard cubs through the Sri Lankan wilderness. Bolshoi—Rise and Fall Behind the Curtain (People/places, 1x90 min.) Step into one of the most famous theaters in the world: the Bolshoi. And get an exclusive glimpse of what happens behind the curtain.

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Signora Volpe (Drama, 3x90 min.) Sylvia Fox, a former high-ranking British spy, arrives in Italy for her niece’s wedding. When the bridegroom disappears, leaving a dead body in the lake at the bottom of his garden, Sylvia takes it upon herself to solve the mystery and save her niece from disaster. The Other One (Comedy, S2: 5x30 min.) Four leading women try to make sense of their newfound sisters and sort-of-step-moms. Teen Mum Academy (Factual, 10x30 min.) Six teen moms and their children move into a residential summer school that aims to help them take their first steps toward launching their own businesses. Richard Hammond’s Brain Reaction (Factual, 6x60 min.) Richard Hammond is swapping cars for science experiments on this new Comedy Central series. Embarrassing Bodies (Factual, S8: 8x60 min.) A new team of medical experts will be on hand to help examine, explain and hopefully provide treatment solutions for the patients’ “medical mysteries,” all while helping to destigmatize many common conditions that often go ignored or untreated. Beat Shazam (Ent., S5: 10x60 min.) Pits teams of two against the clock and each other as they attempt to identify the biggest hit songs. The team with the most money banked will go against Shazam for the chance to win a huge cash prize. Hunted UK (Ent., S6: 6x60 min.) Our surveillance society catches us on CCTV up to 70 times a day. Now everything from cash withdrawals to shopping, phone calls, our internet history, texts and social media posts are monitored.

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MasterChef USA (Ent., S12: 20x60 min.) Produced in 63 countries and broadcast in over 200 territories, MasterChef is watched globally by over 250 million viewers. LEGO Masters: New Zealand (Ent., 9x60 min.) Hosted by comedian Dai Henwood, challenges teams to create LEGO works of art that showcase their imagination and storytelling skills, and impress us with their technical talent and problemsolving expertise. The Games (Ent. format) Twelve celebrities take on some of the most iconic sports on Earth, pushing themselves further than they ever thought possible and competing in front of millions.

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Food Pop (Docuseries, 13x30 min.) Brings to light the aspects of popular foods consumed worldwide and how their recipes change in each region or country. Palm House (Reality, 5x60 min.) Presents the lifestyles of 12 beautiful, powerful and influential Latin women in Miami. Fashion Insta (Variety, ongoing, 60 min. eps.) Host My Birthday Bash Harry Levy and his guests will review social media to PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS comment on the latest looks of celebrities and events Zumbar (Children’s, 26x5 min.) A live-action series in that are making an impact on fashion trends worldwide. which six children play interactively with a variety of animals while learning from them and our ecosystem. AnimalFanPedia (Edutainment, 26x11 min.) A COOKBOOK MEDIA O (1-914) 844-5439 fun and educational wildlife program, bringing m info@cookbook-media.com every kind of animal imaginable to families in an w www.cookbook-media.com adventure to discover the animal kingdom. My Birthday Bash (Children’s, 13x22 min.) A fun Contact: Claudia Scott-Hansen, partner; Rob live-action series where a special child gets the Bencal, partner. support from our host and their party crew to help PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS him or her put together the best birthday party ever. Monkey Sing Monkey Do (Kids 4-6 CG comedy, 11 #GOAT (Tween, 26x5 min.) Features the coolest min. eps.) Four fuzzy monkeys welcome their jungle spots like best place for selfies, trendiest sweets to friends to the Song Shack, exploring socio-emotional eat, celeb sightings, best people-watching places themes through the power of music and dance. and fun snap-worthy adventures to discover. Toof & Doof (Kids 4+ CG non-dialogue slapstick WERK! (Tween, 26x5 min.) Our host starts each comedy, 80x2 min.) Toof, a chicken-sized predator episode on the latest “must have,” then enlightens from the Jurassic, has one aim: to eat Doof, the largest with three different ways to make money. dino of all. But his oversize plans always go astray. Mysterious Earth (Docuseries, 13x30 min.) Delve The Jolliest Elf (Kids real-time animation, 12x7 into fascinating historical enigmas through the min.) The first-ever animated talent competition most recent experts’ findings and discover shock- show set in the North Pole. Now with a second seaing new insights about the world. son featuring magical music-filled performances and Killer Instincts (Docuseries, 13x30 min.) We will viewers voting for the winner. immerse ourselves in the savage arena of the world’s Big & Ridiculous (Kids 6+ 2D comedy, 22 min. eps.) deadliest animals. When his mom remarries, Michael learns the joys and

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perks of having a very unconventional new dad, navigating the line between parent and best friend. Aiko and the Masters of Time (Kids 7+ CGI sci-fi adventure, 10x24 min.) Imagine an age when all human eras have been combined, resulting in samurai, cowboys, knights, African warriors and Stone Age scavengers all living together.

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Chase and CATCH (Kids 8+ CGI action/comedy, 13x22 min.) A serialized action-comedy from Saturday Animation in Montreal featuring a futuristic detective duo pursuing a diabolical outlaw syndicate that has taken over their city. Dramaworld (Live-action comedy drama, 10 eps.) A fantasy romance comedy that follows the adventures of a 20-year-old American girl who gets magically transported into her favorite Korean drama.

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CEO, Cyber Group Studios USA; Dominique Bourse, COO; Pierre Belaïsch, SVP, creative dvpmt.; Bruno d’Aumont, lic. & mktg. VP; Michèle Massonnat, snr. sales mgr.; Pauline Berard, intl. sales exec.; Ira Singerman, VP, dvpmt., Cyber Group Studios USA. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Gigantosaurus (Kids 4-6 2D/CGI comedy/adventure, S1-3: 156x11 min./78x26 min.) Four young dinosaur friends are about to leave the family and explore a world full of mysteries and danger. Taffy (Kids 6-10/family 2D comedy, S1-2: 156x7 min.) Follows the nonstop, slapstick extravaganza faced by loyal hound dog Bentley when his billionaire old lady owner, Mrs. Muchmore, takes in an imposter posing as a wide-eyed, fluffy Angora cat. 50/50 Heroes (Kids 6-10 2D comedy/adventure, 52x11 min.) The adventures of Mo and Sam, halfsiblings aged 11 and 9, who discover they have inherited superpowers—that must be shared down the middle. Droners (Kids 6-10 2D/CGI adventure/comedy, S1-2: 52x22 min.) In Terraqua, Corto, Arthus, Enki and Mouse firmly intend to win the Whale Cup, the most extreme drone race of all time. Nefertine on the Nile (Kids 4-7 2D/CGI comedy, 52x11 min.) Nefertine aspires to be the first female scribe in the history of Egypt so she can describe the wonderful world that surrounds her. The Case (La Custodia) (Family 2D, 1x40 min.) A young boy escapes war with nothing but a dream and a violin case. The music in his heart will guide him along the journey to find his path on the other side of the border and destroy prejudice. Ernest and Rebecca (Kids 5-8 2D comedy, 52x13 min.) Tells the story of Rebecca and her

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adventures with her “microbe” Ernest, which she caught on a rainy day. Tom Sawyer (Kids 6-12 CGI adventure, 26x22 min.) Tom Sawyer is a boy called to adventure from the moment he wakes up. Each episode tells one of his great adventures, escapades or explorations.

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Bananimals (Kids 5-8 2D comedy, 78x7 min.) Follows the daily lives of the animal inhabitants of a farm village whose primary activity is to go and ask Gordon the Bull, their mentor, for help and advice. The Last Kids on Earth (Kids 7-12 comedy/action, 1x66 min. special & 21x22 min.) Netflix original animated series follows Jack Sullivan and a group of zombie-fighting middle schoolers who live in a treehouse filled with video games and candy.

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Margot and the Space Robot (2D, 1x30 min.) Two cruel aliens have landed and want to enslave the population of Aquaville. Margot meets Gabriel, a robot, and together they decide to sabotage the aliens’ plan. Royals Next Door (2D, 52x11 min.) Due to water damage in the castle, the royal family must move out. They decide to live in a normal house in an ordinary suburb. Jasmine and Jambo (2D, 26x7 min.) Jasmine and Jambo share a passion for music. And they live in the perfect place: Soundland, a land where music reigns. Ernest & Celestine (2D, S2: 26x13 min.) In this new season, Celestine is more mischievous than ever, as she and her new friends explore their fun and sometimes mysterious surroundings. Mum is Pouring Rain (2D, 1x26 min.) Jane doesn’t understand why her mother is not joining her and her grandma for Christmas, but as she learns to open up to others, she will inspire her mother with the strength to get back on her feet. The Treehouse Stories (2D/live-action, S4: 26x7 min.) Four friends meet in a secret treehouse to share their favorite books and dive into the stories. Little Bear (2D adventure comedy, 39x7 min.) Mischievous, cheerful and playful, Pompon has an incredible and precious gift that brings great delight and tremendous enjoyment to his best friend Rita and his parents: he adds a bit of “extra” to the ordinary. Dounia (2D, 1x28 min./6x7 min.) Forced to leave her country, Dounia and her grandparents set off in search of asylum.

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Petit (2D, 39x7 min.) Discover Petit’s perspective about daily situations that will become adventures he will have to face by being brave and creative, and always with his friends’ help. Taina and the Amazon’s Guardians (CGI, S1: 26x11 min., S2: 26x11 min.) When the forest is in distress, the “Cru-Cru” call echoes all the way to the Great Tree, where Taina and the guardians of the Amazon are always ready to help.

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play, laugh and grow together in a giant castle-like play structure located in the charmingly spooky backyard of Castle Frightenstein. The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker (Kids & family, 20x30 min.) An intercontinental, interracial, blended family discovers the ups and downs of learning to live together. Overlord and the Underwoods (Kids & family, 20x30 min.) The Underwoods, a normal, goodhearted family, have their lives thrown upside down when the second-most-wanted villain in the galaxy moves in with them under witness protection. AnimalFanPedia (Kids factual, 26x11 min.) Kids meet the most interesting animals, learning about their habitats, ecosystems, geography and individual traits. Escape If You Can (Kids format, 26x30 min.) Teams of three work together to solve the STEMbased challenges in this intense race against the clock to earn the numbers that make up the secret code they need to make their escape. Race Against the Tide (Competition format, 10x30 min.) On the shores of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, ten world-class sand-sculpting teams are put to the ultimate test in the original skills competition where the stakes are as high as the tide.

Contact: Diane Rankin, SVP, rights & exec. producer; Smiljka Baljozovic, dir., sales. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Lady Ada’s Secret Society (Tween, 1x80 min.) Four girls rebel against their hyper-traditional boarding school by pranking it using technology they invented, hacked or “borrowed” while staying only one step ahead of their horrible headmistress. Happy House of Frightenstein (Preschool animation, 10x3 min.) Fiendishly funny mini-monsters Happy House of Frightenstein

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Best in Miniature (Competition, 10x60 min.) Eleven of the world’s best miniaturists put their skills to the test as they build their miniature dream home one room at a time at 1:12 scale. Blown Away (Competition, S1-2: 20x30 min.) In the ultimate make or “break” elimination competition, world-renowned glassblowers face off in North America’s largest-ever hot shop.

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My Little Pony: A New Generation

PJ Masks (Preschool CGI, 260x11 min.) Three young friends transform into their superhero alter egos, Catboy, Owlette and Gekko, when they put their pajamas on at night and activate their animal amulets. My Little Pony: A New Generation (Adventure/comedy/musical, 1x90 min.) Equestria has lost its magic and Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi are no longer friends. Idealistic Earth Pony Sunny (Vanessa Hudgens) is determined to find a way to bring enchantment and unity back to their world. Transformers: EarthSpark (Action comedy, 26x22 min.) Introduces a new generation of Transformers robots—the first to be born on Earth, taken in by a human family. This animated series centers on two human kids as they forge a connection with Transformers robots and work alongside fan favorites like Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. Power Rangers Dino Fury (Action/CGI, 44x22 min.) When an army of powerful alien beings is unleashed on Earth, threatening life as we know it, a brand-new team of Power Rangers, fueled by the prehistoric power of the dinosaurs, is recruited to deal with the threat. Ricky Zoom (Preschool CGI, 104x11 min.) Ricky, a rescue bike, lives in Wheelford, where he shares his experiences with his enthusiastic bike buddies Loop, Scootio and DJ. Alien TV (Live-action/animated slapstick comedy, 78x7 min.) An intrepid extraterrestrial news crew investigates the strange, unusual and downright weird on a baffling planet called Earth. Ninja Express (Animated comedy, 52x11 min.) Imagine a delivery service that is not restricted by the limitations of time and space. Now imagine it being run by three ninja brothers with incredible powers.

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Baby Alive (3D preschool, 20x4 min.) The day-to-day adventures of Charlie and her three silly and adorable babies: Lulu, Tilly and Teo. When Charlie needs some help along the way, she calls on the Glo Pixies. The Play Doh Show (Stop-motion preschool, 142x2 min.) Join the Doh-Dohs and their friends in a play-dohmation world where they find creative solutions to all kinds of colorful and hilarious situations.

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solve crimes across storied French museums and landmarks. El Presidente (Drama, 8x60 min.) Inspired by the real-life characters and events behind the 2015 “FIFA Gate” corruption scandal. Narcos: Mexico (Action/drama, S1-3: 30x60 min.) Chronicles the real-life rise to global power of the most infamous drug lords. Latest installment focuses on Mexico’s cannabis trade and the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel.

O (33-1) 4643-2000 m tvsales@gaumont.com w www.gaumonttelevision.com MIFA Stand: E24 Contact: Cécilia Rossignol, EVP, intl. sales & dvpmt. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Off Season (Noir/thriller/crime, 6x60 min.) Captain Sterenn Peiry must stop the Edelweiss serial killer. When discovering that her son accidentally killed his girlfriend, she decides to cover up this accident by reproducing the serial killer’s staging. What Pauline Is Not Telling You (Drama, 4x60 min.) A man fell from scaffolding. Everything points to Pauline, his ex-wife, who made a clumsy call to the emergency services—and way too late. Nona and Her Daughters (Dramedy, 9x30 min.) Nona is 70 and pregnant. Her lover is not the father. Her triplet daughters move back into the family apartment to support her and unveil this mystery. The pregnancy will turn everyone’s life upside down. The Art of Crime (Drama, S1-6: 28x60 min.) In this modern-day police procedural, a hot-headed Paris cop teams up with a Louvre art historian to

Do, Re & Mi

Do, Re & Mi (Preschool 2-5 CGI musical adventure, 52x11 min.) Join birdie friends Do, Re and Mi in the musical world of Beebopsburgh, an island where instruments grow in the Falsetto Forest and a giant Music Mountain towers above all their adventures. Bionic Max (Kids 6-11 animated comedy, 52x11 min.) A malfunctioning bionic guinea pig and his goldfish buddy escape from their laboratory into Woodchuck Woods and must learn to adapt in this urban jungle. Belle and Sebastian (Kids 5-9 animated action/adventure/comedy, 52x11 min.) Tells the outdoor adventures of a courageous young boy, Sebastian, and his huge white dog, Belle, who will rush to anybody’s rescue, no matter what the risk.

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Galactik Football (Kids 6-12 CGI action, 78x26 min.) love, quarrel, compete and experience all the The ultimate sci-fi football game that mixes football, classic problems of Gen Z. teen drama, amazing planets and scary enemies. Traitor (Espionage/spy thriller, 6x58 min.) Driven by umbrage and personal gain, an official at the Estonian Ministry of Defence becomes an agent for GOQUEST MEDIA Russian intelligence when Estonia joins NATO. O (91-22) 495-591-00 Divorce in Peace (Dramedy, 20x28 min.) A coum contact@goquestmedia.com ple who want to end their 20-year-long marriage w www.goquestmedia.com consult a therapist to devise a divorce plan so they Contact: Vivek Lath, fndr. & CEO; Jimmy George, can part on good terms. VP, sales & acq.; Mikaela Perez, sales, LatAm, Spain, Civil Servant (Espionage thriller, 24x50 min.) A U.S. Hispanic; Ofelya Tovmasyan, sales, CIS, Western young, ambitious Serbian Secret Service agent Europe; Akshit Sandhu, mgr., content acq. negotiates the dangerous rules of the modernPROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS century international spy game. Secrets of the Grapevine (Romantic drama, 72x50 min.) When two former lovers from feuding winegrowing families rekindle their romance after 20 years, they must make great sacrifices to realize a passion project they had dreamt of together a long time ago. Crazy in Love (Romantic drama, 260x22 min.) What starts as a holiday romance between Piotr and Joanna soon fizzles out when Piotr has to return to his girlfriend, Sylwia. Many years later, the pair meet serendipitously. Will they fall in love again? Secrets of the Grapevine Sacrificial (Romantic drama, 100x45 min.) Brings to life the stories of the Oprea family, particularly Andrea, Debt to the Sea (Mystery/thriller, 11x50 min.) who is his father’s favorite among three brothers. The arrival of a mysterious stranger triggers an Still Waters (YA drama, 8x30 min.) A young girl from unstoppable wave of events for the unsettled an ethnic minority in an Estonian-Russian school steps inhabitants of a beautiful but deadly Montenegro up to fight an online smear campaign against her while coastal village. trying to keep her friendships and new family intact. Rats (Crime thriller, 6x55 min.) In the world of the Sex Insta Exams (YA drama, 12x25 min.) On Czech-Vietnamese meth syndicates, the lines the eve of exams that will determine their future, between order and anarchy shatter for a naive high school students become friends, fall in young drug dealer and an ambitious female cop.

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GUANG DONG WINSING COMPANY

O (86-20) 3763-5953 m media@winsing.net w en.winsing.net

GG Bond: Kung Fu Pork Choppers (Family/ent./adventure, 104x15 min.) A rescueand adventure-themed story that happens in the sky city, with protagonists who are pigs with Chinese kung fu skills and superpowers.

Contact: Sophie Lau, head, intl. mktg. GURU STUDIO PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS O (1-416) 599-4878 Team S.T.E.A.M.! (Edutainment, 104x15 min.) m sales@gurustudio.com Team S.T.E.A.M.! is made up of six amazing kids w gurustudio.com who each use a different STEM-based area of Contact: Frank Falcone, pres./exec. creative dir.; expertise to solve the problems they face. Jonathan Abraham, VP, sales & business dvpmt.; Rachel Marcus, VP, creative dvpmt.; Daniel Rattner, VP, mktg.; Corey Caplan, dir., intl. sales. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Pikwik Pack (Preschool 2D, 52x11 min.) Follows Suki the hedgehog and her team of adorable animals as they deliver magical packages to the kind citizens of Pikwik. True and the Rainbow Kingdom (Preschool 3D, GOGOBUS 30x22 min., 5x22 min. seasonal specials, 1x44 GOGOBUS (Edutainment/family, 156x13 min.) min. holiday special & bonus content) True, our The story happens in the school. When trouble bright and fearless heroine, and her hilarious best strikes the kids, Gogobus is there to solve the prob- friend, Bartleby the cat, come to the rescue of Rainbow City’s whimsical citizens. lem and save the day. GG Bond: Ocean Mission (Family/ent./comedy/ adventure, 1x85 min.) GG Bond encounters Noah when executing a task in the ocean. Together, they go through difficulties and conquer their fears. GG Bond: Dino Diary (Ent./adventure, 130x13 min.) GG Bond and his partner Woody need to get out of the dinosaur world and return to their own through all difficulties and adventures. Pikwik Pack

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Big Blue (Kids 5-9 2D comedy, 52x11 min.) Siblings Lettie and Lemo lead their quirky submarine crew to solve the ocean’s mysteries and find the origins of a new magical recruit named Bacon Berry. Justin Time (Preschool 2D, 74x11 min. & 2x22 min.) Justin’s imagination catapults him into largerthan-life adventures set in different points in history.

THE JIM HENSON COMPANY

O (1-323) 802-1500 m knovick@henson.com,

sogrodnik@henson.com w www.henson.com Contact: Halle Stanford, pres., TV; Sidney Clifton, SVP, animation & mixed media; Kait Boss, dir., children’s ent.; Kerry Novick, VP, global dist.; Stephanie Ogrodnik, mgr., global dist. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Word Party (Preschool animation, 40x11 min.) An interactive show that teaches toddlers aged 1 to 3 the words they need to know before starting school. Doozers (Preschool animation, 72x11 min.) Join Spike, Molly, Flex and Daisy as they design, create and innovate. STEAM learning for preschoolers at its best. Splash & Bubbles (Preschool animation, 80x11 min.) Join Splash and Bubbles for exciting adventures and lots of laughs as they explore the ocean and encounter a whole new world of marine life. Dot. (Preschool 4-7 animation, 78x11 min.) Meet Dot, an inquisitive, whimsical and exuberant techsavvy young girl, as she embarks on hilarious escapades to satisfy her thirst for adventure.

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Word Party

Julie’s Greenroom (Kids 4-7 puppetry liveaction, 13x30 min.) Explore the magic of theater under the tutelage of the legendary Julie Andrews. Dinosaur Train (Preschool animation, 200x11 min.) Young T-Rex Buddy and his adoptive family of Pteranodons travel on the Dinosaur Train to the Jurassic, Cretaceous and other periods in time to meet all types of exotic dinosaurs. Sid the Science Kid (Preschool animation, 66x30 min.) Sid tackles questions about basic scientific principles from a preschooler’s perspective, such as “Why are my shoes shrinking?” and “Why do bananas get mushy?”

LEONINE STUDIOS

O (49-89) 999-513-0 m worldsales@leoninestudios.com w screenings.leoninestudios.com/en/ww NATPE Budapest Stand: VB 34 Contact: Caroline Kusser, EVP, intl. coprod. & world sales; Patrick Phelan, dir., world sales; Stefanie Gelinas, intl. format sales.

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Bonn (Period event drama/political thriller, 6x60 min.) True untold story about a young woman’s struggle to find her own place in a male-dominated society in the midst of the battle between Germany’s separate intelligence agencies formed after WW2. Herzogpark (Comedy/drama/thriller, 6x60 min.) The perfectly polished existence of a glamorous, champagne-fueled world is on the brink of chaos, as carefully hidden secrets threaten to surface.

the 12th grade of a Berlin high school goes on a wild graduation trip to Croatia. JGA: Jasmin. Gina. Anna. (Comedy, 1x118 min.) What if everyone around you is getting married and diving into a new phase of life, but you’re only allowed to watch from the sidelines? Youtopia (Ent., 5-day digital live format) A unique cross-media innovative live event. One of Germany’s biggest digital events, drawing maximum attention to the most important issues of our time: climate change, environmental protection and sustainability.

MAGIC LIGHT PICTURES

O (44-20) 7631-1800 m distribution@magiclightpictures.com w www.magiclightpictures.com/about/distribution/

Troppo

Troppo (Crime drama, 8x60 min.) Ex-police detective Ted Conkaffey left Sydney in disgrace to find redemption in a Queensland rainforest town. He finds himself drawn into the criminal cases of eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell, herself a convicted murderer. The Name of the Rose (Thriller, 8x60 min.) A suspenseful crime thriller set in an intriguing and gloomy medieval world with a modern take and new details to a multilayered story. Badass Class (Comedy/scripted reality, 1x97 min.) True friends, pure love and absolute chaos—

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MIFA Stand: C19 (Animation UK) Contact: Muriel Thomas, intl. dist. dir. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The Gruffalo (Family/children/animation, 1x27 min.) Tells the magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk through the woods in search of a nut. The Gruffalo’s Child (Family/children/animation, 1x26 min.) A sequel to The Gruffalo. One night the little Gruffalo ignores her father’s warnings and tiptoes into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse. Room on the Broom (Family/children/animation, 1x26 min.) An enchanting tale about a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom. Stick Man (Family/children/animation, 1x27 min.) A moving tale of a happy-go-lucky father’s epic journey to make it home to his family in time for Christmas.

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navigate the ups and downs of friendship through a wonderful world of play.

MATTEL TELEVISION

m content_sales@mattel.com w www.mattel.com PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Barbie: It Takes Two (Animation, 26x22 min.) Follows Barbie “Malibu” Roberts and Barbie Room on the Broom “Brooklyn” Roberts as they attend a year of perThe Highway Rat (Family/children/animation, forming arts high school in NYC, set out to 1x27 min.) Tells the tale of a greedy rat whose record a music demo and take odd jobs to fund desire for buns, biscuits and all things sweet leads their dreams. him to a sticky situation. Zog (Family/children/comedy/animation, 1x27 min.) The story of a keen, young, accident-prone dragon and his surprising friendship with a powerful young princess. The Snail and the Whale (Family/children/ animation, 1x27 min.) A tiny snail hitches a ride on the tail of a humpback whale, and together they Thomas & Friends S25 embark on an epic journey around the globe. Zog and the Flying Doctors (Family/ Barbie: Big City Big Dreams (Animation, 1x60 children/comedy/animation, 1x26 min.) Princess min.) Barbie swaps the shores of Malibu for the Pearl, Sir Gadabout and Zog the dragon make a bright lights of Broadway to attend a summer permost unlikely flying doctor team, committed to forming arts program and meets Barbie in this new treating all kinds of creatures. sing-along adventure. Superworm (Family/children/animation, 1x27 Barbie & Chelsea The Lost Birthday (Animin.) Superworm is a super-long, super-strong mation, 1x60 min.) Barbie, Chelsea and the earthworm who always comes to the rescue of Roberts family set sail on an adventure cruise. bugs and animals in distress. During the trip, Chelsea embarks on a journey Pip and Posy (Preschool animation, 52x7 min.) through an enchanted jungle island to save her Pip and Posy are the best of friends. Together they lost birthday.

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Barbie Princess Adventure (Animation, 1x72 min.) Princess Amelia looks a lot like Barbie. The princess is nervous about becoming queen, so she comes up with a plan to switch places with Barbie. Thomas & Friends S25 (Animation, 52x11 min.) Thomas and his friends work together and form lasting bonds that help them overcome any obstacle on the Island of Sodor. Thomas & Friends Race for the Sodor Cup (Animation, 1x60 min.) Super-fast Kana is convinced that her speed is all she needs to win the Sodor Cup. But when she ends up paired with Thomas, she discovers that it takes much more than speed to really be a champion.

Agent 203 (CGI sci-fi adventure comedy, 26x22 min.) Zoe is Agent 203, on a quest to save the universe and find her father, while also coping with everyday teenage social and emotional issues. (Presented by Mondo TV & Toon2Tango.) The Wee Littles (Simulated stop-motion comedy adventure, 52x5 min.) A family of four very small creatures—the Wee Littles—handle their tiny size with their own unique and inventive flair. (Presented by Mondo TV & Toon2Tango.) Robot Trains (CGI comedy adventure, S3: 52x11 min.) When villainous Train X takes control of a deadly source of energy, an unexpected new ally joins Railwatch. Can they defeat their most dangerous foe?

MONDO TV GROUP

O (39-06) 8632-3293 m stefania.mesiti@mondotvgroup.com w www.mondotv.it MIFA Stand: Italian umbrella Contact: Maria B. Fois, CEO, Mondo TV Studios; Luana Perrero, head, content sales; Paolo Zecca, chief prod. officer; Alex Venturi, intl. sales mgr. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS MeteoHeroes (2D comedy/adventure/educational, S1: 52x7 min., S2: 52x13 min.) Six superpowered kids fight to protect the planet from climate change and pollution in a contemporary series full of adventures that both educates and entertains. Monster Loving Maniacs (2D comedy adventure, 52x11 min.) Three siblings go into training with their grandfather to become monster hunters—but they want to get to know the monsters rather than hunt them. (Presented by Mondo TV & Toon2Tango.)

Robot Trains

Annie & Carola (2D comedy, 52x11 min.) Nerdy Carola builds Annie, a robot clone, as a friend. But the crazy, uninhibited Annie drags Carola into all the situations she fears the most. Grisù (CGI comedy adventure, 52x11 min.) Grisù wants to be a firefighter. There’s just one problem: he’s supposed to be a fire-breathing dragon when he grows up. Nina & Olga (2D preschool comedy adventure, 52x7 min.) The story of Nina, a little girl, and her friend Olga, a cute and funny cloud, as Olga helps Nina to cope with everyday emotions.

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NBCUNIVERSAL GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

O (1-818) 777-1300 w www.nbcuniversal.com

Contact: Belinda Menendez, pres. & chief revenue officer, global dist.; Don McGregor, EVP, head, worldwide dist., NBCUniversal; Chloe Van den Berg, SVP, head, kids & family ent. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Abominable and the Invisible City (Animation/ adventure/comedy, 20x30 min.) Everest, Yi, Peng and Jin go on incredible adventures throughout China and beyond and discover a magical world around them filled with extraordinary creatures.

Abominable and the Invisible City

Dragons: The Nine Realms (Animation/ action/adventure, 52x30 min.) In the modern world, Tom Kullerson and his friends explore an immense fissure and discover a hidden world where dragons exist. The Croods: Family Tree (Animation/comedy/ adventure, 52x30 min.) The ever-evolving story of the Croods and the Bettermans as they learn to live together on the most idyllic farm in prehistory. Dragons Rescue Riders: Heroes of the Sky (Animation/adventure, 24x30 min.) Viking twins Dak and Leyla work alongside their dragon friends to defend and protect other dragons in adventures around their home of Huttsgalor.

Gabby’s Dollhouse (Animation/live-action, 60x30 min.) The preschool show with a surprise inside. Join Gabby in her fantastical animated world full of adventure and adorable cat friends. Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (Animation/ action/adventure, 49x30 min.) Set against the events of Jurassic World, six teenagers’ once-in-a-lifetime camp experience on Isla Nublar is threatened as dinosaurs wreak havoc across the island. Little Darlings (Live-action/drama/music, 4x30 min./1x120 min., 10x5 min.) When two girls who share the same ex-rock-star dad meet in unlikely circumstances, they are surprised to find in each other something they’ve been missing all their lives. Take Note (Live-action/music/comedy, 10x30 min.) Calvin is chosen to compete on a tween reality singing show, relying on his close-knit family to survive the pressures of being in the national spotlight. The Makery (Live-action/crafting, 25x15 min.) A bold and humorous make-and-do show packed with creative ideas. It educates through play, inspiring children to explore their imagination and creativity. Dodger (Live-action/comedy/drama, 10x60 min.) Set before the events of Oliver Twist, this is a hilarious, fast-paced tale full of jeopardy, following the adventures of the Artful Dodger, Fagin and his gang.

PARAMOUNT GLOBAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION (1-323) 575-5460 m gdgsales@cbs.com w www.viacbscontent.com Contact: Dan Cohen, chief content lic. officer, Paramount Global; Lisa Kramer, pres., intl. TV lic.; Samantha Cooper, EVP, global content lic.; Jonathan Greenberg, EVP, TV lic. regional sales,

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North Asia; Michael Armstrong, EVP, worldwide TV lic. & operations; Matthew Downer, SVP, regional TV lic.; Paul Gilbert, SVP, formats; Lauren Marriott, SVP, content partnerships & brand strategy; Philippe Renouard, SVP, regional TV lic.; María Sánchez, SVP, TV lic., LatAm; Bernhard Schwab, SVP, regional TV lic.; Nicole Sinclair, SVP, client relations; Doug Smith, SVP, client relations. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS So Help Me Todd (Drama, 60 min. eps.) Stars Marcia Gay Harden as a meticulous, successful attorney and Skylar Astin as her aimless private detective son she hires to work for her law firm.

Ze Network (Action-comedy, 30 min. eps.) A fictional story of Hollywood actor David Hasselhoff’s new role in a theatre play in Germany that plunges him into the center of an international conspiracy. Munich Games (Drama, 60 min. eps.) Modern, multinational six-part drama thriller series set 50 years after the Munich Massacre, a traumatic terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team in 1972.

SARAN STUDIOS

O (90-212) 363-0404 m esra.ercan@saran.com.tr w www.saran-studios.com/en

Contact: Esra Ercan, head, sales; Sera Kaynak, sales exec. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Canim Annem (A Mother’s Love) (Drama, 45 min. eps.) Zeynep is a beautiful little girl with a dangerous heart defect. When her mother Cemre dies in a car crash, no one tells her. Instead, her father. So Help Me Todd Murat, hires a lookalike to pretend to be Cemre until Fire Country (Drama, 60 min. eps.) Stars Max Zeynep is old enough for heart surgery. Thieriot as Bode Donovan, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining an unconventional prison release firefighting program. Walker: Independence (Drama, 60 min. eps.) An origin story set in the late 1800s following Abby Walker, whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West. Colin from Accounts (Comedy, 30 min. eps.) Ashley and Gordon are two single(ish), complex humans who are brought together by a nipple flash Canim Annem (A Mother’s Love) and running over a dog.

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SESAME WORKSHOP

O (1-212) 875-6887 m celia.musikant@sesame.org w www.sesameworkshop.org Contact: Whit Higgins, SVP, intl. media & education & dist.; Celia Musikant, dir., intl. media dist. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Sesame Street Mecha Builders (Children/family, 52x11 min.) See our beloved friends like you’ve never seen them before: as CGI-animated robo superheroes-in-training. The Mecha Builders problem-solve out-of-this-world situations.

The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Game Edition (Children/family, S1: 13x15 min., S2: 16x15 min.) Everyone’s favorite furry, red host Elmo is back for a new season. Sesame Street (Children/family, S52: 35x26 min.) Catch Elmo, Abby and Cookie Monster as the team takes on playful problem-solving by exploring how you learn. Through Our Eyes (Family docuseries, 4x30 min.) An intimate and inspiring journey into the lives of American families from the perspective of children themselves as they navigate challenges. Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck (Children/family, 52x5 min.) Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck continues to deliver the freshest food and content in this beloved series. Elmo’s World (Children/family, 76x5 min.) Welcome to Elmo’s wonderful world, a place full of wonder, joy and learning. Elmo uses his imagination to transform his bedroom into “Elmo’s World.”

Sesame Street Mecha Builders

Bea’s Block (Children/family, 20x22 min.) CGI series follows 5-year-old Bea and her best friends Ty and Lexi as they model kindness, friendship and empathy through their playful adventures. Elmo and Zoe’s Math Adventures (Children/family, 38x5 min.) Kids learn through play as favorite Muppet pals explore a different math concept through songs, interactive games and lots of comedy. The Big Feelings Explorers (Children/family, 38x5 min.) In every episode, Basma, Jad and Chicken look through their telescope to find a friend in the park and gather clues about what they’re feeling. Furry Friends Forever: Elmo & Tango Mysterious Mysteries (Children/family, 13x5 min.) In this new animated series, Elmo and Tango follow clues to help their Sesame Street besties solve mysteries.

THE SMURFS (I.M.P.S.)

O (32-2) 652-0220 m philippe.glorieux@smurf.com w www.smurfbusiness.com MIFA Stand: B27 Contact: Nele de Wilde, head, sales, prod. & business dvpmt., audiovisual & music; Romain Decroix, lic. mgr., audiovisual & music. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The Smurfs (CGI, S1-2: 52x11 min. each) Using pure Smurf DNA from the comic books, this new TV series aimed at girls and boys pushes the charm and absurdity of the original to greater heights, fitting in perfectly with today’s fasterpaced times.

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The Smurfs

The Smurfs—Classic (2D, S1-9: 272x24 min.) The Smurfs are cheerful little blue characters, no taller than three apples high, who wear white hats and white trousers. They live together in mushroomshaped houses in the forest and have the most exciting and magical adventures. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (Feature film, 1x70 min.) A magic flute has disappeared from the Smurf village. Disaster strikes when the villain Oilycreep gets his hands on it.

STUDIO 100 MEDIA

O (49-89) 960855-0 m distribution@studio100media.com w www.studio100group.com

SeaBelievers (CGI ecotainment, 52x11 min.) Each episode leads kids on an eco-adventure. The characters problem-solve and take action around key environmental issues. Game Keepers (Live-action, 10x25 min.) Mats and Sari have to enter an unknown digital gaming world, play a game and defeat the mysterious GameMaster. 100% Wolf—Legend of the Moonstone (CGI comedy adventure, 26x22 min.) Freddy Lupin, heir to a line of werewolves, was in shock when on his 13th birthday his first “warfing” went awry, turning him into a poodle. Heidi (CGI adventure, S1-2: 65x22 min.) Heidi lives with her grandfather in the scenic idyll of the Swiss Alps. Tip the Mouse (CGI preschool comedy, S1-3: 104x7 min.) The exciting and funny stories about the little mouse Tip appeal to the youngest kids. Wissper (CGI preschool adventure/comedy, S1-2: 104x7 min.) Wissper is a little girl who was born with the ability to talk to animals. She can transport herself to anywhere an animal is in trouble. Maya the Bee (CGI preschool adventure, S1-2: 130x13 min.) A young bee named Maya has left her hive to discover the beauty and mysteries of nature. Mia and me (Fantasy/adventure, S1-3: 78x23 min.) The fantastic adventures of Mia and her friends in the magic land of Centopia, where they must protect unicorns from villains of all kinds.

MIFA Stand: E25 Contact: Martin Krieger, CEO; Dorian Bühr, head, global dist. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Vegesaurs (CGI comedy/adventure, 20x5 min.) Each episode follows Ginger, the young Tricarrotops, and the baby Pea-Rexes on adventures that lean into relatable themes for upper preschoolers. FriendZSpace (Comedy/adventure, 52x11 min.) Three human kids are committed to making friends with alien kids all across the supercluster of stars—and sharing cool selfies. Game Keepers

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TERRA MATER STUDIOS

O (43-1) 87003 m office@terramater.at w www.terramater.at

Sunny Side of the Doc Stand: B14 Contact: Sabine Holzer, head, specialist factual; Berend Dreier, dir., coprod. & sales; Sven Westphal, dir., coprod. & portfolio mngmt. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The Loco-Motion Picture (Nature, 1x50 min.) Watch and marvel at the many ways of locomotions of creatures. Experience the bounty of nature’s “loco-motifs” to keep life on Earth on the move, and thus alive.

Wales—Spirit of the Dragon

Wales—Spirit of the Dragon (Nature, 1x50 min.) An intimate portrait of the wildlife of Wales, whose own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ancient myth and legend for which their home is so well known. Canada—The Far North (Nature, 1x50 min.) Discover Canada’s remarkable wildlife: lynx, bears, star-nosed moles, sea otters and polar bears, living in increasingly difficult times. Gorillas Up Close (Nature, 1x50 min.) The first blue-chip documentary about western lowland gorillas and the first time that the behavior of this elusive species has ever been captured on film.

The Secret Crown (Nature, 1x50 min.) A conservation story that unfolds on a newly discovered coral reef. Once Upon a Time in Tsavo (Nature, 2x50 min.) Four years of filming leads to capturing intricate new behavior and amazing sequences concerning life at a waterhole in Tsavo, including creatures big and small, from elephants to termites. American Ocelot (Nature, 1x50 min.) Chronicling the sad history, precarious present and optimistic future for the U.S.’s most endangered wild cat: the ocelot. Rooted: America’s Trees of Life (Nature, 3x50 min.) A journey of discoveries in the Americas, exploring the relationship of little-known species with remarkable trees in their distinctive environments. Space Mission Senegal (Science, 1x50 min.) The story of a NASA space mission set to discover the origins of our solar system, and an earthly mission to build a space agency in one of the world’s poorest countries. Europe’s Amazon (Nature, 1x50 min.) Everyone knows the Danube. But do you know its major tributary, leading from White Summits toward the Black Sea? Unique characters and hidden treasures await.

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O (49) 6131-9910 m info@zdf-studios.com w www.zdf-studios.com Contact: Fred Burcksen, pres. & CEO; Karoline Meichsner-Sertl, EVP; Robert Franke, VP, drama; Ralf Rückauer, VP, unscripted; Peter Lang, VP, junior; Arne Lohmann, VP, junior; Christine Denilauler, VP, mktg. & corp. comms.; Katharina Pietzsch, dir., junior;

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Margarita Garcia, dir., unscripted; Mirela Nastase, dir., drama. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Africa from Above (Wildlife/nature, 10x50 min.) Take to the skies to see Africa from above in this stunning series showing a fresh perspective of the continent. Viewers enjoy a spectacular aerial adventure. Pantanal—Brazil’s Natural Miracle (Wildlife/ nature, 1x50 min.) These are the world’s greatest wetlands, right in the heart of South America. Guyana (Wildlife/nature, 3x50 min.) With its coast, savannahs and what is probably still the largest contiguous area of rainforest on Earth, Guyana offers completely different habitats with their very own culture, fauna and flora. Pettson and Findus (Animation, 52x13 min. & 4x75 min.) Pettson is an old man who lives on a farm way up North and cares for his lively and imaginative cat Findus. Based on the books by Sven Nordqvist. Hoodie (Live-action, 156x11 min.) A superhero story about a perfectly normal boy with an exceptional talent for parkour and a passion for justice. Season three available this summer. Theodosia (Live-action, 26x26 min.) 1905: smart, bold, 14-year-old Theodosia is the daughter of two Egyptologists, excavating in the Valley of the Kings. Theo unlocks the power of a mysterious artifact, the Eye of Horus, and performs true magic.

#LikeMe (Live-action, 39x26 min.) This musical series shows the lives of other youngsters in a unique and contemporary way. A heartwarming coming-of-age story with room for self-reflection and dialogue. U311 (Cherkasy) (TV movie/drama, 1x94 min.) February 2014. The occupation of the Crimean Peninsula begins. For Minesweeper “The Cherkasy,” the path to the sea is closed by the flooded vessels of the Russian fleet. It is a trap. Chain Reaction (Crime/suspense, 6x52 min.) From the Emmy-winning team behind Generation War—author Stefan Kolditz and producer Benjamin Benedict (UFA)—comes the gripping story of the fateful consequences of a failed robbery. High Spirits (Drama, 2x90 min.) A story about friendship and love, family dependencies and quarrels, failed life plans and new beginnings. A femaledriven family drama from award-winning director Sabine Derflinger.

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