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Inside Series Mania 2025: Laurence Herszberg Prepares For Christina Hendricks, Political Dramas, U.S. Indie Fare & French ‘Ghosts’
Series Mania 2025: Global Premieres, Politics, Christina Hendricks In The Spotlight
Drama fans and industry execs descending upon the northern French city of Lille for Series Mania this year can expect stars, politics and premieres. Herszberg highlights competition titles such as: Kabul, a massive pan-European co-production from the New8 alliance of Euro pubcasters; Mussolini: Son Of A Century, Joe Wright’s adaptation of Antonio Scurati’s bestselling novel about the rise of fascism in 1920s Italy; RTS and Arte drama The Deal, set in Geneva and the complex world of high-level diplomacy; and The German, for Israel’s Yes TV and about a man recruited by Mossad to find Nazi war criminals. The Iranian series Herszberg mentions is At The End Of The Night from Ida Panahandeh and Amiri Arsalan and which “skillfully dissects the separation of a couple.” It is one of nine shows in an International Panorama official selection that also features projects from South Korea ( Family Matters) and Brazil ( Raul Seixas: Let Me Sing).
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