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Series Mania 2025, 10 Takes From the Fest’s New Commercial Edge to Crime’s Sway on European TV and the First Inkling of Market Rebound
Series Mania 2025: market trends, buzzy titles, deals to date.
Son of the Century” weighs in as one of the biggest and most stylish of competition entries: stagey, sepia-tinted, Brechtian, melding silent movie avant garde experimentation and a techno score, and dominated by Luca Marinelli’s tearaway lead performance. Titles consistently tap into current day zeitgeist travails, whether the collateral of geopolitical conflict (“Kabul,” “A Life’s Worth”), rape in marriage (“Querer”) or the chillingly familiar ability of a buffoon, Benito Mussolini, to exploit the resentments of his age to rise to power. *At Series Mania’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, Australia’s Wooden Horse, behind Disney+’s “The Clearing,” will unveil new project “The Chaplain,” which promises a potentially captivating blend of drama and comedy, set against the bustling backdrop of an international airport.
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