MIPDRAMA SCREENINGS OFFICIAL SELECTION

Paris, 9th March 2017 - MIPTV today announces this year's official selection for the second edition of MIPDrama Screenings, which offer the international drama community, including 450 top buyers, an exclusive look at some of the most exciting upcoming series on the global marketplace.

The 2017 MIPDrama Screenings will be held on Sunday 2 April in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, on the eve of the MIPTV global entertainment content market, which runs 3-6 April.

Designed to meet the growing international demand for high-end drama series from Europe and other major drama-producing territories, MIPDrama Screenings is a premium showcase curated by the MIP Drama Buyers Advisory Board. The 2017 MIPDrama Screenings now include two categories: Works in Progress' and Full Episodes.'

The selected new drama series will be presented at MIPTV in front of an invited audience of leading acquisition executives and media from around the world. This year, the event is also open to producers, distributors, agents and other executives.

A total of six awards will be presented at the Closing Ceremony. Two awards (one in each category) will be selected by a stellar international Jury of writers, directors and executive producers. The members of the prestigious Grand Jury are: Frank Spotnitz, Executive Producer and Writer, ( The X-Files, The Man in the High Castle ), Lars Blomgren, Chairman, Scripted Exchange, Endemol Shine Group, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Filmlance International, and Executive Producer ( The Bridge, Beck, Spring Tide ), Virginie Brac, Screen Writer ( Cannabis, Paris, Engrenages ), Ran Tellem, Head of International Content Development for Mediapro and former Head of Content for Keshet, Executive Producer ( Homeland ) and Jalil Lespert, Director and Actor, ( Iris, Yves Saint Laurent, Versailles ).

Two awards (one in each category) will be chosen by the TV Critics Jury, whose members are: Maureen Ryan, Chief Television Critic, Variety (USA); Benji Wilson, TV Critic for the Telegraph (UK); and Constance Jamet, Critic for Le Figaro (France). Acquisition executives in attendance can also vote for their favourite projects in each category.

The MIPDrama Screenings showcase is back with an impressive line-up of drama series that once again illustrates the diversity and quality of global output in the field. In the lead up to MIPTV, this will give buyers exclusive insight into the best new series being launched at the market, said Laurine Garaude, Director of the Television Division at Reed MIDEM, which organises MIPTV.

The 12 series that make up the MIPDrama Screenings Official Selection are:

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

Babylon Berlin (Germany)

45', one commercial hour Crime

Production: X Filme Creative Pool, ARD Degeto, Sky and Beta Film

Distribution: Beta Film

Broadcasters: Sky Germany

Bad Banks (Germany)

6 52' Thriller

Production: Letterbox Filmproduktion, Iris Productions

Distribution: Federation Entertainment

Broadcasters: ARTE France, ZDF Germany

Bad Blood (Canada)

6 60' Drama

Production: New Metric Media & Sph re M dia Plus

Distribution: Sky Vision

Broadcaster: FX/City

Better Than Us (Russian Federation)

16 52' Sci-Fi Drama

Production: Yellow, Black and White; Sputnik Vostok Production

Distribution: Yellow, Black and White

Broadcaster: Channel One Russia

Ride Upon the Storm (Denmark)

2 seasons with 10 x 60 episodes each

Production: DR Drama in co-production with ARTE (France) and SAM Le Fran ais

Distribution: STUDIOCANAL

Broadcaster: DR1/ARTE

FULL EPISODES:

Clique (UK)

6 60' Drama

Production: BBC Studios in association with Balloon Entertainment

Distribution: all3media International

Broadcasters: BBC Scotland/BBC Three

Fearless (UK)

6 60' Crime

Production: Mammoth Screen

Distribution: ITV Studios Global Entertainment

Broadcaster: ITV

Gap Year (UK)

8 60' Drama

Production: Eleven, eOne

Distribution: eOne

Broadcaster: Channel 4

Jailers (Brazil)

12 30' Prison Drama

Production: Globo

Distribution: Globo

Broadcaster: Globo

Missions (France)

10 26' Sci-Fi

Production: Empreinte Digitale

Distribution: AB International Distribution

Broadcaster: OCS

The Territory (Russian Federation)

8 52' Crime/Mystery

Production: Sreda Production, Best Episodes Media

Distribution: Sreda Production

Broadcaster: Channel One Russia

Veni Vidi Vici (Sweden)

10 35' Drama

Production: HandsUp Stockholm

Distribution: Viaplay Nordic

Broadcaster: Viaplay Nordic

Click here to access the MIPDrama Press Kit

About Reed MIDEM Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is an organiser of professional, international markets that are essential business platforms for key players in the sectors concerned. These sectors are MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, MIP CANCUN and MIPJUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM UK, and MIPIM Japan for the real estate industry and MAPIC, Retail Real Estate Market brought by MAPIC in Shanghai and MAPIC Italy for the retail real estate sector. www.reedmidem.com

About Reed Exhibitions Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world's leading event organiser, with over 500 events in 43 countries. In 2015 Reed brought together over seven million active professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organised by 41 fully-staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 43 industry sectors with trade and consumer events. It is part of the RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. www.reedexpo.com

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