Marta Balaga The Berlin Festival’s ever larger three-day Berlinale Series Market kicks off today, Feb. 20. Below just a small selection of the series screening at the Market or in Berlinale Series, the festival strand.
The selection could have been much larger. Berlinale Series Market Selects Canada Creator: Cathleen Rouleau Production company: ComediHa!
Broadcaster: Club illico, TVA (Quebecor) An insight into the life of a family with all the quirks, highs and lows it entails, tackling a rarely explored theme in fiction: Life with a multi-handicapped child.
Rouleau: “I didn’t want to write a gut-wrenching story. A good show is wrapped in truth. It doesn’t matter if the hero spits fire from his mouth, as long as he is true to himself.” Berlinale Series Denmark Creator, director: Nikolaj Lie Kaas Production company: Zentropa Productions2 Broadcaster: TV2 Johan’s job is to solve his clients’ problems.
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