EXCLUSIVE: The Berlin Film Festival and accompanying European Film Market may be all about the big screen but, over the past few years, the Berlinale Series has been growing in stature.
Series Head Julia Fidel has watched as the barriers between film and TV have broken down and more and more stars, writers and execs behind the biggest movies have chosen to helm TV projects.There are seven shows in the Berlinale Series this year and many more Series Market Selects, ranging from a world premier for Amazon Prime’s Argentinian Yosi, the Regretful Spy to Sky UK’s supernatural crime thriller The Rising to Czech Republic/French co-pro Podezření (Suspicion).
We caught up with Julia about this year’s crop and got her thoughts on the much-evolving TV landscape.DEADLINE: Talk us through this year’s Series list?JULIA FIDEL: We are so excited about these seven titles, starting with Argentina’s Yosi from Daniel Burman.
He’s one of only four former Berlinale winners ever to have come back with a series and this is one of the main reasons we started presenting series at the fest, as we realised people we’ve been welcoming on the film side are now leaning towards TV.
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