Series Mania Buyers Upfront Won by High Stakes Diplomacy Drama Thriller ‘The Deal’
variety.comGaumont, won Monday night the first annual Buyers Choice Award, marking the climax of Series Mani’s newest initiative, the Series Mania Buyers Upfront.
A four-way Switzerland-France-Luxembourg-Belgium which also world premieres in main competition at Series Mania, Europe’s largest V Festival, “The Deal” prizes marks a triumph for pan-European co-production, the commercial strategy of the day in Europe.
Producers taking in Bande à Part Films, Les Films Pelleas, Gaumont Télévision, Bidibul Productions and Versus Production. Verlee Baetens stars as Swiss diplomat Alexandra Weiss who leads the talks playing off Switzerland’s supposed neutrality.
Negotiations threaten to be derailed by multiple hidden and personal agendas, not least Alexandra’s when former love interest Payam, a threatened Iranian engineer, turns up at the proceedings.
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