There was a challenging market in 2023, she said.

That makes 2023 the second-best year ever in revenue terms, but still down 7.7% year-on-year.

Lacoue highlighted the success of French procedurals, which are doing good business internationally.

Mediawan-distributed ‘Tom and Lola’

French procedurals such as Mediawan’s ‘Tom and Lola’ remain popular internationallyMediawan Rights

Docs were another other key genre in the 2023.

Sales hit 47.2 million, a 3% decrease on 2022.

There was a notably dramatic fall in animation sales to North America of 69.7%.

Gilles Pelisson & Daniela Elstner, Chris Yu, The Count Of Monte Cristo; Rebecca Zlotowski

The U.S. was in the top three in 2022 but dropped to fifth.

Drama and docs the main drivers and a downward trend in animation sales continuing she added.