If its a 2025 drama trend, the Series Mania chief is fine with that.
They have to express their voice.
Meanwhile, Canadian streamer CravesEmpathy,marks the arrival of Quebecois fiction into the International Competition.
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Herszberg senses a shift towards U.S. indies.
Deadline asks the Festival chief whether Series Mania is focused on the highbrow of the drama spectrum.
What youre saying is true and not true, the festival boss says.
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We have these high-end shows, and we also have very popular shows, everyone is included.
Meanwhile,Apple TV+s French period dramaCaremeis set to pop kick open the festival this year.
The local moniker isGhosts: Fantomes en Heritage.
Ready For Launch
Its a post-peak TV world and drama projects are struggling to find funding.
That industry backdrop is both a plus and a minus for Series Mania.
The challenge is that budgets to attend and launch projects at festivals are scrutinized ever more closely.
Herszberg reports the same number of series were submitted as last year, just north of 400.
The buzz starts in a festival.
Thats why we created the Best Marketing Initiative [award].
The best marketing is to be in a festival.
Herszberg knows the film festival world well.
She previously ran the Paris-based Forum Des Images.
Thats a trick that few other TV events have pulled off.
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Mad Menand Series Mania have history.
In-between, Christina Hendricks and John Slattery attended the 2011 Forum Des Image festival.
The Sky drama, created by Chris ODowd, will have its international premiere.
We want those very big artists to have a different experience than the one they have in other festivals.
Look at Marcia Cross.
The same with Brian Cox [who was in the festival trailer as Logan Roy a year earlier].
We want them to have something fresh and intimate.
But it is firmly an international event.
