Toledo Spain — “K-Dream” and “The Adventures of a Turbo-Folk Princess,” two scripted shows about young women chasing their dream of becoming pop stars, won big at Thursday evening’s Gala Awards at this year’s Conecta Fiction.
Shot in Spanish and Korean, musical drama “K-Dream,” now in development and directed at teens, sees a Venezuelan-Spanish teenager, a victim of bullying, focusing on her musical career to achieve her goal: Creating her very own K-pop band in Korea. The eight part half-hour turns on her “discovering a non-label-able identity that doesn’t fit into her snobbish and classist environment,” stated creator Mi Hoa Lee, who also exec produces alongside Rosa Castro at Spain’s Angeli Pictures.
Flamboyant musical dramedy “Turbo-Folk Princess” features Vaska, who quits home under the mentorship of beguiling prostitute Eboni, aiming at taking the pop folk Balkavision Song Contest by storm. The journey of two women struggling with “their inner demons,...
Shot in Spanish and Korean, musical drama “K-Dream,” now in development and directed at teens, sees a Venezuelan-Spanish teenager, a victim of bullying, focusing on her musical career to achieve her goal: Creating her very own K-pop band in Korea. The eight part half-hour turns on her “discovering a non-label-able identity that doesn’t fit into her snobbish and classist environment,” stated creator Mi Hoa Lee, who also exec produces alongside Rosa Castro at Spain’s Angeli Pictures.
Flamboyant musical dramedy “Turbo-Folk Princess” features Vaska, who quits home under the mentorship of beguiling prostitute Eboni, aiming at taking the pop folk Balkavision Song Contest by storm. The journey of two women struggling with “their inner demons,...
- 6/20/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
New TV festival kicks off with Cesc Gay’s Félix; Miptv previews works-in-progress in pre-market showcase.
High-end drama was in the spotlight at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday (April 8), with 10 new series playing throughout the day in the Lumière and Debussy theatres, traditionally associated with film premieres.
The morning saw the kick-off of the competition screenings of fledgling TV drama-focused festival Canneseries, while sister event Miptv also showcased six work-in-progress series in a pre-market event aimed at buyers in the afternoon.
Spanish director Cesc Gay opened the Canneseries contest with his genre-mixing, tragi-comic thriller Félix, set against the backdrop...
High-end drama was in the spotlight at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday (April 8), with 10 new series playing throughout the day in the Lumière and Debussy theatres, traditionally associated with film premieres.
The morning saw the kick-off of the competition screenings of fledgling TV drama-focused festival Canneseries, while sister event Miptv also showcased six work-in-progress series in a pre-market event aimed at buyers in the afternoon.
Spanish director Cesc Gay opened the Canneseries contest with his genre-mixing, tragi-comic thriller Félix, set against the backdrop...
- 4/9/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
New TV festival kicks off with Cesc Gay’s Félix; Miptv previews works-in-progress in pre-market showcase.
High-end drama was in the spotlight at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday (April 8), with 10 new series playing throughout the day in the Lumière and Debussy theatres, traditionally associated with film premieres.
The morning saw the kick-off of the competition screenings of fledgling TV drama-focused festival Canneseries, while sister event Miptv also showcased six work-in-progress series in a pre-market event aimed at buyers in the afternoon.
Spanish director Cesc Gay opened the Canneseries contest with his genre-mixing, tragi-comic thriller Félix, set against the backdrop...
High-end drama was in the spotlight at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday (April 8), with 10 new series playing throughout the day in the Lumière and Debussy theatres, traditionally associated with film premieres.
The morning saw the kick-off of the competition screenings of fledgling TV drama-focused festival Canneseries, while sister event Miptv also showcased six work-in-progress series in a pre-market event aimed at buyers in the afternoon.
Spanish director Cesc Gay opened the Canneseries contest with his genre-mixing, tragi-comic thriller Félix, set against the backdrop...
- 4/9/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The event launches in Cannes this April.
Canneseries, the international TV festival launching in Cannes this April (7-11), has revealed the ten series in its official competition selection.
Scroll down for full line-up
The titles include Killing Eve created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) and starring Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw, and Aquí En La Terra, created by Gael García Bernal with Kyzza Terrazas and Jorge Dorantes.
The titles were selected by Canneseries artistic director Albin Lewi.
The festival was founded by David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes and presided by former French culture minister Fleur Pellerin. It will run alongside Miptv.
Canneseries, the international TV festival launching in Cannes this April (7-11), has revealed the ten series in its official competition selection.
Scroll down for full line-up
The titles include Killing Eve created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) and starring Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw, and Aquí En La Terra, created by Gael García Bernal with Kyzza Terrazas and Jorge Dorantes.
The titles were selected by Canneseries artistic director Albin Lewi.
The festival was founded by David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes and presided by former French culture minister Fleur Pellerin. It will run alongside Miptv.
- 3/13/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
BBC America’s “Killing Eve” has been selected for this year’s first-ever Canneseries TV festival competition — making it the only U.S. show in a field of ten international productions. “Killing Eve” will be up for one of six awards handed out on April 11, along side new series from Belgium, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, and Spain.
The ten shows will be vying for Best Music, Best Screenplay, Special Performance Prize, Best Performance and Best Series trophies.
As previously announced, author and producer Harlan Coben has been named jury president for the competition, which takes place April 7 to 11. The U.S.-based Coben will be joined on the panel by actress Paula Beer (Germany), screenwriter and director Audrey Fouché (France), actress Melisa Sözen (Turkey), composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Chile/Canada) and actor Michael K. Williams (USA).
Coben’s new series “Safe,” which will air in France...
The ten shows will be vying for Best Music, Best Screenplay, Special Performance Prize, Best Performance and Best Series trophies.
As previously announced, author and producer Harlan Coben has been named jury president for the competition, which takes place April 7 to 11. The U.S.-based Coben will be joined on the panel by actress Paula Beer (Germany), screenwriter and director Audrey Fouché (France), actress Melisa Sözen (Turkey), composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Chile/Canada) and actor Michael K. Williams (USA).
Coben’s new series “Safe,” which will air in France...
- 3/13/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
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