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MIPTV Spotlight: Calinos Entertainment

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Our Story, Woman and Forbidden Fruit, three of Calinos Entertainment’s offerings, head the company’s slate for MIPTV this year.

All three titles “depict the lives of strong, independent and driven women who would stop at nothing to protect their families or their dreams,” says Ismail Dursunov, deputy general manager. Our Story, an adaptation of Shameless, follows Filiz as she struggles to take care of her five younger siblings in the wake of her father’s alcoholism and mother’s abandonment. In Woman, a young widow grapples with her beloved husband’s death while trying to keep her children’s spirits up despite the poverty and loss that surrounds them. Forbidden Fruit tells the tale of two sisters, Zeynep and Yildiz, the latter of whom chases the glitz and glamor of Istanbul’s high society while her career-minded younger sister gets caught up in a life-altering chain of events.

“Our aim is to strengthen our relationships with our current customers and establish new ones with potential customers,” adds Dursunov.







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MIPTV Spotlight: Calinos Entertainment

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The dramas Our Story and Woman have been two of the most-talked-about and best-rated TV series in Turkey this season, according to Asli Serim Guliyev, international sales director at Calinos Entertainment.

“Based on one of Nippon TV’s most successful formats, Woman tells the story of Bahar, a young widow, who has to endure all the hardships life puts before her alone, with only her two children by her side,” she explains. “On the other hand, Our Story, starring Hazal Kaya, depicts a story that many people who have endured hardships in their life can relate to.”

The brand-new launch for Calinos at MIPTV is Forbidden Fruit, which features two sisters with very different values and goals in life. All three of these titles feature strong female leads. “All of these stories depict the lives of strong, independent and driven women who would stop at nothing to protect their families or their dreams,” says Serim Guliyev.







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