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PBS International is highlighting Ken Burns’ nine-hour aptly-titled documentary Country Music, which tells the story of the genre from its beginnings to now, showcasing musicians such as the Carter Family, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and many more.

The Head, a thriller from The Mediapro Studio set in Antarctica, explores the dark sides of people’s personalities that confinement and isolation bring to light.

Tapping into the found-footage subgenre with a paranormal twist, Entity Project is a new horror movie in the New Films International catalog.

GoQuest Media Ventures has two new crime dramas for MIPCOM that tell their stories from different perspectives: one from an underdog’s angle and one from that of a law-enforcement officer’s wife—Paper Pusher and The Policeman’s Wife, respectively.

Hunan TV is bringing a brand-new format to MIPCOM, Magic Chinese Characters, a daily strip game show centered on the profoundness of Chinese words and expressions with loads of games and a special twist.

The recipients of this year’s World Screen Kids Trendsetter Awards, Rainbow’s Iginio Straffi, Xilam’s Marc du Pontavice, Brown Bag Films’ Bronagh O'Hanlon and Green Gold Animation’s Rajiv Chilaka, weighed in on the creative process at the Creators Superpanel at MIPJunior this morning in a conversation moderated by Anna Carugati.

Master Moley, a brand-new animation featuring an all-star cast, is debuting at MIPJunior and MIPCOM as a 30-minute family special and TV series.

Lauren Faust, who developed and executive produces DC Super Hero Girls, which airs on Cartoon Network, took part in a one-on-one session today at MIPJunior with World Screen Newsflash's Kristin Brzoznowski to talk about empowering young viewers and breaking gender stereotypes.

The first slate highlight that TVF International is bringing to MIPCOM is Night Force, a BBC series that reveals the secret lives of night-shift workers and lifts the lid on what really happens in factories, bakeries, printers and warehouses while the rest of us are asleep.

Newen Distribution’s Cassandre has been picked up by several European broadcasters, among them NBCUniversal’s 13th Street in Spain.