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MIPCOM Spotlight: STUDIOCANAL

October 8, 2019

Set in present-day France, the STUDIOCANAL highlight Savages follows as the first presidential candidate of Algerian descent is on the brink of power, but is shot on the night of the election, causing turmoil for two families and the nation as a whole.

Reading Room

October 4, 2019

Steve Clarke reports on how the importance of known IP is driving intense competition for book rights. 

Killing Time

October 4, 2019

What’s new in the always popular crime-drama genre.

MIPCOM Spotlight: Gaumont

October 4, 2019

Marking Gaumont’s first Latin American co-production, El Presidente is inspired by the real-life characters and events behind the 2015 “FIFA Gate” corruption scandal.

MIPCOM Spotlight: Electric Entertainment

October 3, 2019

Set in the Philippines, the Electric Entertainment title Almost Paradise centers on a DEA agent whose tropical retirement is interrupted by an international drug investigation.