World Screen

Song Hye-kyo (Descendants of the Sun) and Park Bo-gum (Love in the Moonlight) star in Encounter, which is part of CJ ENM’s ATF slate.

The story in Nakee, an award-winning series from the JKN Global Media catalog, centers on a goddess who has yearned for her lover for a thousand years.

In Calinos Entertainment’s drama series Woman, the central character is a single mother trying to raise her two children alone—despite all of the hardships in her life, she never loses hope.

The Turkish drama series Lifeline has been sold in more than 20 countries around the world so far, and ATV is looking to add to this reach at ATF.

The Cry co-star Jenna Coleman and Claire Mundell, executive producer, sat down with World Screen Newsflash’s Mansha Daswani to discuss why the book was ripe to be adapted for the small screen and talk about the emotional story that plays out across four episodes.

Strong female characters take center stage in the series Woman, Our Story and The Girl Named Feriha, which are being presented by Istanbul-based distributor Calinos Entertainment to international buyers at DISCOP Johannesburg. 

With a second season having recently debuted in Turkey, Lifeline is one of the highlights being promoted by ATV at DISCOP Johannesburg.

Lorenzo Mieli, Álex Pina and Eric Newman discussed the creative process in the Talent Behind the Camera session moderated by World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati before each receiving a Trendsetter Award.

One Life Studios has licensed the historical drama series Porus to SVOD platform Hulu in Japan, which also picked up the Spanish thriller Locked Up from Imagina International Sales.

There’s a second season of Truth (La Verdad), about a young girl who suddenly appears claiming to be someone who disappeared a decade ago, on offer from Mediaset España.