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Set in 1980, the Kanal D International MIPCOM highlight A Father’s Promise follows a struggling factory worker who faces dire financial circumstances in a quest to save his wife’s life.

On offer from atv Distribution, Safir centers on Feraye, a housekeeper for a wealthy family who falls in love with Yaman, one of the heirs.

Pasiones, a Spanish-language network for telenovelas, has become available via Dish México in Mexico and Simple TV in Venezuela.

Dhevaprom, the five-part romance anthology following the acclaimed TV series The Gentlemen of Jutathep, is on offer from BEC World.

MIPCOM is hosting a premiere for Alice & Jack, the new drama series created and written by Victor Levin (Mad Men, Mad About You) and starring Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Birdman) and Domhnall Gleeson (Brooklyn, The Revenant).

Annika producer Black Camel Pictures has entered into a first-look partnership with All3Media International, in addition to bolstering its team with several new appointments.

Rakesh Vasani, global head of content acquisition at GoQuest Media, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the Lithuanian comedy-drama Troll Farm.

In this digital edition of the festival agenda, you will find the full daily program and speaker biographies for the virtual summit, taking place October 3 to 5. Register here for free.

Boat Rocker has made a raft of international sales for its new scripted series Orphan Black: Echoes.

Keynotes slated for the TV Drama Festival, taking place from October 3 to 5, include Universal Television’s Erin Underhill, Fremantle’s Christian Vesper, Banijay’s Christian Wikander, Two Brothers Pictures’ Sarah Hammond, ZDF Studios’ Robert Franke and Yi Qiao and many others. Check out the full schedule here and sign up for your free registration here.