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The TV Drama Festival Screenings Day on Thursday will feature new and returning content from ZDF Studios and All3Media International. Register for the free event here.

Sister has optioned the rights to adapt This is Not a Pity Memoir from BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and longtime collaborator Abi Morgan.

Flower of Evil, a Korean drama produced by CJ ENM’s Studio Dragon, has been localized for audiences in the Philippines.

The Turkish drama For My Family (Kardeslerim) is slated to debut on Atresmedia’s flagship channel, Antena 3, in Spain on June 26.

The second day of the TV Drama Festival opens with the presentation of the TV Drama Pioneer Award to Walter Iuzzolino, curator and co-founder of Walter Presents, the streaming platform that has created a wealth of new opportunities for distributors of foreign-language scripted series. Register for the free event here.

GoQuest Media’s catalog features the Serbian series Secrets of the Grapevine, which centers on two winery owners who also happen to be ex-lovers.

Peaky Blinders and Cobra producer Joe Donaldson has set up a new production company, Magic Hour Television, which has a first-look deal in place with All3Media International and New Pictures, part of All3Media.

Below, a dark comedy-drama starring Maria Austgulen (Made in Oslo), is set to be the latest Viaplay original from Norway.

Distributor MISTCO has added the new Turkish drama Balkan Lullaby to its library and is set to launch the series at NATPE Budapest.

We open the TV Drama Festival next Tuesday with a spotlight on one of the world’s most prolific drama export markets: the U.K. Register for the free event here.