MIPDrama Screenings Selection Unveiled

PARIS: MIPTV has announced this year’s official selection for the second edition of MIPDrama Screenings, which will be held on Sunday, April 2, in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals.

The 12 series in the official selection include Babylon Berlin (Germany), Bad Banks (Germany), Bad Blood (Canada), Better Than Us (Russian Federation) and Ride Upon the Storm (Denmark), which are all works in progress. The other selections, which have full episodes, are Clique (U.K.), Fearless (U.K.), Gap Year (U.K.), Jailers (Brazil), Missions (France), The Territory (Russian Federation) and Veni Vidi Vici (Sweden).

A total of six awards will be presented at the closing ceremony. Two awards (one in each category) will be selected by an international jury of writers, directors and executive producers. The members of the grand jury are Frank Spotnitz, executive producer and writer (The X-Files, The Man in the High Castle); Lars Blomgren, the chairman of scripted exchange at Endemol Shine Group, co-founder and managing director of Filmlance International, and executive producer (The Bridge, Beck, Spring Tide); Virginie Brac, screenwriter (Cannabis, Paris, Engrenages); Ran Tellem, the head of international content development for Mediapro and former head of content for Keshet, executive producer (Homeland) and Jalil Lespert, director and actor (Iris, Yves Saint Laurent, Versailles).

Two awards (one in each category) will be chosen by the TV critics jury, whose members are: Maureen Ryan, the chief television critic at Variety; Benji Wilson, TV critic for the Telegraph; and Constance Jamet, critic for Le Figaro. Acquisition executives in attendance can also vote for their favorite projects in each category.

Laurine Garaude, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, which organizes MIPTV, said: “The MIPDrama Screenings showcase is back with an impressive lineup of drama series that once again illustrates the diversity and quality of global output in the field. In the lead up to MIPTV, this will give buyers exclusive insight into the best new series being launched at the market.”