TV Drama Festival 2023
- 9 a.m. EDT
Dramatic Choices - 11 a.m. EDT
ZDF Studios’ Scripted Edge - 12 p.m. EDT
Banijay’s Christian Wikander - 1 p.m. EDT
Two Brothers Pictures’ Sarah Hammond - 3 p.m. EDT
Universal Television’s Erin Underhill
Our trademark opening session features key scripted buyers from across the globe: Sky’s Katie Keenan, RTÉ’s Dermot Horan, MultiChoice’s Waldimar Pelser, TV 2 Denmark’s Lars Erik Nielsen and SVT’s Karolina Stallwood.
Robert Franke and Yi Qiao, VP Drama and Director Drama, respectively, at ZDF Studios, showcase the rising importance of English-language content and U.S. and U.K. partnerships to the company’s scripted strategy.
In his post as global head of scripted at Banijay, Christian Wikander leads IP creation and collaboration across 60 labels at the company.
An Emmy-, PGA- and Golden Globe Award-winning television producer, Sarah Hammond has worked on such Two Brothers Pictures hits as Angela Black and The Tourist.
As president of Universal Television, Erin Underhill oversees a unit that produces the Law & Order, One Chicago and FBI-branded series, among a raft of other broadcast, cable and streaming hits.
Wednesday, October 4
- 9 a.m. EDT
Window Watching - 11 a.m. EDT
Fremantle’s Christian Vesper - 1 p.m. EDT
Distribution Evolution - 3 p.m. EDT
Fresh Hits
All3Media International’s David Swetman, A+E Media Group’s Alexandra Finlay and Global Screen’s Ulrike Schröder weigh in on how windowing and financing strategies are evolving in the age after peak TV.
Across such acclaimed outfits as Miso Film, The Apartment and Euston Films, Christian Vesper, CEO of global drama, is driving the expansion of Fremantle’s scripted output across films and series.
Dan March, managing partner of Dynamic Television, will showcase how the role of the independent producer-distributor is evolving in the scripted business today.
Bertrand Villegas, co-founder of The WIT, will close out the TV Drama Festival by showcasing the brands that are resonating with audiences.
Thursday, October 5
- All3Media International’s Mayflies
- All3Media International’s The Long Shadow
- All3Media International’s The Catch
- All3Media International’s Detective #24
- All3Media International’s Better
- All3Media International’s Far North
A nostalgic, poignant series adapted from Andrew O’Hagan’s best-selling novel by Synchronicity Films. Set on the beautiful Scottish coast and led by outstanding performances from Line of Duty’s Martin Compston and Your Honor’s Tony Curran, love and loyalty are pushed to the limit in this intimate portrait of a life-defining friendship.
From Lewis Arnold, the BAFTA-winning director of Sherwood, Time and Des, and George Kay, acclaimed screenwriter of Hijack and Criminal: UK, New Pictures’ powerful drama is a definitive depiction of the desperate five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.
From Projector Pictures and Night Train Media, this captivating melodrama follows a close-knit family who begin to come undone when the father’s mistrust of his daughter’s new boyfriend appears linked to secrets from his own past.
B-Reel Films’ character-led detective series explores the compelling, complex relationship between a unique and distinctive duo—the complacent and recently fired prosecutor Tilda and Somalian refugee Ibrahinn, who is also an exceptional detective known as Number 24. Their worlds collide when the case of a missing teenage girl arises and solving it gives them both something to gain.
From the award-winning team at Sister, this captivating, human, crime-filled story follows corrupt police officer Lou in her search for redemption. Lou has worked for Col McHugh, a powerful crime boss, for decades, but when her son experiences a sudden illness that almost kills him, it leads to her decision to fight and atone for her past misdeeds. And the only way to complete her redemption is to bring Col down.
An epic, entertaining, ratings winning new drama from South Pacific Pictures. Star Wars’ Temuera Morrison and Top of the Lake’s Robyn Malcolm deliver exceptional performances as an everyday couple from the Ahipara community who foiled an international crime ring’s largest-ever deal in the Pacific.
