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TV DRAMA FESTIVAL
BY MANSHA DASWANI
A World of Drama After hosting four successful virtual summits for the kids’ business over the last few years, we at World Screen knew it was time to curate an event just to serve our community of readers in the drama industry. The TV Drama Festival, running from June 28 to 30, joins our already impressive portfolio of assets for this segment across a range of platforms: our dedicated website TVDrama.com; the email newsletters TV Drama Daily, TV Drama Weekly and TV Drama Breaking News; print and digital editions of TV Drama and the TV Drama Guide; plus the pre-market TV Drama Screenings Festivals and TV Drama In-Demand reports that allow distributors to put their best shows in front of buyers from across the globe. We have some 20 speakers lined up to discuss what’s powering the global drama business today, including those coming up with the complex financing structures needed to get these shows made, the commissioners on the hunt for breakthrough ideas and the creative minds pioneering new narrative techniques. We’re also putting some new and returning content in the spotlight on our Screenings Day, which will feature ZDF Studios’ Sløborn and All3Media International’s Dalgliesh, The Brokenwood Mysteries and Van der Valk. All the sessions will be available live and ondemand next week, and stay tuned for details on a podcast version that will be downloadable after the event wraps.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 28 9 a.m. EDT U.K.’s Finest Banijay Rights’ Cathy Payne, All3Media International’s Louise Pedersen, eOne’s Stuart Baxter and ITV Studios’ Ruth Berry weigh in on trends in U.K. drama.
Cathy Payne
Louise Pedersen
Stuart Baxter
Ruth Berry
10 a.m. EDT Keynote: Howard Gordon A prolific writer and producer, Howard Gordon will discuss his brandnew show Accused, an anthology based on the acclaimed British series of the same name.
Howard Gordon
11 a.m. EDT Keynote: Juan José Campanella Argentinean television and film director, writer and producer Juan José Campanella has an exclusive deal with VIS for scripted projects that includes the hit Paramount+ series The Envoys (Los Enviados).
Juan José Campanella
12 p.m. EDT Keynote: Neil Dudgeon Since 2010, Neil Dudgeon has portrayed DCI John Barnaby in the long-running, globally successful British crime procedural Midsomer Murders.
Neil Dudgeon
1:30 p.m. EDT Keynote: Viaplay Group’s Filippa Wallestam As executive VP and chief content officer, Filippa Wallestam is ensuring Viaplay Group’s slate of originals and acquired fare will resonate with subscribers as it expands its global footprint.
Filippa Wallestam
3 p.m. EDT Keynote: Banijay’s Lars Blomgren & Kudos’ Karen Wilson Spotlighting Banijay’s prowess in producing drama across the globe, this session will feature Lars Blomgren, the company’s head of scripted, and Karen Wilson, managing director of Kudos.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 9 a.m. EDT TV Drama Pioneer Award: Walter Iuzzolino Co-founder and curator of Walter Presents, Walter Iuzzolino is helping to bolster the global interest in subtitled foreign-language series. 10 a.m. EDT Co-Production Evolution ZDF Studios’ Robert Franke, Dynamic Television’s Daniel March and LEONINE Studios’ Caroline Kusser will share their expertise on how co-production financing models are evolving.
Robert Franke
Walter Iuzzolino
Daniel March
Caroline Kusser
11 a.m. EDT Keynote: Robert & Michelle King An award-winning writing team, Robert and Michelle King have been creative collaborators for more than two decades, including on such hits as The Good Fight and Evil.
Robert and Michelle King
12 p.m. EDT Keynote: Lionsgate’s Sandra Stern As president of the Lionsgate Television Group, Sandra Stern will outline how the independent studio is partnering with established and new talent to serve the needs of commissioners across broadcast, cable and streaming.
Sandra Stern
1:30 p.m. EDT European Might Fremantle International’s Bob McCourt will discuss the trends shaping the new golden age in European scripted. Bob McCourt
3 p.m. EDT Keynote: Miranda Kwok The creator and executive producer of The Cleaning Lady, Miranda Kwok will discuss adapting the Argentinean hit for U.S. audiences and putting diversity front and center in the show.
Miranda Kwok
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THURSDAY, JUNE 30: SCREENINGS DAY 9 a.m. EDT ZDF Studios’ Sløborn Directors Christian Alvert (Dogs of Berlin) and Adolfo J. Kolmerer again take the helm of the disaster thriller Sløborn in season two, where our heroes have lost all contact with the mainland, but their troubles are far from over. 10 a.m. EDT All3Media International’s Dalgliesh From the award-winning New Pictures (White House Farm, Des), this classic detective series welcomes Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Doctor Foster) as Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. The series follows three murder mysteries across six episodes. 11 a.m. EDT All3Media International’s The Brokenwood Mysteries S8 In the deadly but picturesque town of Brokenwood, which is filled with quirky characters and countless secrets, Detective Mike Shepherd and his closeknit team use unorthodox methods to uncover the murders that lead to the sleepy town’s rising death count. 12 p.m. EDT All3Media International’s Van der Valk S2 Against the bustling backdrop of Amsterdam, Van der Valk and his team investigate and solve murder mysteries. In this latest season, the stories include a battle between an alternative community and the city’s establishment.
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t Entertainment One (eOne), the entertainment arm of Hasbro, Stuart Baxter oversees global sales operations, directing the company’s combined TV and film international sales efforts across pay, free, SVOD and AVOD windows. Since joining eOne in 2014, he’s led the expansion of the company’s international sales business around the world, now including the home-entertainment business, and partnered with international producers to fund and distribute their content. eOne is a leading international entertainment studio that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. In addition to handling the international distribution for eOne-produced content, Baxter’s division handles third-party content sales from relationships with first-look production partners across all genres. With over 20 years of experience as an international media and television executive, Baxter’s background spans content sales operations, new and digital media initiatives, broadcast, production and corporate development and M&A. Prior to joining eOne in 2014, he spent ten years at Sony Pictures and previously headed the business development team at Warner Bros. International TV EMEA.
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Stuart Baxter President, International Distribution Entertainment One
SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 9 a.m. EDT: U.K.’s Finest
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TV Studios’ world-leading multi-genre, multidisciplinary, multiplatform distribution business boasts the second-largest catalog of its kind in the world, selling more than 90,000 hours of prestigious content to over 3,000 broadcasters and platforms worldwide. It enjoyed record growth in the last year with a leap of 14 percent in revenue to £233 million ($285 million). During her decade with the business and, in particular, her six-year tenure as managing director of distribution, Ruth Berry has overseen the transformation of its predominantly Englishlanguage content sales (with a factual specialism) to a truly global distributor of world-class English- and European-language drama, alongside an enviable portfolio of high-quality nonscripted titles. Berry joined ITV Studios Global Entertainment in 2012 from Shine International, where she was senior VP and head of EMEA. Prior to this, she held a number of senior positions within The Walt Disney Company, including head of branded services and digital media distribution for EMEA. She lives in London with her husband and young family.
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Ruth Berry Managing Director, Distribution ITV Studios
SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 9 a.m. EDT: U.K.’s Finest
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ars Blomgren leads Banijay’s unparalleled network of award-winning scripted producers around the world. With more than 50 scripted labels producing high-end content for the local and international market, Blomgren is charged with enhancing the premium offering through increased collaboration, shared investment and opportunities for talent across the footprint. Blomgren was co-founder and former managing director of Filmlance International, the award-winning Swedish production company where he was responsible for 65 titles, including the global hit Bron/Broen (The Bridge), which has since been adapted into seven different international versions. More recently, Blomgren served as executive producer for the critically acclaimed HBO series Scenes From a Marriage, which opened Venice TV Festival, with nominations at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Directed by Hagai Levi, this adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s iconic series is a depiction of marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.
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SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 3 p.m. EDT: Keynote
Lars Blomgren Head, Scripted Banijay
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Juan José Campanella
uan José Campanella is an Argentinean film, television and theater director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He achieved worldwide attention with the release of The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), for which he was awarded the Academy Award for best foreign-language film. He most recently wrote, directed and produced the Paramount+ original series The Envoys (Los Enviados, 2021) starring Miguel Ángel Silvestre. Campanella has directed episodes of American TV series such as House, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 30 Rock and Colony. In Argentina, he made several feature films, including El mismo amor, la misma lluvia (1999), El hijo de la novia (2001), Luna de Avellaneda (2004) and Metegol (2013). He also wrote, directed and produced projects for TV in Argentina such as the miniseries Vientos de agua (2006) and the series El hombre de tu vida (2012) and Entre Caníbales (2015). He has also lived out a lifelong dream of working in theater by directing Parque Lezama (2013) and ¿Qué hacemos con Walter? (2018). After great success, he returned to film with El Cuento de las Comadrejas (2019). SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 11 a.m. EDT: Keynote
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eil Dudgeon was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and has an extensive list of screen credits to his name. He made his first screen appearance in 1987. The following year, he appeared as a World War II pilot in Piece of Cake alongside Tim Woodward, Jeremy Northam and Nathaniel Parker. Dudgeon’s other television credits include Casualty (1991), A Touch of Frost (1994), Inspector Morse (1995), Out of the Blue (19951996), Common as Muck (1994-1997), The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries (1998-2000), Messiah (20012005), Murder in Mind (2002), Sorted (2006), Roman’s Empire (2007), Silent Witness (2008) and Life of Riley (2009-2011). His film credits include Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Son of Rambow (2007). Dudgeon has starred in over 50 episodes as the lead in the longest-running U.K. detective series, Midsomer Murders.
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SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 12 p.m. EDT: Keynote
Neil Dudgeon
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fter graduating from the University of Management and Communication (FH) in Potsdam, Robert Franke was initially production manager and director at Suburban Productions in Nauen and thereafter co-founder and executive producer of Cmate Entertainment in Potsdam. From July 2007 onwards, he was head of content of Viewster Digital Video Access in Zurich before joining MyVideo in November 2011 as head of content. In August 2013, Franke became chief content officer and managing director of Viewster Germany in Berlin. Since November 2015, Franke heads the department responsible for the commercialization of ZDF’s drama program output as well as for international coproductions and its own program developments.
A Robert Franke VP, Drama ZDF Studios
SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 10 a.m. EDT: Co-Production Evolution
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oward Gordon is a television writer, producer and author. Gordon co-created Homeland, one of the biggest hits in Showtime’s history. The series has broken ratings records and won multiple honors. Gordon was a showrunner and executive producer of the long-running hit television series 24, for which he received both the Golden Globe and the Emmy Award for best drama series. A 36-year industry veteran, Gordon first gained national attention for his award-winning work on FOX’s groundbreaking series The X-Files, for which he won multiple Golden Globes. His other credits include Tyrant, Legends, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast, Sisters and Spenser: For Hire. Gordon is currently in production on Accused, for which he is the showrunner and executive producer. It is scheduled to premiere on FOX in late 2022. In 2011, Simon & Schuster released Gordon’s first novel, Gideon’s War, followed by a sequel, Hard Target, in 2012.
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SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m. EDT: Keynote
Howard Gordon
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alter Iuzzolino is a former commissioning editor at Channel 4. In 2015, he co-founded Walter Presents, a global streaming service dedicated to showcasing award-winning drama from around the world. Since launching in the U.K., Walter Presents has gone from strength to strength, rolling out in several territories, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Nordics. In November 2019, Iuzzolino joined forces with his fellow Walter Presents co-founders, Jo McGrath and Jason Thorp, to launch Eagle Eye Drama. The company has grown significantly in the past two and a half years and now has four returnable, globally successful drama series on its slate: Professor T and Hotel Portofino for ITV and Before We Die and Suspect for Channel 4. Eagle Eye Drama has also recently branched into animation with two Channel 4 Christmas specials, Quentin Blake’s Clown and Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby, and it has won a six-part BBC commission, Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures, an animated adaptation of six best-selling Quentin Blake books.
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Walter Iuzzolino Co-Founder & Curator Walter Presents
SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 9 a.m. EDT: TV Drama Pioneer Award
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Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated writing team, Robert and Michelle King have been creative collaborators for 20 years and married for over 30 years. They currently serve as co-creators, showrunners and executive producers of the critically acclaimed series The Good Fight and Evil on Paramount+. They are also executive producers of the Showtime limited series Your Honor, starring Bryan Cranston, and the upcoming series Happy Face on Paramount+ and Would I Lie To You? on The CW. Previously, they served as co-creators, showrunners and executive producers of The Bite on Spectrum, as well as The Good Wife and BrainDead on CBS and the series In Justice. Prior to their work in television, Michelle worked in development at various studios and production companies, while Robert wrote a dozen produced feature films. Robert and Michelle have been honored by the American Film Institute, the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, as well as the Television Critics Association. The Kings were also awarded the Sidney Lumet Award for Integrity in Entertainment, the Humanitas Prize and the prestigious Peabody Award. SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 11 a.m. EDT: Keynote
Robert & Michelle King
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efore Caroline Kusser joined LEONINE Studios, she held the position of executive VP of co-production and distribution at Fremantle International and was involved in closing co-production deals with Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, STARZ and Nat Geo, among others. Kusser worked for more than ten years at Red Arrow Studios International in the U.S. Prior to that, she established her own distribution business under the label Carokusser, serving a number of high-profile clients. She has also previously worked at Bavaria Media Television and Beta Film in Germany.
B Caroline Kusser Executive VP, International Co-Production & World Sales LEONINE Studios
SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 10 a.m. EDT: Co-Production Evolution
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riter, creator, actor and producer Miranda Kwok is now best known as the creator and executive producer of The Cleaning Lady, based on the Argentinean series La Chica Que Limpia, produced by Warner Bros. Television and Fox Entertainment. Kwok wrote the pilot script and developed The Cleaning Lady for the FOX network. Kwok’s journey into the arts began when she attended Claude Watson, Canada’s premier school for the performing arts. She made her television debut at the age of 13, and then continued to perform in over 40 film, television and stage productions. Kwok completed an Honors B.A. in philosophy and psychology at the University of Toronto. With her first screenplay about the socalled military “comfort women,” Kwok won the Grand Prize in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition. With her first spec script, Kwok landed a staff writer position on Spartacus: Blood and Sand on STARZ. She has worked as a writer and story consultant on several theme park attractions and immersive experiences. More recently, Kwok served as a writer and supervising producer for The 100 on The CW, working for four seasons on the Warner Bros. TV series.
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SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 3 p.m. EDT: Keynote
Miranda Kwok
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aniel March is an entertainment executive with more than 20 years of experience leading film and television finance, production and distribution. Since March launched Dynamic Television in the fall of 2013, the company has delivered more than 400 hours of scripted drama series produced in ten countries in more than five languages, including the global hits Trapped, Van Helsing, The Sommerdahl Murders and Harry Wild. Prior to founding Dynamic Television, March was president of international at Echo Bridge Entertainment, where he managed an 8,000-title content portfolio and licensed more than 5,000 hours of programming to the world’s leading broadcasters annually.
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Daniel March Founder & Managing Partner Dynamic Television
SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 10 a.m. EDT: Co-Production Evolution
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ob McCourt’s role as chief operating officer is global and covers sales strategy, content evaluation and investment, co-production, finance, legal and business affairs, operations and HR. McCourt is also chairman of Storyglass, a U.K.based podcast company owned by Bertelsmann. McCourt joined Fremantle in 1998 and became the finance director of a newly created commercial division in 2000, monetizing Fremantle IP across digital and brand extensions globally. International distribution was added to this division in 2006, when McCourt was appointed CFO. After a restructure in 2013, McCourt spent 18 months as acting CEO of Fremantle International before moving into his current role in 2015. SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 1:30 p.m. EDT: European Might
Bob McCourt COO Fremantle International
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C Cathy Payne CEO Banijay Rights
athy Payne serves as chief executive of Banijay Rights, setting and executing the global distribution strategy for Banijay’s burgeoning catalog of 130,000-plus hours, which includes landmark brands Survivor, Big Brother, MasterChef, Temptation Island, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror and many more. Previously, she was chief executive of Endemol Shine International, where she directed all worldwide distribution efforts, as well as worked closely with the commercial team on IP exploitation. Prior to this, Payne was chief executive at Southern Star International, which was acquired by Endemol in 2009.
SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 9 a.m. EDT: U.K.’s Finest
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ll3Media International works with television producers to co-finance television programs and is a leading global TV sales business, with offices in London, Singapore, New York and Miami and broadcast clients in over 200 countries. All3Media International’s turnover has grown by 50 percent in the last three years to over £100 million ($122 million). Louise Pedersen has overseen a tripling of investment into content during this period. Pedersen started her distribution career at ITV and had an 18-month spell in drama production as managing director of Playground Entertainment in 2015-16. During her time in the distribution industry, Pedersen has sat on the PACT Council, mentored for Nesta and been part of Skillset’s industry training programs. All3Media International has twice been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade.
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Louise Pedersen CEO All3Media International
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andra Stern has served as a key member of Lionsgate’s senior management team for nearly 20 years and helped to guide its television business to record-breaking revenue growth. She has been instrumental in positioning Lionsgate Television as a leading supplier of premium content to streaming, broadcast and cable services. Lionsgate is coming off one of its most successful years ever with a record 14 new shows picked up to series and 15 of 15 current series renewed for additional seasons. Lionsgate Television also has 15 premium scripted series in development, production or airing on STARZ. Stern has innovated groundbreaking linear and streaming platform deals for iconic Lionsgate series, including Mad Men (AMC), Weeds (Showtime) and Orange Is the New Black (Netflix). She paved the way for Mythic Quest and Love Life to launch on streamers Apple TV+ and HBO Max, respectively, and she orchestrated a deal for Step Up: High Water to become the first original series for YouTube Premium before transitioning it to STARZ. She has created business models enabling Lionsgate to strengthen its ties with broadcast networks, with Ghosts launching on CBS as the biggest new broadcast comedy hit in the past four years.
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Sandra Stern President Lionsgate Television Group
SESSION Wednesday, June 29, 12 p.m. EDT: Keynote
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rior to taking on her current role at Viaplay Group, the international streaming challenger, in October 2019, Filippa Wallestam held positions including CEO of the company’s Swedish operations and head of strategy for free TV and radio in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. She joined the company in 2014 having previously worked as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group in London and New York, and at Daily Mail and General Trust. Wallestam holds an M.Sc. in economics and business administration from Stockholm School of Economics. SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 1:30 p.m. EDT: Keynote
Filippa Wallestam Executive VP & Chief Content Officer Viaplay Group
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aren Wilson joined Kudos in 2001 to script edit Spooks seasons one and two (BBC One) and Hustle (BBC One) and then went on to produce Hustle season two. Wilson then became an executive producer, working alongside BAFTA- and Olivier Award-winning directors and writers on series including Hustle, Spooks, Scars (Channel 4), Holby Blue (BBC One), The Doctor Who Hears Voices (Channel 4), Spooks: Code 9 (BBC Three), Utopia (Channel 4) and The Tunnel (Sky Atlantic). In March 2019, Wilson was appointed as joint managing director. Wilson’s television career began at World Productions as a drama development assistant to Tony Garnett. After two years, Wilson left World Productions to begin her freelance career with dramas including This Life (BBC), Undercover Heart (BBC) and City Central (BBC). Wilson then joined Thames Television as a script editor for The Bill (ITV) and two years later joined the BBC’s drama department, script editing Murder in Mind, along with various other development projects.
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SESSION Tuesday, June 28, 3 p.m. EDT: Keynote
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