LEONINE Studios

LEONINE Studios’ Bonn charts the true untold story of a young woman’s struggle to find her place in a male-dominated society amid the battle between Germany’s separate intelligence agencies formed after WWII. In the thriller The Seed, two detectives searching for a missing journalist in Norway’s Arctic wastes find their lives on the line when they uncover a conspiracy of global proportions. The crime drama Troppo centers on ex-police detective Ted Conkaffey, who is drawn into the criminal cases of an eccentric private investigator.

Godless John / Forever / Parot

Based on a sexual abuse scandal in Brazil, Godless John leads the drama highlights from Onza Distribution. Forever is a telenovela about the mysterious life of Pedro, who was abandoned as a child and grew up in a church. The only thing that has ever made sense to him is his first love, Clara. Parot is a psychological thriller about criminals released after the annulment of the Parot legal doctrine. It features “strong characters, which raise a social debate about justice, the limits of forgiving and reinsertion” into society, says Béatrice Nouh, head of sales.

In Days That Never Were , which leads ORF- Enterprise’s drama slate, an accident suddenly turns into a murder case and the friendship of four women who have known each since their school days is tested. There are eight episodes available, each 48 minutes long. The 90- minute film Azra, part of the Tatort franchise, centers on an investigation into the crime boss Tariel Tasic. The case ends up in jeopardy when the detectives’ informant fails to appear, leading to a dangerous search that pits the investigators against Tasic’s organization.

ZDF Studios’ spring and summer drama catalog features a second season of Top Dog, which comes from the producers of Bron. The series focuses on the clash between a Stockholm business attorney and a Södertälje ex-con. In Clean Sweep, an unassuming wife and mother makes a fatal choice to prevent a dark secret from her past from being exposed as detectives, including her husband, close in on her. The Swarm follows as a group of international scientists rush to discover what is causing strange happenings in the world’s oceans.