Overview
- Series Mania’s industry arm named three winners across its flagship events, with French thriller R91 topping the Buyers Upfront, Kyrgyzstan’s Red Pants winning the Co‑Pro Pitching Sessions and Canada’s Chachachá! taking the SeriesMakers award.
- R91, a murder‑to‑espionage thriller now shooting on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, drew a reported first co‑acquisition by Amazon Prime Video France and broadcaster M6, with Elodie Yung and Alban Lenoir leading the cast.
- Red Pants secured a €50,000 prize for its late‑1970s Kyrgyzstan action drama about a teen girl gang, credited to writer Tilek Cherikov and producers Erke Dzhumakmatova, Pavel Feldman and Alexander Seliverstov.
- Chachachá! received €50,000 in development funding for an eight‑part dramedy from writer‑director Alison Fairweather Murray and producer Jennifer Weiss about a Gen X woman who turns to Latin dancing to regain control of her health.
- Variety underscored how the winners align with global demand for thrillers, action and comedy, Deadline highlighted the Forum’s track record of elevating smaller markets like Kyrgyzstan, and Cineuropa detailed juries and production credentials.