Overview
- Series Mania Forum, the TV festival’s industry market in Lille, named its winners Tuesday, with R91, Red Pants, and Chachachá! taking the three marquee awards.
- R91 won the Buyers Upfront as the most promising title for international buyers, built around a six‑part thriller now filming on France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
- The French series also gained early momentum as Amazon Prime Video France and M6 made a joint buy, with SND selling worldwide and a cast led by Elodie Yung and Alban Lenoir.
- Red Pants took the Co‑Pro Pitching Sessions prize plus a €50,000 bursary for a late‑1970s Kyrgyzstan action drama based on true events about a teen female gang led by Aisha.
- Chachachá! earned the SeriesMakers award with €50,000 to develop a pilot package for an eight‑part dramedy about a Gen X woman who turns to Latin dance to address her health.