From March 2 to 5, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will invite producers, programming directors, distributors and series financiers to the exclusive pitch event Co-Pro Series.
Among the selection of 10 projects, Good People, the Belgian-French dark comedy series was first pitched at our Co-Pro Pitching Sessions in 2020.
One of the new projects presented for the first time at Co-Pro Series 2021 will then have the opportunity to pitch again at Series Mania Forum in early june.
PROJECT IN partnership WITH SERIES MANIA:
Good People (Creators: Matthieu Donck, Stéphane Bergmans & Benjamin D’Aoust, Hélicotronc, Belgium & Unité, France)
This is the story of a couple who plan to commit insurance fraud, a cop who dies before getting a chance to arrest them, and an insurance broker who is the only person who sees things clearly. This is the story of good people who never wanted to hurt anyone.
OTHER PROJECTS SELECTED FOR “CO-PRO SERIES” 2021
- Afterparty (Writer: Dora Šustić; Director: tbd), Antitalent, Croatia
- Speed (Creator/Director: Martin Lund; Writer: Thorkild Schrumpf), Ape&Bjørn, Norway
- Until I Find You (Writer: Kaleena Kiff, based on the novel by John Irving; director: tbd), Big Blue, The Netherland & Curiosity Pictures, Canada
- Richter (Writers: Anna McPartlin & Michael Bennett; Director: tbd), Blinder Films, Ireland & Kingfisher Films, New Zealand
- Eldorado KaDeWe (Writers: Julia von Heinz, John Quester, Sabine Steyer-Violet & Oskar Sulowski; Director: Julia von Heinz), Constantin Television & UFA Fiction, Germany
- Balaton Brigade (Creators: Gábor Krigler, Balázs Lengyel & Balázs Lovas; Director: Ildikó Enyedi), Joyrider & Film Force, Hungary
- This Is Music (Creator and writer: Bjørn Olaf Johannessen; Director: Wim Wenders, David Byrne, Julie Andem & Joachim Trier), Oslo Pictures, Norway
- Hinterland (Creator & Director: Sven Bohse), Ringel Film, Germany
- 58 Seconds (Creators: Jeremy Brock & Paul Unwin; Director: tbd), The Mediapro Studio, Spain & BlackBox Multimedia, United Kingdom