Series Mania Hot List: 10 Standout International Shows at This Year’s Fest

Series Mania Hot List: 10 Standout International Shows at This Year’s Fest

Series Mania’s 2026 lineup spotlights a restless, risk-taking global TV scene including shows about a gritty outback procedural, a Belgian near-future dystopian drama, and an offbeat British comedy featuring Michael Palin and some soothsaying homunculi. Published on March 22, 2026 (clockwise from top left): ‘Anatomy of a Moment,’ ‘Dustfall,’ ‘Small Prophets,’ ‘The Best Immigrant’ Movistar+/Federation…

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#Welcome to “Broadcast-ification”! Streamers Switch From Prestige to Procedural Amid Cost Crunch

#Welcome to “Broadcast-ification”! Streamers Switch From Prestige to Procedural Amid Cost Crunch

International series do not lack scale and ambition. The lineup of this year’s Series Mania, the TV festival and industry meet that runs through March 28 in Lille, France, includes historic epics like Joe Wright’s rise-to-fascism biography Mussolini: Son of The Century, real-life action thriller Kabul, which traces the fall of Afghan capital to the…

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#Gaumont TV President  Isabelle Degeorges to Receive Series Mania ‘Women in Series’ Award

#Gaumont TV President Isabelle Degeorges to Receive Series Mania ‘Women in Series’ Award

Isabelle Degeorges, president of French production group Gaumont Télévision will receive this year’s Women in Series Award at French television festival and industry confab Series Mania. Degeorges has produced international successes including Lupin, starring Omar Sy, for Netflix and Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, with Daniel Brühl, for Disney+. Recent work includes Signal for Paramount+, Netflix series…

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#‘It’s a Sin,’ ‘Happy Valley’ Producer Nicola Shindler to Receive Series Mania Women in Series Award

#‘It’s a Sin,’ ‘Happy Valley’ Producer Nicola Shindler to Receive Series Mania Women in Series Award

‘It’s a Sin,’ ‘Happy Valley’ Producer Nicola Shindler to Receive Series Mania Women in Series Award Nicola Shindler, CEO of Quay Street Production and the producer of such acclaimed British series as It’s A Sin, Queer as Folk and Happy Valley, has been named the recipient of this year’s Woman in Series award by international…

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