Sphere Abacus (SA) is set to showcase a slate of French-language scripted series at Series Mania, with two being featured in the Coming Next from Québec session, while its U.K. comedy drama Small Prophets has been selected for the International Panorama competition.
Produced by Zone3, Annie & Joey is a romantic dramedy created by Julie Hivon, landing on Corus’s Séries Plus next month. M’infiltrer dans ta vie (Getting Under Your Skin), a YA series, also from Zone3 and landing on TV5Unis next week, and Je te tiens (Take Care) from Passez Go for Crave, will be spotlighted in the Coming Next from Québec session. The six-part comedy/drama Small Prophets, produced by Treasure Trove Productions and Blue House Productions, has been selected for the International Panorama competition at Series Mania, with Mackenzie Crook and Gill Isles set to attend.
Mélanie Ratté, head of sales for formats and French programming and content partnerships at Sphere Abacus, commented “Annie & Joey, Je te tiens and M’infiltrer dans ta vie are all, in their own unique way, extremely bold series, illustrating the great creativity and talent of Québec producers, as well as the ability of Canadian broadcasters and platforms to offer original French-language productions that are just as distinctive and surprising for their local audience as promising for the international market.”
Hana Palmer, head of sales at Sphere Abacus, added, “The success of Small Prophets has been incredibly rewarding—it is premium comedy storytelling at its best. There has been strong interest in the series internationally and fantastic reviews since its launch last month.”
