Telepool Unveils New Strategy to Co-Produce, Co-Finance More Series, Reveals New Projects (EXCLUSIVE) Variety 3/5/2021
German movie and television company Telepool – which is co-owned by Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields – and its sales arm Global Screen are embarking on a strategic realignment to board projects at an earlier stage as co-production and co-financing partners, in addition to handling world sales, and have revealed the first three projects they have boarded as part of this adjusted approach.
Jan Frouman, who joined Telepool as CEO in September, and Julia Weber, who was promoted to be head of international acquisitions and sales at Global Screen in January, spoke to
Telepool Unveils New Strategy to Co-Produce, Co-Finance More Series, Reveals New Projects (EXCLUSIVE)
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Baloton Brigade Chosen by Berlinale-Series Mania Project Exchange to Pitch in Lille
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Gabor Krigler and EmÅke Krigler-Tóth (of production outfit Joyrider) accepting the award
The Hungarian drama series
Balaton Brigade has emerged as the winner of the Séries Mania Project Exchange Award at the exclusive Berlinale Co-Pro Series pitching event, which, as every year, is organised by the European Film Marketâs Berlinale Co-Production Market. The project competed alongside nine others (see the news) during the online event reserved for a handpicked group of professionals, and as
Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Séries Mania, announced, it will have the chance to be presented at the upcoming Séries Mania Forum, which is due to be held in Lille from 30 August-1 September. As is customary, for the seventh year in a row, one project that was pitched at Séries Mania last year, and which in this case was the Belgian-French dark comedy series