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FALL LINE-UP 2020 All about stories Summary Welcome 5 To Newen Connect’s Line-Up for Fall 2020 19 Our highlights for this coming Fall include brand-new, high-end drama series (HIP, L’Opéra, Legacy, The Spectacular), engaging 25 documentaries (Resisting the Darkness, Into the World), innovative entertainment formats (The Wonderbox, A Real Job: Nurses, The 100: Waiting for an Organ Donor), and wonderful series for kids and teens (Askip, Kikoumba, Nighthawks), testifying to the great diversity 33 of Newen’s content. We are also delighted to be part of the Mipcom Global Upfronts presentations, giving you an exclusive look at our most highly anticipated programming. We look forward to catching up with you! Let’s connect, Rodolphe Buet, Chief Distribution Officer Newen Telfrance • CAPA • TF1 Studio • 17 Juin • Blue Spirit • Tuvalu • De Mensen © Philippe Le Roux – Thibaut Grabherr / Septembreproductions TF1 © Mathieu Zazzo H.I.P Procedural L’Opéra Mini-series (H.P.I) HER GIFT IS POLICE’S BEST WEAPON BEHIND THE GRACE LIE THE STRUGGLES 8x52’ 8x52’ One night, while working as a cleaning lady in a police station, Morgane can't Produced by Welcome to the glamorous and merciless world of ballet dancers. At the world- Produced by resist "tidying up" the elements on an investigation board. When the cops return Itinéraire Productions renowned Paris Opera, Zoé, a 35-year old principal dancer who's had a dazzling Victoria Production Septembre Productions Telfrance the next day, they realize she's brought them a giant step closer to finding the career, has started to falter after too many parties, lovers and dramas. In danger Belga Productions Commissioning broadcaster suspect. It turns out Morgane has High Intellectual Potential. But her 160 IQ has TF1 France of being let go, Zoé will have to come to terms with the institution and her Commissioning broadcaster never really helped Morgane in her everyday life! After questioning her and fellow dancers, and overcome her own demons, to earn herself a second chance. OCS France testing her method, the police decide to bring her on board to help them track Meanwhile,19-year-old Flora, a Black dancer who's just joined the company, down and catch highly intelligent criminals. Despite the mismatched duo she forms only has a few months to stake out a place for herself and prove her mettle. And with the brigade's captain, their first joint effort is a success. Morgane strikes a the flamboyant and ambitious Sébastien, the company's new 38-year-old Dance deal with the cops: she agrees to work for them, but in exchange they have to Director, is determined to make the Paris Opera Ballet shine even brighter on the work for her: reopening a missing persons investigation into her first love, who international dance stage. vanished fifteen years ago, when she was pregnant with her first child. Casting : Audrey Fleurot (The Bonfire of Destiny, Spiral), Mehdi Nebbou (The Bureau, Homeland, Munich, Rufus, Michele Moretti). 6 7 The Spectacular Legacy INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY A COMPELLING FAMILY CHRONICLE ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS 4x50’ 8x45’ (in production) (in production) Mini-series Mini-series © Pupkin © Column Film In the 1980s, as the Northern Ireland conflict – referred to by the English as Produced by 1969, the summer of love. When Alexander Munninghoff falls in love with the Produced by "The Troubles" – draws to an end, the IRA carries out a series of horrific attacks Pupkin free-spirited Ellen, she forces him to face his family's repressed war past. During Column Film in the southern Netherlands. They target British soldiers stationed at German an emotional and ofttimes desperate search for understanding and reconciliation Commissioning broadcaster NPO Netherlands barracks who visit nightclubs over the border in Limburg. A task force of local with his sinister SS father, his authoritarian grandfather and his long-lost mother, investigators sets out to catch the terrorists, who see themselves as freedom fighters. Alexander becomes a full-fledged husband, son and father. As time goes on, the local team starts to suspect that their investigation is being obstructed by Dutch and international intelligence agencies, which are making huge efforts to prevent any arrests. Apparently, there is much more going on than our local detectives realize. Meanwhile, the terror cell is preparing an attack in the Netherlands of unprecedented scale – better known as "The Spectacular." Dough Living the Dream (Pourquoi je vis) BASED ON A TRUE STORY HAVE YOUR CAKE. AND EAT IT. 2x45’ or 1x90’ 8x52’ (in production) Mini-series TV movies © Julien Cauvin © Nexiko, Inland Film, SVT In the affluent Stockholm suburb of Lidingö, 45-year-old MALOU SANDER, a Produced by The stunning true story of the tragically brief career and life of Gregory Lemarchal, Produced by divorced mother of two on the verge of a personal and financial breakdown, starts Nexiko, Inland Film, SVT whose angelic and golden voice took France by storm. In the Spring of 1985, Telfrance & Cie DMLS leading a double life after she stumbles upon five million euros from a botched Commissioning broadcaster Gregory’s parents find out their son has an incurable disease: cystic fibrosis. The SVT Sweden Commissioning broadcaster robbery. Clueless about how to launder the money, she purchases a failing bakery story of a child like no other. The story of a voice, an energy and a radiant soul TF1 France and unwittingly hires the robber’s wife, 30-year-old LIANA SKOG, who has no fighting for every precious minute of his life. The story of Gregory, who would let idea that the money from the botched robbery that put her husband in prison is nothing – not even a fatal disease – stop him from achieving his dream. now in the hands of her new boss. LIVING THE DREAM broke the record for the most-watched prime-time drama show since 2006 on TF1. 8 9 Claire Andrieux Above the Sky (Au-dessus des nuages) “A TRAGICOMIC MASTERPIECE.”- BASED ON A TRUE STORY FIGARO TV MAGAZINE 2x45’ or 1x90’ 1x90’ TV movies TV movies © Julien Cauvin / Exilène Films TF1 Claire Andrieux is a well-liked woman in her early forties with a sunny and Produced by Dorine was the only survivor of the aircraft crash where she lost the use of her Produced by whimsical nature. Between running her tiny real-estate agency, singing in a choir Leonis Productions legs. She was 18. Now an adult, this tragedy also gave her the inner strength to JLA Productions Exilène Films and hanging out with her sister and best friend Mallet, this self-sufficient single Commissioning broadcaster overcome any obstacles life throws her way. She got her pilot's license and pushed Arte France Commissioning broadcaster woman leads a full and happy life. The only ones who ever ruffle her finely-tuned forward with a life that's become a series of non-stop challenges. Dorine eagerly TF1 France daily routine are men. Starting with her only employee, the awkward and quirky explores new horizons and advocates for disabled persons' rights. She also faces Gwendal, but especially Bruno, who's scouting the area for an upcoming film battles on the personal front, as a woman, mother and lover. And she does it all shoot. As she takes him to visit house after house, a mutual attraction blossoms, with a fierce determination to break down barriers and do the impossible! but meeting Bruno shakes up Claire's life and unearths a dark and dreadful secret. (S)he Leo Mattei: Special Unit (Il est elle) (Leo Mattéï, brigade des mineurs) INSPIRED BY THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BARRICADES WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN DANGER, THEY’RE HERE TO PROTECT THEM 1x90’ 26x52' TV movies Procedural © JP Balter/TF1 © M_Toussaint (S)HE is the story of a transgender child named JuJu, a girl born into a boy's body. Produced by Leo Mattei, captain of the Paris Juvenile Protection Unit. Highly trained and deeply Produced by With the onset of puberty, JuJu's discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child's And So On Films compassionate, but above all, totally committed to the safety and well-being of kids Big Band Story Papillonnons Commissioning broadcaster struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she transitions and teens. And when he needs to bend the law for them, he does. Leo Mattei’s LGM Films TF1 France from boy to girl. But in this tiny rural town, where everyone knows everyone else, fast-paced, emotionally charged investigations explore a vast array of issues faced Commissioning broadcaster it's an impossible challenge. Juju will have to move in with her mother while her by kids and their families, in today's world. TF1 France parents break up. International broadcasters JuJu becomes Juliette, and sings in a rock band at her new high school. With Amazon France Fox Crime Italy everyone seeing her as a girl, she starts to blossom. But as her popularity grows, NBCU Spain social networking sites rekindle the nightmare she thought she'd left behind... Europa Plus Latam Plug TV Belgium 10 11 © Nordisk Film © JP Baltel / Elephant Story / TF1 DNA Mini-series Fear by the Lake Mini-series (Kidnapping) (Peur sur le lac) FROM THE CO-CREATOR OF THE KILLING NO ONE CAN ESCAPE AN INVISIBLE KILLER 8x45’ 6x52’ Rolf Larsen, a respected detective on the Copenhagen police force, has his life Produced by Lise and Clovis have to face a new and totally baffling threat when several people Produced by Elephant Story brutally upended when his baby daughter goes missing. Five years after the tragedy, Nordisk Film Production are suddenly struck down by a mysterious and mortal curse.