SWISS SERIES COMING NEXT FROM SWITZERLAND LILLE 2025
Supported by SRG SSR in collaboration with SWISS FILMS
SVEN WÄLTI Head of Film SRG SSR sven.waelti@srgssr.ch
THE DEAL
created & directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron
2015 – Switzerland hosts last-chance nuclear talks between the US and Iran, with Europe, Russia and China. Swiss diplomat Alexandra Weiss leads the mission, where rising tensions and delegates' hidden agendas threaten fragile diplomacy. But when her former love Payam –a threatened Iranian engineer – appears, Alexandra finds herself crossing lines to protect him. The world's peace is at risk, how far will she go?
WORLD SALES:
Gaumont Télévision, Neuilly www.gaumont.com
WORLD PREMIERE: Series Mania 2025
LOOKING FOR: Broadcasters Streamers
CONTACT:
Cécilia, Rossignol
Gaumont Télévision cecilia.rossignol@gaumont.com T +33 6 77 42 55 53
SWITZERLAND / FRANCE / LUXEMBOURG / BELGIUM
6 × 46 min., 2025, Diplomatic drama
ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, French, Farsi
CAST:
Veerle Baetens, Arash Marandi, Juliet Stevenson, Anthony Azizi, Fenella Woolgar, Alexander Behrang Keshtkar
PRODUCTION: Bande à part Films, Lausanne/ Les Films
Pelléas, Paris / RTS / Gaumont Télévision / Bidibul Productions, Luxembourg / Versus Production, Brussels / ARTE
SWISS PRODUCER: Lionel Baier
SWISS PRODUCER:
LIONEL BAIER cofounded Bande à part Films in 2009. He is best known for the award-winning LONGWAVE (2013), which became a festival hit and was honoured with the Trophée Francophone for Best Director. VANITY (2015) was selected for ACID in Cannes. SHOCK WAVES –FIRST NAME: MATHIEU screened in the Berlinale Panorama in 2018. His most recent film, THE SAFE HOUSE (2025), premiered in the Berlinale International Competition.
2025/26
THE PALM LINE
created by Mattia Lento, Thomas Ritter, Maria Roselli directed by Fulvio Bernasconi
The troubled journalist Anna investigates the greatest art theft of the century to find out who killed her father. Soon she sees her world turned upside down, as she understands her family's entanglement into the mafia. Her quest wakes sleeping dogs and conjures the wrath of the Mafia upon those she loves.
SWISS PRODUCER:
CHRISTOF NERACHER is owner of hugofilm features, one of Switzerland's leading production companies. Since 2002, he has produced over thirty feature films, which screened at numerous A-list festivals. Among them are the award-winning feature A PIECE OF SKY (2022) which premiered in the Berlinale Competition, the first Swiss coproduction with Netflix, EARLY BIRDS (2023), the mini-series PRIVATE BANKING (2017) and THE NET (2022).
SWITZERLAND / ITALY 6 × 45 min., Thriller ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Italian CAST:
Gaia Messerklinger, Alberto Malanchino, Luca Filippi PRODUCTION:
hugofilm features GmbH, Zurich / RSI / ARTE / Indiana Production, Milan
SCREENPLAY: Thomas Ritter
SWISS PRODUCER: Christof Neracher
WORLD SALES: True Colours, Rome www.truecolours.it
LOOKING FOR: Broadcasters Streamers
CONTACT: Christof Neracher
hugofilm features cneracher@hugofilm.ch
T +41 44 240 40 77
LA LINEA DELLA PALMA
2027
DETCEPXE EXPECTED WINTER
DOLCE AMELIA
created by Petra Volpe
Amelia was born on a sack of cocoa beans. This is perhaps why she has an exceptionally strong sense of taste and smell. Her path as a factory worker is predestined, but her dream is to become a chocolatier. A mini-series from 1908 to 1955: From the girl who sneaks into the factory and finds her mentor, to the teenager who falls in love with the factory owner's son, to the woman who is constantly caught between the social constraints of her time and her incredible talent making the best chocolate in the world.
WORLD RIGHTS:
Zodiac Pictures Ltd., Zurich www.zodiacpictures.com
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Broadcasters Streamers
CONTACT:
Reto Schaerli
Zodiac Pictures reto@zodiacpictures.com
SWITZERLAND
6 × 45 min., Period drama
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German, German, Italian
PRODUCTION:
Zodiac Pictures Ltd., Zurich / SRF
PRODUCERS:
Reto Schaerli, Jessica Hefti, Lukas Hobi
SWISS CREATOR: PETRA VOLPE is an awardwinning director and screenwriter. Her work includes series such as LABYRINTH OF PEACE (idea and screenplay, 2020), and NEW HEIGHTS (idea and concept, 2021). She wrote the screenplay for the box office hit HEIDI (2015) and received the Swiss Film Award 2017 for the screenplay of THE DIVINE ORDER, which she also directed. Her latest film LATE SHIFT (2025), premiered at 75. Berlinale Gala.
2027
1291 – THE TELL-SAGA, BUT DIFFERENT
created by Stefan Brunner & Lorenz Langenegger
With their desire to live a self-determined life, the lovers Hedwig Fürst and Wiliam Tell are not only a threat to the tyranny of the Habsburgs, but also to the powerful clans in their homeland. Their will to fight for freedom first makes them outcasts and later the hope of an entire nation.
SWISS CREATORS:
STEFAN BRUNNER and LORENZ LANGENEGGER are a well-rehearsed team. Together they developed the new team for Tatort Zurich and wrote the first episodes. Stefan Brunner is the creator of the Netflix series FREUD and the Disney+ series VIENNA GAME. Lorenz Langenegger has received numerous awards for his theatre plays and novels.
SWITZERLAND
Miniserie, 6 × 52 min., Romantic drama ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German, German PRODUCTION:
Zodiac Pictures Ltd., Zurich / SRF
PRODUCERS: Reto Schaerli, Lukas Hobi, Jessica Hefti
WORLD RIGHTS:
Zodiac Pictures Ltd., Zurich www.zodiacpictures.com
LOOKING FOR:
World Sales Broadcasters Streamers
CONTACT: Reto Schaerli
Zodiac Pictures reto@zodiacpictures.com
INTRAÇABLES
LOG-OUT
created by Ami Cohen, Raphaël Meyer directed by Louis Farge, Luc Walpoth
Seven years ago, Giulia lost her husband David in an accident. One evening, a stranger gets into her taxi. Giulia recognises his face and remembers everything about the accident. Giulia embarks on a dizzying quest to find out the truth, but a mysterious hacker is determined to silence her. To escape this phantom enemy, Giulia is forced to flee with her son and go into a state of “digital death”.
WORLD SALES: Federation Studios, Paris ww.federationstudios.com
WORLD PREMIERE: Series Mania 2025
LOOKING FOR: Broadcasters Streamers
CONTACT: Louise Riebel
Federation Studios louise.riebel@fedent.com T+ 33 6 59 11 78 89
SWITZERLAND / FRANCE
6 × 52 min., 2025, Drama
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French CAST:
Sofia Essaidi, Arcadi Radeff, Alexis Michalik, Irène Jacob
Alix Henzelin, Karim Barras PRODUCTION:
Akka Films Geneva / Empreinte Digitale, Paris / RTS / TF1
SWISS PRODUCER: Philippe Coeytaux
SWISS PRODUCER: PHILIPPE COEYTAUX has held various positions in the advertising, television and film industries since 1998. As a producer at Akka Films since 2014, he has produced dramas and documentaries for cinema and television. After HORS SAISON (2022), LOG-OUT (2025) is the second Akka Films series in French competition at Séries Mania.
GAME OVER – DER FALL DER CREDIT SUISSE
GAME OVER –THE FALL OF CREDIT SUISSE
directed by Simon Helbling
Credit Suisse no longer exists despite being “too big to fail” and despite a reputation built up over a century. How did this happen? This four-part documentary series uncovers what was hidden behind the reputable image of the major Swiss bank: A corporate culture of high risk, accepting any losses as long as the bonuses kept coming in. Since its establishment in the 1970s, this culture has run like a red thread through the history of the bank and shows why the unexpected end was unavoidable.
SWITZERLAND / GERMANY
4 × 45 min., Investigative ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, German PRODUCTION: Contrast Film, Bern, Kinescope Film, Bremen SWISS PRODUCERS: Ivan Madeo, Anke Beining-Wellhausen, Malte Probst, Stefan Halter, Matthias Greving
WORLD RIGHTS: Contrast Film, Bern www.contrastfilm.ch
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Broadcasters Streamers CONTACT: Ivan Madeo Contrast Film ivan.madeo@contrastfilm.ch T +41 76 316 76 76
THE ANGEL MAKER
created & directed by Marina Klauser
A brilliant inventor of a world-changing energy machine is revealed to be a sadistic guru. The series uncovers unthinkable crimes and manipulative tactics of the criminal cult founder Paul Baumann and his international religious community Methernitha, which still exists in Switzerland today. The true crime mini-series is the moving story of women who, by joining forces, have managed to escape the power harassment.
WORLD RIGHTS:
tellfilm GmbH, Zurich www.tellfilm.ch
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Broadcasters Streamers
CONTACT: Marisa Meier
tellfilm meier@tellfilm.ch T +41 44 286 79 80
SWITZERLAND
4 × 45 min., True crime
ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, German, French
PRODUCTION:
tellfilm GmbH, Zurich / SRG SSR
PRODUCERS: Danielle Giuliani, Stefan Jäger, Marisa Meier
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Published in March 2025
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