Of the 15 projects selected and pitched on the first day of Series Mania Forum, the jury team selected the Ukraine/Poland war thriller drama “Unspoken” as winner of the Series Mania Forum Best Project Award.
The Islandic thriller produced by Tinna Proppé and Hilmar Sigurðsson of Sagafilm was acquired in France by Mediawan, Spain by Twelve Oaks, Poland by Hagi Film, Former Yugoslavia by MegaCom, Japan by Tohokushinsha and Taiwan by AV-Jet.
The news is confirmed after the New-York based company secured presale deals in the UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Viaplay’s direct-to-consumer streaming service is now available in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Poland, the Netherlands and the UK, and is scheduled to launch in the US and Canada in the first quarter of 2023.