Calinos adds Canadian titles to its offering

Goryana Vasileva, Sales Manager and Cristina Duffy, social media specialist.

Calinos Entertainment is highlighting a lineup of internationally-profiled Turkish titles at the June markets in Europe, combining social dramas, family thrillers, and other fiction. The company, which has distributed over 131,000 hours of programming to more than 120 countries, reinforces its global profile with productions that address ethical conflicts, personal dilemmas, and family structures in crisis.

One of the central titles is Farah (89 hours), an adaptation of the Argentine series La Chica Que Limpia. Starring Demet Özdemir and Engin Akyürek, it tells the story of an Iranian woman working as a cleaning lady in Istanbul to support her sick child. The plot combines elements of medical drama, unexpected romance, and organized crime, and was developed by O3 Medya.

From Eastern Europe, Ana (120 hours, currently airing) and Love with Lavender Scent (166 hours) offer stories of personal quests. Ana follows a young woman raised in foster care who decides to investigate her origins and uncovers an illegal adoption network; while Love with Lavender Scent portrays a rural doctor who rebuilds her life after escaping a violent relationship, only to confront the past through an unexpected inheritance. Both star Michaela Prosan, Adi Nartea, and Karina Jianu.

In the same vein, Adela (159 hours) explores the conflict between two sisters and a false identity that allows them to enter a powerful media family. Starring Mara Oprea and Alecsandru Dunaev, this Romanian series focuses on emotional manipulation and class tensions.

From the Middle East, Deceiver (90 hours), starring Qays Sheikh Najib and Sulafa Memar, examines the consequences of infidelity within an affluent family in Lebanon. The drama unfolds around a mother determined to seek revenge after discovering her husband’s double life.

The offering also includes more recent productions like Crystal (90 hours), a psychological drama starring Pamila Elkik and Stephanie Atala. The series depicts the obsessive transformation of Fay, a young woman raised in a mansion, whose admiration for a wealthy woman turns into destructive rivalry.

Meanwhile, Ego (40 hours) introduces a dynamic of intertwined relationships, focusing on the romantic drama between two families from different social strata. Starring Alperen Duymaz, Melisa Aslı Pamuk, and Ahmet Kayakesen, the plot addresses themes such as emotional blackmail, agreed-upon motherhood, and broken bonds between duty and desire.

From Canada, Calinos adds two legal and police dramas. Alert Squad (75 hours), an award-winner at the Gémeaux Awards, follows a Missing Persons Unit team working against the clock in each episode. For its part, Indefensible (240 hours / available as 120×22’) focuses on a criminal defense law firm facing ethical and emotional dilemmas in each case, with a narrative that humanizes both criminals and their defenders.

Listing

Farah:

Adapted from the award-winning Argentine series La Chica Que Limpia, Farah tells the story of an Iranian woman forced to flee her country. Struggling to survive in Istanbul, she works as a cleaning lady to stay close to her son. However, her life takes a dramatic turn as she unwittingly becomes an accomplice to the mafia.

Ana

Ana is an ambitious and determned young woman living in a foster home with other young people like her. The only mother she has ever known is Mama Lena, the social worker who raised her. Ana is in her final year of her master’s degree in journalism. To earn some money, she works as an event hostess. With the money she earns, she takes a genetic test to find her biological mother. Then she investigates why she was abandoned. she discovers a «baby broker» who was giving unwanted children up for international adoption in exchange for money. this should have been Ana’s fate, but the police got onto the case and she was abandoned as a result. Ana is tempted to seek the truth and bring the guilty to justice, however this search will involve the man she loves. she knows this story can bring her fame as a journalist, but she is not ready to lose the love of her life.

Love with lavander scent

Fifteen years ago, Anda returned to her hometown of Podișor to escape an abusive husband and raise her daughter alone. Over time, she became a respected family doctor. Her life takes a turn when Stefan, a retired former soccer player, inherits a house and land through a will left by his father. Anda discovers that her father acquired the property through fraudulent and violent means and left it to Stefan, the grandson of his victim, as an act of redemption.

Initially at odds, Anda and Stefan begin to form a bond as they confront their painful pasts. The arrival of Alma, Stefan’s rebellious daughter, stirs tensions, particularly with Maria, Anda’s daughter. Amid secrets, conflicts, and a growing attraction, Anda and Stefan navigate challenges in their relationship, only to face a new trial that threatens their fragile peace.

Adela

Drama, 158 TV Hours, 4 Seasons

Adela and Andreea are two sisters, who were raised by their parents, Nuti and Mitu, in their poor home in a slum near Bucharest. One day, the secret identity of Adela is about to be revealed, when her biological grandfather decides to repair his past mistakes. However, before bringing Adela to her real father, the old man dies and Nuti and Mitu burry him in the garden, and the truth seems to be forever buried along with him. Presented with this new opportunity, Nuti and Mitu decide to send their own daughter Andreea in Adela’s place, since the real father of Adela is the powerful media mogul, Paul Andronic. Nuti become increasingly obsessed with living in the mogul’s mansion, and when she realizes she is not welcomed by the rich, snobbish family, she begrudgingly accepts to live in the annex house for the time being. Although Nuti and Andreea seem like strong allies and committed to take what is owed to Adela, they will face a lot of trials and tribulations in keeping the secret.

Deceiver

Drama – 90 Episodes

The series follows Dr. Aseel, her architect husband Saif, and their son Yazan, living a seemingly perfect life in Lebanon after marrying in America. Their idyllic family unravels when Aseel finds a blonde hair on Saif’s scarf, revealing his two-year affair with Tia, a woman 15 years younger. Devastated by the betrayal, Aseel, shaped by her own traumatic childhood, seeks revenge, aiming to take their house and custody of Yazan. Saif, torn between his love for Aseel and Tia, who is now pregnant, struggles to balance both relationships. Aseel manipulates events, leading Saif to lose his temper and strike her, resulting in her taking everything from him, including his reputation. Saif leaves for America with Tia, abandoning Yazan.
Years later, a successful but resentful Saif returns, determined to reconnect with Yazan and retaliate against Aseel. Aseel pretends to have moved on but still harbors bitterness, while Tia, deeply in love with Saif, despises Aseel. The series explores a tangled love triangle fueled by betrayal, jealousy, and revenge.

Crystal

Drama, Romance – 90 Episodes

«Crystal» follows Fay, the daughter of a gardener living in the servants’ quarters of a grand mansion in
Tarabya. From the age of six, Fay idolizes Alya, the beautiful and glamorous daughter of the mansion’s
owner, aspiring not just to emulate her but to become her. While most childhood dreams fade with time,
Fay’s innocent admiration persists into adulthood, shaping her destiny in unexpected and tragic ways.
Raised by her devoted father, Samir, alongside her sisters after their mother’s death, Fay grows up between the humble neighborhood and the opulent mansion. Alya, a figure of youth, beauty, and success, embodies everything Fay desires. Despite her simple
life with her childhood sweetheart Ous and her university studies, Fay’s fixation on Alya never wavers. When Alya returns to themansion after her father’s death, Fay seizes the chance to get closer, accepting a job as Alya’s maid despite her family’s objections.Fay’s admiration soon spirals into a nightmare as she loses herself in her quest to mirror Alya. Her relationship with Jawad, a charismatic doctor tied to Alya’s past, complicates matters, drawing jealousy from both Ous and Alya. Alya exploits Fay’s talents, claims
her work, and manipulates her into marrying Alya’s troubled brother, Basil, to secure the family fortune. The marriage shatters Fay’sworld, and Basil’s eventual suicide leaves her a guilt-ridden widow.
As Fay sheds her naivety, she turns Alya’s tactics against her, rising to claim the mansion and Alya’s life piece by piece. But the costis steep: she loses her family, her love, and her identity. In the end, Fay becomes the sole lady of the mansion-powerful, wealthy, andalone-having transformed into the very person she once admired. Yet, from the ashes of her journey, Fay emerges as a beacon ofresilience, proving that even in the solitude of a dream fulfilled, there lies the strength to redefine one’s own destiny.

EGO

Drama, 40 TV Hours

The Koraslan Family is one of the most well-known families in tourism industry in Turkey. Sibel and Tuncay are both involved in their family business.On the the other hand, the Ozturks are a middle-class family, Burhan being the father, who lost his beloved wife 2 years ago, his daughter Elif and son Arda. Elif is engaged to Erhan, a frank and brave man who works in the finance department at the Koraslan Family’s firm. Burhan loves Erhan as his own son and relies heavily on him. When Erhan asks for money to invest on the stock market, he hypothecates his house in return for a huge loan. Things turn for the worse and Erhan loses the all money. The Ozturk Family could lose their house unless Erhan mends the situation. Meanwhile Sibel, who got unexpectedly abandoned by the man, who she had fallen in love with for the first time in her life, suddenly learns that she has a cyst in her womb and if she doesn’t conceive soon, she will not be able to bear children. Elif, Erhan and Sibel’s lives will completely change, when Sibel decides to get pregnant with Erhan’s baby and makes an indecent proposal in the amount of 3 million.

Alert Squad

Crime Drama, S1: 24 TV Hours, S2: 25 TV Hours, S3:26 TV Hours, S4: In Production

Behind each disappearance lies a hidden reality. Every single minute counts when the Missing Persons Unit is working a case. Driven by hope, bound by courage and determination, the team investigates with one clear objective: to recover the missing alive. ALERT SQUAD is a police-driven series built on human drama. With its 3rd season it is awarded by The Academy of Canadian Cinema and TV as “The Best Annual Serie” at the 38th Prix Gémeaux Awards.

Indefensible

Crime Drama, S1: 120 x 20′ S2: On Air S3: Approved

Awarded by The Academy of Canadian Cinema and TV as “The Best Daily Serie” at the 38th Prix Gémeaux Awards INDEFENSIBLE; is an engaging, unifying and captivating new daily legal series. It plunges us into the world of Lapointe-Macdonald Law Firm and its criminal defence team.

A realistic universe built of human dramas, from the smallest to the largest, all imbued with the same emotion: fear. Fear of being condemned for an act that the accused may or may not have committed. From ordinary citizens to career criminals, everyone is entitled to full answer and defence and the presumption of innocence. At the heart of the series, a combative, endearing team of criminal lawyers passionate about justice. A tight-knit family, full of contradictions, crooked and endowed with great humanity. The cabinet is the home of countless twists and turns, rich in emotions and tensions. Our criminalists bring to life the human story behind crime: murder cases, intertwined with countless criminal cases that make their hearts beat faster. INDEFENSIBLE takes viewers on a real adventure, who is undeniably trying to find out who is telling the correct version of the facts. He becomes a «juror», seeking to discover what will become «his» truth. What verdict would he have given? We will be captivated by the touching and disturbing causes they defend as well as by their personal, ethical, emotional and psychological issues.

Calinos Entertainment

Founded in 1999, Calinos Entertainment is the first Turkish company to export Turkish series, movies, and TV shows to the international market. It is also the first Turkish company to collaborate with Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures.

Calinos has distributed approximately 131,000 hours of TV programming to over 120 countries across 5 continents, offering more than 200 programs.

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Contacts

Firat Gulgen

Founder

Goryana Vasıleva

OTT & Format Sales Manager

Cristina Duffy

Sales Manager (LATAM)