GoQuest Media (India) attends one more edition of Virtual Screenings Worldwide (September 21-30) with a bigger CEE drama offering, including top serials from Ukraine, Czech Republic, Serbia and Estonia.
From Serbia, it has recently announced a strategic deal in Latin America: it has sold the spy thriller Civil Servant (S1: 12x’50 and S2: 12 ’50) to the Brazilian streaming platform Globoplay. Produced by Telekom Srbija and Film Danas, itis a gripping thriller series that follows a young, ambitious Serbian Secret Service (BIA) agent, Lazar Stanojević as he negotiates the rules of the international spy game in the modern world. S3 has recently commenced filming and will air on Superstar TV, in the Spring of 2022.
Jimmy George, VP, Sales & Acquisitions at GoQuest Media: ‘We hope Brazilian audiences root for the protagonist Lazar as they discover great and unique locations, engage with the characters and enjoy the novelty of learning the workings of an intelligence network that is quite unfamiliar’.
Distributor is offering this series along with other CEE and Indian dramas. Another Servian drama is Debt to the Sea, a Telekom Srbija and Monte Royale Pictures International production for RTS that has achieved an average reach of 1.46 million per episode performing very strongly with the 18-49 demographic with a 20% average share.
Also, the Czech super-production Rats (6x’55) based on true stories and reaching a total reach of 2.6 million households on Ceska televise, over 20% of the Czech population. And the Ukrainian version of Nippon TV (Japan) Mother, Mother’s Choice (16x’45), from Artform Productions for Starlight Media.
From Estonia, other two key productions from ERR and Kassikuld OU: the thriller Traitor (6x’58), Showcased as part of Serial Killer’s festival program at Berlinale Film Festival, and the dramedy Divorce in Peace (20x’28), whose S1, including re-runs, were seen by 40.5% of all Estonian TV viewers on the national pubcaster ETV.
Last but not least, the Indian miniseries Queen, produced by the OTT MX Player, which follows the amazing life of Shakti Sheshadri. And the Dutch talent show WTF, produced by Format Family (Netherlands), whose original What the Frans aired on NPO1 premiered at an average of 25.7% of the timeslot share.
