The drama series After, directed by Louis Choquette and starring Karine Vanasse, will be adapted for television in France and in the French territories, the international group Banijay having acquired the rights to adapt the Quebec production recently awarded at the Festival de la Fiction de La Rochelle .
The production house Terence Films will be responsible for the adaptation of the TV series, which was broadcast in the fall in Quebec in six 60-minute episodes. “French-speaking Canada has always been a rich melting pot of strong and innovative drama and we are very happy to be once again partners of Radio-Canada for this series,” declared in a press release Denis Leroy, head of scripted formats at Banijay France . The stories of trauma and resilience pick up on universal themes and we look forward to seeing new audiences touched by this story. ”
After tells the story of a small community shaken by a deadly event that will have physical, psychological and social consequences.
In addition, another creation from here will be found on foreign screens, this time in Finland in its original version with subtitles. The series for teens The little kings has been acquired by YLE, the Finnish public broadcaster, which will present it from early 2022 on its video-on-demand platform Areena, dubbed “Finnish Netflix”.
“We are delighted with this acquisition,” said Mélanie Ratté, Senior Director, Distribution and International Business Development at Zone3. Areena is a superb and hugely successful platform, and we salute YLE’s openness to French-language Quebec content. ”
The little kings, available since May 27 on TOU. TV Extra, was recently a finalist in the “Best Live Action Kids Program” category at the Content Innovation Awards 2021, in London. The series directed by Julien Hurteau addresses current themes such as privileges, non-heteronormativity, power and sexual consent.