SERIES MANIA 2024 SELECTION
REMATCH CHESS WORLD SERIES
One of the series that will compete at this year's Series Mania next month is REMATCH a co production between Hungary and France, starring our dear Christian Cooke .Inspired by real events, this captivating thriller
immerses us in the most decisive chess game in history – the second match between the champion Kasparov and the computer Deep Blue. With the advancing technological breakthroughs of our age, this fascinating duel still
has resonance today, at a time when artificial intelligence is raising new challenges. Our favourite hunks Tom Austen and Luke Pasqualino also star next to Sarah Bolger, Trine Dyrholm and Aidan Quinn.


A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP FROM FRANCE
I already informed you about this one, but French historical series A
DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP from French Television will lead the French
competition at the festival! Adapted from the historical saga by
Juliette
Benzoni, Alain Tasma’s
series Une amitié dangereuse gives us an innovative portrait of two
young women reclaiming their desire, at a time when sexuality was above
all a political lever. It is a story of queen Anne of Austria, the wife
of French king Louis XIII and Mary Duchess of Chevreuse!
