Mania 2024 series. our selection of fiction in the corridors of power

Fifty new episodes, twenty-six previews, sixty countries represented and a beautiful cast of stars to celebrate the increasingly prolific series production. This is the program of the “Séries Mania” festival, which this year in Lille offers film concerts, screenings, exhibitions or master classes (Laurent Lafitte, Kelly Rutherford, Camelia Jordana, etc.) for its approximately 85,000 festival visitors. It is noteworthy from the main points of this edition. Patricia Arquette Master Class, Guest of Honor, Fiction vs. Documentary Conference by director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (Sambre), or the highly anticipated Season 4 preview of the hugely popular series HPI:In the presence of Audrey Fleuro.

Chaired by series creator Zal Batmanglij “O.A., the jury (Bérénice Bejo, Sofiane Zermani, etc.) will distribute the international selection prizes at the end of the competition week. If many series this year are interested in family ties, desires and artificial intelligence, it is the corridors of power (political, scientific, religious, etc.) that, according to the report, have recently inspired the screenwriters the most. A small non-exhaustive overview of the genre.

In the dark

After discovering the mysteries of power in cinema State exercise Or A nation and its kingPierre Scholler adapts In the dark, a political thriller written by former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Gilles Boyer, in 2011. The series begins in December 2024. Former Minister of Justice and moderate candidate of the republican right (Melville Poupeau) Paul Francoeur wins the primary election by a hair. Root branch of Marie-France Tremo (Carin Viard). But when the apparatchik of the winning camp (Svan Arlaud) learns that the election was rigged, the road to the presidential election becomes fraught with obstacles. In the Séries Mania competition, this fiction from France 2 explores the behind-the-scenes of the election. ) Ambitious and attractive.

in France 2, 2024

The Vatican

Although it has only 800 inhabitants, Vatican City, the seat of the papacy and the Catholic Church, oversees more than 1.4 billion believers worldwide. Supporting testimonies (for example, to Cardinal Barbari), the routine and organization of this microstate are attributed; The Vatican, was presented at special sessions of the festival. After a brief history, this six-episode Belgian documentary series revolves around the challenges and social issues faced by prominent figures of the state (the Pope as well as the unnamed servants) and especially scandals (child abuse, corruption, etc.). The political movements of the time confronted him. And the investigation shows how the organization’s opacity, refusal to look at and accept these developments, or examine its conscience, gradually undermined its power.

It will be revealed soon.

3 body problems

This is a festival preview event from the creators of the new series Game Of ThronesDavid Benioff and D. B. Weiss will be featured as the opening act for “Séries Mania” before it airs on Netflix on March 21. The multi-dimensional plot (between past and future, virtual reality and real world) begins in China, during the Cultural Revolution and repression, in 1966. After the public assassination of his father, a young physicist escapes from his job by agreeing to be a prisoner. life in a secret scientific base. Making the first contact with extraterrestrials, he will endanger the future of humanity, which will remain in the hands of a few scientists years later. So it’s the power of science that explores this saga, adapted from a Chinese bestseller whose fantastical approach evokes both; Lost and the German series Dark. For fans of video games, multiverse and sci-fi.

On Netflix, March 21.

Mary and George

from Marie Antoinette has Versailles Passing by Sissy, The story never ceases to inspire the writers of the series. If the case Mary and Georgeanchored in England in the early 17th century^e century, worthy of the best productions of the genre, its tone stands out. Julianne Moore slips into the corsets of Countess Mary Villiers, who wanted to put her second son, George, in King James I’s bed.^eh to get an elected seat at court. The actress’ portrayal as a Machiavellian woman and calculating ambition is largely the spice of this production, featured in special screenings of Séries Mania.

It will be revealed soon.