Greek Series Creators Take Their Buzz Titles to MipTV

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Christopher Vourlias Bolstered by a 40% cash rebate and a growing number of creators prepared to take risks, the Greek TV industry is riding high.

Here’s a selection of the top Greek series on offer during MipTV: Cartes Postales From GreeceDirector: Georgios PapavasileiouWriter: Kallia PapadakiProducer: NEEDaFIXERBroadcaster: ERTA series of 12 stand-alone stories based on Hislop’s bestselling book that follows an introverted, Greek-born English archaeologist who plans to propose to his girlfriend on a trip to his birthplace, Crete.

When she doesn’t show up at the airport, however, he sets out on a solitary walkabout of the island.Sales: ERT The Fire BraceletDirector: Yorgos GkikapeppasWriters: Nikos Apiranthitits, Sofia SotiriouProducer: ERTBroadcaster: ERTThe unexpected discovery of a bracelet owned by an old Roma woman prompts a jeweler to delve into his family’s past in turn-of-the-century Thessaloniki, where people of different religions, customs and traditions coexist.

Sales: ERT On All FoursDirector: Sergios KonstantinidisWriter/creator: Themis GkyrtisProducers: ANT1, Antenna StudiosBroadcaster: ANT1+A provocative, feel-good dramedy that follows a lively, outspoken 30-year-old woman in a wheelchair through the labyrinth of Athens, playing with prejudice and looking at disability with a wicked sense of humor.Sales: Antenna Studios One August NightDirector: Zoie SgourouWriter: Panagiotis HristopoulosProducers: ERT, NEEDaFIXERBroadcaster: ERTBased on the follow-up to Victoria Hislop’s bestselling novel “The Island,” which spawned a hit Greek TV series a decade ago, the show follows the aftermath of a woman’s murder at the hands of her husband and the countless lives that were impacted by the tragedy.Sales: ERT The