ABOUT PREMIUM CONTENT and Lemming Film’s Atmospheric Crime Series FENIX Selected For The International Panorama Section

APC’s new drama, FENIX, has been selected to feature in the preeminent French TV festival Series Mania as part of the International Panorama section.

Produced by Dutch production company Lemming Film (best known for Holland’s Hope), atmospheric crime drama FENIX (8 x 45’) has premiered on the Dutch telco KPN on March 2018 and will be available to global buyers for the first time in Cannes.

APC hold global distribution rights to the series.

ABOUT PREMIUM CONTENT’S FENIX SET FOR SERIES MANIA

About Premium Content’s (APC) FENIX has been selected to feature in the preeminent French TV festival Series Mania as part of the International Panorama section.

Produced by Dutch production company Lemming Film (best known for Holland’s Hope), atmospheric crime drama FENIX (8 x 45’) has premiered on the Dutch telco KPN on March 2018 and will be available to global buyers for the first time in Cannes. APC hold global distribution rights to the series.

From Germany to Japan, via Australia and Israel, the International Panorama is a competition involving the French premieres of 18 international series. FENIX will be screened for the first time outside of its country of origin (The Netherlands).

Emmanuelle Guilbart, Joint CEO and Co-Founder at APC says “It’s an honour to compete in such a prestigious section as the International Panorama. This competition has helped raise the profiles of the nominated recipients on various international platforms – we’re incredibly excited that FENIX has been recognised.”

In FENIX, a drug war in Brabant, a province in the south of the Netherlands, ends up in a bloodbath. Jos Segers, the head of the losing drug operation and Peter Haag, the Public Prosecutor for Brabant, are among the victims. Jos’ son, Rens, and Peter’s daughter, Jara, are left to pick up the pieces. Unaware of each other, they start a similar journey, leaving their quiet lives and returning to their hometown to restore their respective families’ honour.

Shariff Korver (Penoza, Zwarte Tuple, Klem) has infused the series with a unique tone immersing viewers into a constant tension through exquisite cinematography. FENIX was written by a team of renowned Dutch scriptwriters including: Korver; Marco van Geffen; Jeroen Scholten van Aschat; Pim Algoed; Vincent van der Valk; Raul Serrano and Eva K. Matthijsen.

The cast features international renowned actors such as: Rifka Lodeizen (Overspel, Kan Door Huid Heen); Teun Luijkx (The Spiral, A’dam - E.V.A); Jack Wouterse (Band Of Brothers, En Route); Jan Bijvoet (Peaky Blinders, Borgman, The Ardennes); Chris Nietveld (Spoed, Verschoten & Zonen) and Hans Dagelet (Brussel, Vuurzee, Hemel).

The event, which runs from April 27-May 5, is being held in Lille for the first time this year. It previously took place in Paris.

About Premium Content is a boutique financier and distributor founded and managed by Emmanuelle Guilbart and Laurent Boissel, and backed by London-based producer Nevision.

About APC
About Premium Content (APC) is headed by experienced principals Emmanuelle Guilbart and Laurent Boissel and is a boutique financing and distribution company that seeks to help independent producers and content creators in the financing of their projects, partnering with them as early as the development stage. APC has a growing slate of fiction from a range of European producers including stylish series A Very Secret Service (Arte), Valkyrien, Young and Promising (NRK), crime thriller The Forest (France Televisions) and Gigantes (Telefonica Studios).