An idyllic private island retreat sees a set of estranged, longtime companions reunite after nearly 30 years of jobs and distance pulling them in opposite directions. Amidst the celebration, nefarious footage of a transgression against a female friend mysteriously resurfaces. The guilty party seeks to figure out the source of the revealing video while desperately trying to keep it under wraps from the others.
“Two Summers,” the eight-episode psychological thriller produced by Antwerp-based Panenka, is equal parts whodunnit and character study. The start of the series reveals shared tragedies via flashbacks of the carefree summer, turned on its head when a fire rips through the vacation home, taking innocence with it. Back to the present day, tension mounts as the crew convenes to fete amidst a handful of perplexing circumstances.
Written by Paul Baeten and Tom Lenaerts (“Over Water”), this Flemish show saw the best kick-off ever for a fiction series with its Vrt streaming launch,...
“Two Summers,” the eight-episode psychological thriller produced by Antwerp-based Panenka, is equal parts whodunnit and character study. The start of the series reveals shared tragedies via flashbacks of the carefree summer, turned on its head when a fire rips through the vacation home, taking innocence with it. Back to the present day, tension mounts as the crew convenes to fete amidst a handful of perplexing circumstances.
Written by Paul Baeten and Tom Lenaerts (“Over Water”), this Flemish show saw the best kick-off ever for a fiction series with its Vrt streaming launch,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Belgium’s Panenka, producers of recent Vrt breakout hit “Two Summers” – which premiered last week to a jaw-dropping 51% market share in its prime-time slot and which will soon be released worldwide by Netflix – will virtually pitch one of their upcoming projects, “This is Not a Murder Mystery,” at Berlin Co-Pro Series.
One of 10 such projects set for this event, Co-Pro Series marks the first public pitch for “Tinamm,” with the creative team looking to the right co-production and distribution partner to help realize their murder mystery series. Panenka producer Kristoffel Mertens hosts the virtual Co-Pro pitch with co-creators Paul Baeten and Christophe Dirickx.
Baeten is a novelist, essayist and TV screenwriter, whose credits include two seasons of the acclaimed drama series “Over Water” and the aforementioned “Two Summers.” Dirickx has written and produced several feature films, including Cannes players “The Misfortunates” from director Felix van Groeningen and Frank Van Passel’s “Manneken Pis.
One of 10 such projects set for this event, Co-Pro Series marks the first public pitch for “Tinamm,” with the creative team looking to the right co-production and distribution partner to help realize their murder mystery series. Panenka producer Kristoffel Mertens hosts the virtual Co-Pro pitch with co-creators Paul Baeten and Christophe Dirickx.
Baeten is a novelist, essayist and TV screenwriter, whose credits include two seasons of the acclaimed drama series “Over Water” and the aforementioned “Two Summers.” Dirickx has written and produced several feature films, including Cannes players “The Misfortunates” from director Felix van Groeningen and Frank Van Passel’s “Manneken Pis.
- 2/15/2022
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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