Nine dramas compete for golden nymphs at Monte-Carlo TV Festival

The 64th Monte-Carlo Television Festival opens on Friday with “Watson” by CBS Studios, starring Morris Chestnut. In the following days, nine drama shows will compete for the golden nymphs. Here are the competitors:

“Forefront” (Sweden), mini series, international premiere; Produced by FLX with Film I Väst for SVT; Distributed by VialPay CONTENTEMENT DIVERTION
“Vanguard” tells the story of an unlikely media mogul and trail blower of technological reform, torn apart between passion and duty. It is a story about fearless entrepreneurship, a desire to change the world – and a rivalry between brothers and sisters in a powerful family broken by old wounds.

“The bombing of Pan AM 103” (VK) Mini series, international premiere; Produced by World Productions; Published by BBC in the UK and Netflix Worldwide
A drama based on the events around the Bombing of 1988 Lockerbie and the joint UK-US investigation that tried to bring the perpetrators to court. Flight pan AM 103 was on the way from Heathrow to JFK when a bomb exploded in his grip on the Scottish city of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans.

“Sherlock & Daughter” (US-UK), series, French premiere; Produced by Starlings Television and Story First; Distributed by Federation Studios
Sherlock Holmes, played by David Thewlis, notices that he is unable to investigate a sinister case without risking the lives of his best friends. In the meantime, the young American Amelia, played by Blu Hunt, discovers that her missing father might be the valued detective. Sherlock fights with his intellect and his emotion when he is confronted with this young woman who claims to be his daughter.

“DeepFake” (Canada), mini series, international premiere; Produced by Bolmedia; Distributed by Sphere Abacus
The life of twenty -five -year -old Stéphanie is reversed when a compromising video from her mother becomes viral. Stéphanie believes that the video, which has destroyed her mother’s political career and hurts her influential family – is fake – despite the consensus of experts that it is real. But who created the deepfake and why?

“Good cop/bad cop” (Australia), series, French premiere; Produced by Future Shack Entertainment and Jungle Entertainment; Distributed by ITV Studios
“Welcome to Eden Vale – a small piece of heaven on earth.” So read the signs of the edge of the seemingly idyllic American city, but dark comic crimes and confused relationships are lurking below the surface.

“Champagne – Peppino di Capri” (Italy) TV film, international premiere; Produced by O’Groove production for RAI
The film follows the rise and fall of singer-songwriter Peppino di Capri in the 1950s and 1960s, and his turbulent relationship with Roberta. Thanks to the support of Bebè, his best friend and old drummer, and a new lover, Giuliana, Peppino wins the Sanremo Festival for the first time.

“Don’t give up” (South Africa), TV film, world premiere; Produced by Videovision Entertainment and Far Horizon
A moving story of a young, homeless mother and her attempt to survive in the hard surroundings of modern Johannesburg. Writer director Darrell Roodt was nominated for “yesterday” in 2004.

“One hundred and thirteen” (Germany-Austria), series, international premiere; Produced by windlight photos and satural film; Distributed by ITV Studios
When a bus crashes on an inner -city highway, leaving a path of destruction in its wake, it activates a complex investigation with high bets, while detectives try to resolve the mystery of what happened. But it also has an in -depth effect on numerous seemingly non -bonded lives.

“One day in September” (Germany), TV film, world premiere; Produced by Network Film-Und Fernseh Produkttion, Made in Munich Content & Films GmbH for ZDF in collaboration with Arte
On September 14, 1958, the German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle meet for the first time. The meeting of the two charismatic statesmen is loaded with tensions, but will mark the birth of German-French friendship and the European unification movement.