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Netflix picks up an ITV series while Public Enemy <pictured> scooped the inagural MIPDrama Screenings awards.Beta Film takes TV-event TerrorGermany-based sales outfit Beta Film has picked up worldwide righ <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.uk>stanley uk</a> ts for Terror, a TV courtroom drama that uses audience participation to reach its conclusion. Standing accused is a German air force pilot who has shot down a civilian aircraft after it was hijacked by terrorists, killing everyone on board but saving a stadium full of innocent people. After witnessing the trial, viewers are encouraged to vote online, or via telephone or text message, to decide the verdict, guilty or not guilty. Carnage co-producer Oliver Berben has teamed on the project with writer Ferdinand von Schirach  Shades Of Guilt  and director Lars Kraume  The People vs Fritz Bauer . At MIPTV, Beta will be offering Terror at MIPTV as both as a ready-made feature and a format.Public Enemy takes drama screening awardTopping a field of 12 high-e <a href=https://www.stanleycup.cz>stanley cup</a> nd drama series from 10 countries, Belgium crime d <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.uk>stanley cup</a> rama Public Enemy won the Coup de Coeur, awarded by the MIP Markets Drama Buyers Advisory Board at the inaugural MIPDrama Screenings. Showcasing the best new international drama, the jury of buyers included representatives from CanalPlus, BskyB and Mediaset. Public Enemy depicts a criminal who, after being released from prison into the custody of an abbey of monks, becomes the prime suspect in the disappearance of a local girl.The Federation picks up The BreakFrench distributor Th Thum Fortune Star acquires China Star library
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