Breaking Rules: The Co-Production Landscape

Iris es conocida, por sus ambiciosas series como « The bonfire of destiny », « Women at war », « Summer 36 » (TF1 & Netflix), « Vortex »» (France 2 & Netflix) o « Surface » (France 2), así como por sus coproducciones internacionales (« The perfect mother », TF1, ZDF y Netflix). Quad Drama nace en 2011 de la asociación de la productora Iris Bucher con Nicolas Duval, fundador del grupo Quad. En 2012, la empresa produce para France 3 « Meurtres à Saint-Malo », una película policíaca regional, primera entrega de la exitosa colección « Meurtres à… », para la que Quad Drama produce un telefilme cada año, tambien « The bonfire of destiny », « Women at war », « Summer 36», así como su primera coproducción franco-alemana « The perfect mother » (TF1, ZDF & Netflix), , « Vortex » (FTV en asociación con Netflix).

Abogado y productor de documentales entre 1989 y 1995. Guionista y productor para ProSieben, Trebitsch, Telemünchen; movies y series para ARD (“Tatort”), ProSieben, SAT1, RTL y RAI («Commissario Rex»). Desde 2012 Beta Film para adquisiciones y copros hispánicas. Beta, uno de los principales grupos europeos independientes del sector cinematográfico y televisivo, distribuye, produce y financia programas de televisión y películas para el mercado mundial. Más de 30 000 horas de contenido, muchas de ellas premiadas hasta con Oscar o Emmy, incluyen Babylon Berlin, Gomorrah, Rex, Borgia, Sisi, The Swarm y, en el campo de cine, Lives of the Others, Il Divo, The Downfall, or Never Look Away. Liderada de Jan Mojto desde 2004, Beta tiene su sede en Múnich (Alemania) y cuenta con oficinas en Estados Unidos, Latinoamérica, Oriente Medio y toda Europa.

He specializes in television fiction and film from various perspectives: as head of programming at the Warner Group, director of programming and acquisitions at the Viacom Group, an independent feature film producer, and as manager of the Film Academy. Early in his career, he served as coordinator of international relations for the Federation of Audiovisual Producers’ Associations of Spain (FAPAE). His experience ranges from content selection to project financing, including the acquisition, programming, and distribution of films and series. A recognized professional in the industry, he currently coordinates the film and fiction strategy for the RTVE Group, with a special focus on independent production and a strong commitment to co-productions.

Nathalie Perus is a French content executive, writer and producer with 20 years of experience in international co-productions. Since 2022, she has led Mediawan’s Atlantique Productions in Paris, developing global and pan-European series with leading partners across Europe and the US. Atlantique Productions, part of Mediawan Group (HIP, Call My Agent!, Adolescence, Three-Body Problem), is a leading French producer of high-end drama series for European and global audiences. Its notable titles include the award-winning Midnight Sun, for Canal+ and SVT, Borgia, created by Tom Fontana for Canal+ and ZDF and more recently the series Django, a revisitation of the western genre for Canal+, Sky Italy, Sky Germany and Sky UK. Atlantique is now developing several major international series, including a spy series which is set to begin filming in Spain, France and Estonia.

Femke Wolting is founder and is managing director of Submarine, together with Bruno Felix, an independent film and transmedia production company, spanning features, documentaries and animation. Submarine boasts a roster of award-winning productions created in collaboration with an extensive network of international acclaimed directors. Femke has produced, among others, Peter Greenaway’s feature Rembrandt’s J’accuse, award-winning documentaries such as Meet the Fokkens, and Rainmakers; and internationally distributed animation series such as Kika & Bob. Femke has produced groundbreaking transmedia productions such as the Emmy-nominated Collapsus (www.collapsus.com. Recently she founded, together with Bruno Felix and Tommy Pallotta, a new creative production company in Los Angeles, SubLA. The company develops and produces feature films and interactive experiences that explore new forms of storytelling that encompass traditional and emerging media. Recently Femke produced Peter Greenaway’s film, Eisenstein in Guanajuato, that premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival 2015. Last Hijack, a film that Femke Wolting produced and co-directed with Tommy Pallotta, premiered at the Berlinale Film Festival 2014.