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Exclusive: Peter Chernin’s North Road Company is returning to the Israeli TV market with a medical thriller starring Tehran’s Niv Sultan.

North Road has re-teamed with Israeli producer Sipur and local network Hot – its partners on juvenile prison series Bad Boy – for Heart of a Killer, the outfit’s second international co-pro. Endemol Shine Israel is also producing.

Now in principal photography, Heart of a Killer follows Dr. Dasi Nakash, played by Sultan, a promising transplant surgeon who turns to illicit organ harvesting after a desperate act to save a friend wronged by the hospital. This incident draws her into a whirlwind of moral dilemmas, patient rescues and conflicts with the underworld of the medical establishment.

The show is created by Liad Shoham, Gal Zaid (Valley of Tears) and Roni Yaddor, and directed by Evgeny Ruman (East Side).

Sultan is a big draw. She is best known for Apple TV+ hit Tehran,...

Exclusive: Streaming service ChaiFlicks has acquired North American rights to three Israeli series from Shtisel and Fauda outfit Yes Studios.

ChaiFlicks, an SVOD service specializing in Jewish and Israeli entertainment, is lining up fall releases for Checkout, Significant Other and Asylum City, which will all be shown with subtitles.

Checkout, a ratings hit comedy created by Nadav Frishman and Yaniv Zohar and produced by July-August Productions, follows the antics of a diverse cast of customers and staff at a struggling Israeli supermarket. The cult sitcom’s third season is now airing on Israel’s public broadcaster Kan 11 and is on pace to become the channel’s most watched TV series. The show was nominated for an International Emmy and won Best Comedy at the Israeli TV Academy Awards. We’re told that local adaptations of the original format are currently in development in multiple countries.

Significant Other, produced by...

Exclusive: Tel Aviv-based producer and distributor Yes Studios, the firm behind hit exports such as Fauda, has scored international sales on two of its latest hit series, Your Honor and Asylum City.

Your Honor, the Series Mania Grand Prix-winning drama, which just returned for a second season in Israel, is heading to Sweden with Bonnier Broadcasting on platforms TV4 Play and C More, and to Poland with Canal+ on their Ale kino+ channel.

The show was created by Ron Ninio and Shlomo Mashiach, produced by Ram Landes and aired in Israel on yes TV. The drama follows how the life of a brilliant judge is drastically changed after his teenage son is involved in a hit-and-run where the victim is the member of a crime family.

The U.S. remake of the show is currently in production at Showtime starring Bryan Cranston with additional versions in production in multiple territories.

A valiant young social activist for asylum seekers in the teeming immigrant enclaves of Tel Aviv is clubbed to death. Days before she had a run- in with its organized crime which runs a banking racket for the illegal immigrants. Appointed to lead the murder investigation, police officer Anat Sitton has to clear the obvious suspect, Gabriel, a mild-mannered painter from Eritrea, and join the dots which link the local mob to the political establishment and far bigger business interests than lending money to the stateless.

Produced by July-August Productions for Yes Studios, which handles international distribution, based on a bestselling novel by Liad Shoman, and directed by Eitan Tzur and written by Uzi Weil, “Asylum City” is a thriller which lifts the lid on the emigre mean streets of South Tel Aviv. Packing short sharp scenes, shot on location, often at night, or with the camera trailing characters, “Asylum...

‘Lambs of God’ (Photo: Mark Rogers)

Lingo Pictures’ Foxtel-commissioned comedic drama Lambs of God will have its world premiere in official competition at Series Mania next month.

Created by Sarah Lambert and directed by Jeffrey Walker, the show adapted from Marele Day’s novel will compete with nine series from the UK, the Us, Israel, Norway, France and Russia.

Glendyn Ivin’s BBC/ABC psychological drama The Cry, adapted by Jacquelin Perske from the Helen FitzGerald novel, will screen in the International Panorama section of the event which runs from March 22-30 in Lille, northern France.

Sharp Objects creator Marti Noxon will serve as president of the competition jury with The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies, French actress Audrey Fleurot, French writer Delphine de Vigan and Thomas Lilti, creator-director of Canal + hit Hippocrate.

Starring Essie Davis, Ann Dowd, Jessica Barden and Sam Reid, Lambs of God follows three nuns,...

The 10th edition of Series Mania in Lille runs March 22-30.

The line-up for the 10th edition of Series Mania, which runs March 22-30 in Lille, has been revealed.

The competition features the world premieres of three Channel 4 dramas, including the Warp Films-produced The Virtues, which is written and directed by Shane Meadows and starring Stephen Graham as a troubled man who returns to Ireland to confront his childhood in the care system. Jack Thorne co-wrote the project.

The other C4 series are Iraq-set crime thriller Baghdad Central, from House Of Sadam creator Stephen Butchard, and Chimerica, created...

Ever-growing international TV event Series Mania has unveiled an impressive 2019 lineup including new dramas from Netflix, HBO and the UK’s Channel4. Scroll down for the lineups in full.

Taking place in Lille, northern France, this year’s event (March 22-30) will include masterclasses from Uma Thurman, Freddie Highmore, Charlie Brooker and Sharp Objects creator Marti Noxon who will also serve as president of the Official Competition jury. Also on the jury are The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies, French actress Audrey Fleurot (Spiral), French writer Delphine de Vigan and Thomas Lilti, creator-director of Canal + hit Hippocrate.

Thurman will be in town for the international premiere of Netflix Original Series Chambers, a Ya supernatural drama thriller from Stephen Gaghan (Syriana). HBO’s Folklore, an Asian horror anthology, plays in International Competition, as does HBO Europe’s Success, directed by Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land). Amazon-Arte project Une...