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A dozen or more of series you wouldn’t want to miss, and in a few cases may have well seen.

“Anti-Kidnapping Unit”

Globoplay

5 x 45’ and 60’

Created by José Junior and José Luiz Magalhães and directed by Lipe Binder, the fourth season of gritty crime series “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit” follows Detective Carlos Mendonça (Silvio Guindane) and Inspector Juliano Santiago (Erom Cordeiro) as they confront the surge of kidnappings that gripped Rio de Janeiro in the late ’80s and ’90s. New series is another partnership between AfroReggae Audiovisual and Globo, which has produced such hits as “Living On a Razor’s Edge,” “Dissident Archangel” and “The Game.” AfroReggae’s commitment to keeping it real meant location shoots in favelas and prisons. “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit” is an original Globoplay production in collaboration with AfroReggae Audiovisual and A Fábrica.

Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Courtesy of Globoplay

“The Artist”

Fifth Season

6 x 45’

Stars align in this new show,...

Now in its fourth season, Globoplay original “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit” is a testament to the investment of the major Brazilian streamer in strong national content that can spawn several seasons. Globo arrives at the buzzy LA Screenings with the international launch of the new batch, which continues to trail Detective Carlos Mendonça (Silvio Guindane) and Inspector Juliano Santiago (Erom Cordeiro) as they tackle the violent wave of kidnappings that plagued Rio de Janeiro between the late ’80s and ’90s.

Created by José Junior and José Luiz Magalhães, and directed by Lipe Binder, “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit” further consolidates a fruitful partnership between AfroReggae Audiovisual and Globo, a collaboration that has also resulted in other national hits such as “Living On a Razor’s Edge,” “Dissident Archangel,” and “The Game.”

AfroReggae Audiovisual CEO José Junior tells Variety that his motivation to continue writing new storylines for the series comes much from the “love...

The Endless Night (Todo Dia a Mesma Noite) is a Brazilian drama series created by Gustavo Lipsztein starring Thelmo Fernandes, Paulo Gorgulho and Bianca Byington. It is based on the novel written by Daniela Arbex.

About the Series The Endless Night (2023)

In The Endless Night you will see an elaborate production and a great challenge for the series: The creators of this series have worked hard and used all their visual persuasión in each scene so that they work and have the desired impact. However, it is up to the viewer to want to see a court drama about a tragedy. This, as always, is up to the viewer, you decide.

This is a series that lasts around five hours in which what happened in the Kiss Club is analyzed in detail, its consequences, anecdotes and of course, an attempt is done to find out what happened that caused a...

And here's the rest fo them which includes loads of world premiers, plenty of Asian flare, and lot's of film makers I've never heard of before..

Check the list after the break.

Panorama Main Programme

Dongbei, Dongbei (A North Chinese Girl) by Zou Peng, People’s Republic of China (Wp)

With Tian Yi-Wen, Wu Rui-Peng, Liu Xing-Ping

Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo (Raging Sun, Raging Sky) by Julián Hernández, Mexico (Wp)

With Jorge Becerra, Javier Oliván, Guillermo Villegas, Giovanna Zacarias

Rossiya 88 (Russia 88) by Pavel Bardin, Russian Federation (Wp)

With Petr Fyodorov, Vera Strokova, Kazbek Kibizov

Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen (Sleeping Songs) by Andreas Struck, Germany (Wp)

With Stefan Rudolf, Chulpan Khamatova, Traute Hoess, Paula Kalenberg, Barnaby Metschurat

Strella by Panos H. Koutras, Greece (Wp)

With Mina Orfanou, Yiannis Kokkiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Betty Vakalidou

Vingança (Retribution) by Paulo Pons, Brazil

With Bárbara Borges, Erom Cordeiro, Branca Messina, Guta Stresser, Marcio...