Surprising genres selling in the series sales bonanza

The perfect series: Turkish woman astronaut brings her children home from abroad to face their vampire father.
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Immortals is a Turkish vampire series on Netflix. Image Netflix.

Series Mania godfather Francois-Pier Pelinard Lambert comes to Melbourne each year for our selection of the frenzied whole, to share the insights into the market which he deduces from the 1000+ entries to the festival. Unlike many festival directors he does not get trapped in detail so he retains a cold-eyed sense of the entire cultural movement of television drama. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.