For the third consecutive year, TV Beats Screenings will showcase seven recently completed drama series, offering presenting teams the opportunity to screen an episode of their series, followed by an audience Q&A. Participants will be able to connect with broadcasters, financiers, sales agents and other industry professionals through targeted meetings.
Toomas Ili, the curator of TV Beats Screenings said “What started out as an add-on to TV Beats, has now grown into an essential part of the festival with high number of submissions and fierce competition, coming together to a strong selection of remarkable series from all around the world.”
Taking place on November 15–17, TV Beats Screenings will give participants access to masterclasses, panels and discussions held as part of the TV Beats Forum.
TV Beats Screening 2026 projects include the Norwegian drama Nepobaby, directed by Gunnar Vikene and Hallvar Witzø, follows Emma, who discovers after a wealthy magnate’s death that she is his previously unknown daughter and one of five heirs. The Last to Disappear, a Finnish-Irish crime drama directed by Teppo Airaksinen, a murder investigation brings decades of dark secrets to light in the remote landscapes of Lapland.
From Chile comes Raza Brava, directed by Hernàn Caffiero, which explores the passionate and often violent world of football supporters through the story of two friends caught in a spiral of betrayal and conflict. Meanwhile, South Korea's Dear X, directed by Lee Eung-bok, follows a high school student who resorts to manipulation to protect her social standing.
The Swiss period drama Winter Palace, directed by Pierre Monnard and Christine Wiederkehr, is set in the Swiss Alps in 1899. A Finland-Japanese project, Blood & Sweat, directed by Riku Suokas, Daniel Toivonen and Marie Iwasaki, tells a chilling tale of war, family, and faith turned fanaticism. The project is also a part of the TV Beats Picks selection. Babylon Berlin season 5, directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Hank Handloegten, is the final season of the multi-awarded international hit series set in 1930’s Berlin, where a series of murders are being investigated.
Nepobaby
Original title: Nepobaby
Country: Norway
Genre: Family, comedy, drama
Written by: Henriette Steenstrup, Siri Seljeseth, Tina Rygh
Directed by: Gunnar Vikene, Hallvar Witzø
Produced by: Ida Håndlykken Kverstrøm, Bård Fjulsrud
Production company: Eldorado Content Club
Language: Norwegian
The Last to Disappear
Original title: Kylmään kadonneet
Country: Finland, Ireland
Genre: Crime, drama
Written by: Jo Spain, David Logan
Directed by: Teppo Airaksinen
Produced by: Alan Sim, Jo Spain, Noora Haatainen, Rion O’Mahony
Production companies: Newgrange Pictures, Yellow Film & TV
Language: English, Finnish
Raza Brava
Original title: Raza Brava
Country: Chile
Genre: Drama, action
Written by: Pavel Piña, Hernàn Caffiero
Directed by: Hernàn Caffiero
Produced by: Paula Guzmán, Antonio Haye, Gonzalo Carracedo, Iván Violic
Production company: DeCulto
Language: Spanish
Dear X
Original title: Dear X
Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Lee Eung-bok
Production company: STUDIO DRAGON
Language: Korean
Winter Palace
Original title: Winter Palace
Country: Switzerland
Genre: Drama, historical, romance
Directed by: Pierre Monnard, Christine Wiederkehr
Showrunner: Lindsay Shapero
Production companies: Point Prod, OBLE
Language: French, English, German, Italian
Blood & Sweat
(also on TV Beats Picks)
Original title: Blood & Sweat
Countries: Japan, Finland
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Written by: Riku Suokas, Daniel Toivonen, Marie Iwasaki, Heikki Syrjä
Directed by: Riku Suokas, Daniel Toivonen, Marie Iwasaki
Produced by: Ilkka Rahkonen, Ilkka Hynninen, Daniel Toivonen, Tomomi Takashima, Ville Toivonen, Tea Panula, Jon Rutherford, Nick Nantell, David Fortier, Ivan Scheenberg, Erna Aalto, Jarkko Hentula, Risa Tanoue, Keita Tsutsumiguchi
Production companies: WOWOW, AX-ON, ISC Nordic
Language: English, Finnish, Japanese
Babylon Berlin
Original title: Babylon Berlin
Countries: Germany
Genre: crime, historical, drama
Written by: Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries
Directed by: Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Hank Handloegten
Produced by: Uwe Schott, Tom Tykwer, Stefan Arndt, Michael Polle
Production companies: X Filme Creative Pool
Language: German
As a new addition to the programme, TV Beats Picks showcases 10 projects that are still looking for development or financing partners and some series that are already or very soon completed.
According to Petri Kemppinen and Roosa Toivonen, the co-heads of TV Beats Forum: “Generally we feel that case studies are interesting. This lineup could be defined as a mix of different and somehow sparkling projects that have caught our eyes during the recent months as curators of TV Beats. Some of our Picks are selections from the lineup of our partner events like Conecta Fiction in Spain, Seriencamp in Germany and Cinelink Drama in Bosnia & Herzegovina. With those events we do a yearly exchange of projects that need to connect to our region, either for co-production or financing. But we also show series that are close to release or completion, to be able to present some interesting collaborations like the Finnish-Estonian Helsinki-Tallinn, or to honor a major landmark series like the Swedish Thin Blue Line or to have a look at some new territories like this year Japan and Korea.”
A Girl From Tallinn
Thirty years after the murder of his beloved Maria, successful businessman Ivan meets a young woman who looks exactly like her. As a detective reopens the old case, Ivan is drawn back into the criminal world of his youth and forced to confront a buried truth.
Original title: Tüdruk Tallinnast
Country: Estonia
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Thriller
Written by: Oleksii Sakhaltuiev, Iryna Zhyhaliuk, Olesia Lukianenko
Directed by: Ilmar Raag
Produced by: Martichka Bozhilova, Kateryna Vyshnevska
Production companies: Film.UA, Agitprop
Language: Estonian, Ukrainian, Russian
Chain Reaction
When 17-year-old snowboarder Klemen vanishes from an Alpine ski resort, his mother and friends launch a search as former snowboarding star Aljaž returns to town, reopening old wounds. While preparing for the European Championship qualifiers, Klemen’s friends uncover illegal operations in an abandoned uranium mine, exposing a dangerous conspiracy that threatens the entire town.
Original title: Chain Reaction
Country: Slovenia
Genre: Action
Written by: Mira Zajc, Grega Švabič, Jaka Šuligoj
Directed by: Jaka Šuligoj
Produced by: Peter H Perunovič, Grega Švabič
Production company: E75 film
Language: Slovenian
Creative Solutions
When her tyrannical boss suddenly dies, ambitious advertising creative Ines teams up with his underestimated trophy wife Bianca to hide his death and let AI run the company in his place. What begins as a temporary cover-up becomes a successful partnership, with Bianca discovering her business talent and Ines saving the struggling company. But as their conspiracy thrives, neither woman knows when to stop.
Original title: Creative Solutions
Country: Germany
Genre: Dark Comedy
Written by: Raquel Stern
Produced by: Moritz von der Groeben
Production company: good friends Filmproduktions GmbH
Language: German
Death of a Horse
An award-winning stallion is found dead during a competition. When the local police refuse to treat the death of a horse as murder, the determined owner Auður must run her own investigation.
Original title: Bless Bless Blesi
Countries: Iceland, Germany
Genre: Crime, Drama
Written by: Birkir Blaer Ingolfsson, Jonas Margeir Ingolfsson, Judith Angerbauer
Directed by: Óskar Þór Axelsson, Álfheiður Marta Kjartansdóttir, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Produced by: Birkir Blaer Ingolfsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Moritz Polter
Production company: ACT4, Windlight Pictures
Language: Icelandic, German, English
Enlightenment
When René loses his stillborn brother, his world unravels as he struggles with his secret relationship with Christian, a devastating kidnapping, and a possible pregnancy that drives him back to his Catholic faith, leaving him torn between his religious beliefs and sexual identity.
Original title: Enlightenment
Countries: Germany, Hungary, Spain
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Directed by: Robin Csodó
Produced by: Pavel Penev, Kornél Sipos
Production company: Penev & Csodó, White Stone Pictures, LAQUA Productions Inc.
Language: English, German
Helsinki - Tallinn
A procedural police drama that follows a team of Finnish police officers assigned to a newly established joint investigation unit in Tallinn. Working alongside their Estonian counterparts, they investigate crimes that cross national borders. As the investigations deepen, the team uncovers a criminal conspiracy and a suspected mole within law enforcement.
Original title: Helsinki - Tallinn
Country: Estonia
Genre: Crime
Written by: Juha Karvanen, Tiina Tanskanen, Tua Harno
Directed by: Luha Lankinen
Produced by: Lasse Koskinen, Tia Talli
Production company: Yellow Film & TV
Language: Finnish, Estonian, English
Idyllic
After starting to investigate a series of murders plaguing their once peaceful Mallorcan town, a charming retired couple discovers they are actually living in a VR retirement simulation. As their idyllic world begins to fall apart, our duo must figure out why the AI running it suddenly has murder on the brain!
Original title: Idyllic
Country: Germany, Spain
Genre: Crime, Dramedy, Sci-Fi
Written by: Samuel Jefferson, Pierre Puget
Directed by: Samuel Jefferson, Pierre Puget
Produced by: Samuel Jefferson, Pierre Puget
Production company: BRAINS Narrative Studio UG
Language: English, Spanish
Liquid Gold
When Pilsen’s beer becomes undrinkable, apothecary Bedřich Peithner dreams of building a new brewery but is killed before seeing it completed. His daughter Hanna, a gifted self-taught chemist, secretly takes up his work alongside Jakub, a maltster’s son forced to spy on her by Metternich’s secret police. Their marriage of convenience becomes an unlikely alliance, culminating in the creation of the world’s first golden lager in 1842 – though history will credit another man.
Original title: Liquid Gold
Country: Czechia
Genre: Historical, Adventure
Written by: Zdenek Jecelín, Lucie Bokšteflová
Directed by: Martin Kopp
Produced by: Vratislav Šlajer, Jakub Koštál
Production company: Bionaut
Language: Czech, German
Thin Blue Line
As Christmas approaches, Malmö’s police officers struggle to keep the peace and their families together while mysterious disruptions to the city’s digital infrastructure turn an already hectic holiday into a time of growing uncertainty.
Original title: Thin Blue Line
Country: Sweden
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Saara Cantell
Produced by: Erik Magnusson
Production company: Anagram Sverige AB
Language: Swedish
Blood & Sweat
(also on TV Beats Screenings)
Original title: Blood & Sweat
Countries: Japan, Finland
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Written by: Riku Suokas, Daniel Toivonen, Marie Iwasaki, Heikki Syrjä
Directed by: Riku Suokas, Daniel Toivonen, Marie Iwasaki
Produced by: Ilkka Rahkonen, Ilkka Hynninen, Daniel Toivonen, Tomomi Takashima, Ville Toivonen, Tea Panula, Jon Rutherford, Nick Nantell, David Fortier, Ivan Scheenberg, Erna Aalto, Jarkko Hentula, Risa Tanoue, Keita Tsutsumiguchi
Production companies: WOWOW, AX-ON, ISC Nordic
Language: English, Finnish, Japanese