Bavaria takes nine scripted shows, led by Mordach, to Mipcom

Bavaria Media International will shop nine scripted titles to international buyers at Mipcom, the market where broadcasters and streamers buy finished shows and new ideas.

The company is the distribution arm of Bavaria Film Group, meaning the unit that sells its programmes to other countries, Variety reported. Its slate, meaning the catalogue on offer, is led by Mordach alongside Home-Made Christmas, Fanny's Extraordinary World and Throughout the Years. Helge Köhne is head of content sales at Bavaria Media Intl., so his team handles those deals with buyers.

Crime takes four slots in the catalogue. The crime lineup features Cold Case Diaries, Dark Motives, Mordach and The Wolf Hunt.

Mordach is a cross-genre crime thriller told in two 90-minute episodes, effectively two feature-length parts. It was produced by UFA Fiction and co-produced by ARD Degeto Film and ARD, and stars Mehmet Kurtuluş and Gesine Cukrowski. It reached 5.7 million viewers on its premiere on ARD, according to Variety. That number covers the first transmission, not long-term catch-up.

Cold Case Diaries returns with a new season, also in two 90-minute episodes. The season was co-produced by Hessischer Rundfunk, Degeto and Sommerhaus Filmproduktion. Edin Hasanović and Melika Foroutan star, playing the investigators at the centre of the story.

Dark Motives arrives with its latest season running to 11 90-minute episodes. That is a long run for crime, giving buyers more than 16 hours of story. Filmpool Fiction GmbH produced the season for MDR, and Claudia Michelsen stars.

The Wolf Hunt is different. It is a single 90-minute film from U5 Filmproduktion for ARD Degeto. It follows game warden Sara Jahnke. A buyer gets a complete, closed story in one night.

Family viewing takes the other five slots. The family-focused lineup includes Fanny's Extraordinary World, A Place Called Fatherhood, Hearts Along the Baltic Sea, Home-Made Christmas and Throughout the Years. Those titles sit together because they are built for co-viewing, meaning parents and children watching at the same time.

For viewers outside the home market, this means these stories could soon have new homes. A sale agreed at Mipcom decides which channel or platform shows a programme next, and whether a crew gets to keep telling it.