A diverse range of Taiwan-based stories, from action, crime, investigation, musical comedy and family drama will be presented to the Euro-centric production community later this month in Series Mania’s Taiwan Spotlight pitching session. The session takes place in Lille on 25 March.

The five projects are young adult drama "H.A.H.A.H.A" from Unseen Film Studio; "Fanteasia" from All Lights On Image Ltd; "Cold War Hot Wax" from Island X Pictures Co; "When the Tigers Come Out" by Plus One Studio; and "Fly" from Yoosonn Entertainment, which won the Series Mania Award at TCCF 2024 in November. 

French-Taiwanese series, 'Fly', is an action crime thriller about an Imperial Chinese seal, missing for a thousand years, and the grandson of the seal’s protector who gets caught up in the treasure hunt. 'Fly' won the Series Mania Award at Taiwan’s TCCF event in Taipei in November last year. 

Directed by Chieh-Heng Sun ('Three Tears in Borneo'), "H.A.H.A.H.A" deals with the boundaries between humans and animals in the story of Pocket, who joins the Human and Animal Hazard Affairs Handling Agency to solve the mystery of a sperm whale explosion years before.

"Fanteasia" is a half-hour feel-good musical comedy series about magical drag queens and kings who live (extra)ordinary lives in everyday Taiwan, cultivating community with supernatural self-expression while navigating all-too-human struggles for self-acceptance. 

"Cold War Hot Wax" is set in 1960s Taiwan against the backdrop of Cold War tensions, where two generations are grappling with change. A Taiwanese graduate turned pirate record dealer and an American beatnik CIA agent become the unlikely instigators of a pop music explosion, propelled by the accidents of history and the unpredictability of politics. 

"When the Tigers Come Out" is a 6x45-minute series about two mothers who, having lost their children, join forces to investigate a child abuse case at a kindergarten and expose dark secrets of the education system.