The first edition of Series Express, the traveling festival created by Unifrance to bring French TV series and their creative teams to international audiences, will take place from November 26 to 29, 2026.
The festival will stop in Brussels, then in Amsterdam, where four French series never broadcast in Belgium and the Netherlands will be presented for the first time.
Opening reception
The festival will kick off on Thursday, November 26, in Brussels with an opening reception organized by Unifrance, at the Comic Art Museum. This event will bring together professionals and artists from the featured series, as well as institutional representatives, buyers, and journalists from the local press.
Screening and masterclass schedule
🇧🇪 Brussels – Cinema Galeries
All screenings will be followed by discussions with the creative teams.
Thursday, November 26
- 4:00 pm > 6:30 pm — Swapped
Screening of the first two episodes (2x52’), with actresses Lula Cotton-Frapier and Barbara Probst, creators and screenwriters Vincent Robert and Alexandra Echkenazi, and directors Vania Leturcq and Savina Dellicour
- 7:00 pm > 9:00 pm — Alice: Pioneer of Cinema
Screening of the first two episodes (2x45’), with actor Thibaut Evrard, creator and screenwriter Claire Lemaréchal, and producer Caroline de Jenlis
Friday, November 27
- 3:30 pm > 5:30 pm — Fertile
Screening of the first two episodes (3x26’), with actresses Laurence Arné and Elsa Zylberstein, creator, screenwriter, and director Cédric Le Gallo, and creator and screewriter Anaïs Fabre
- 5:30 pm > 6:15 pm
Masterclass with Isabelle Nanty, in which the versatile actress talks about her career (free admission)
- 6:30 pm > 9:00 pm — Country Spy
Screening of the first two episodes (2x52’), with actress Isabelle Nanty, director Arnauld Mercadier, and producer Adriana Teofanova
Book your seats: galeries.be/series-express
🇳🇱 Amsterdam – Cinema The Pulse
Saturday, November 28
- 4:00 pm > 6:00 pm — Fertile
Screening of the first three episodes (3x26’), with actress Laurence Arné, creator, screenwriter, and director Cédric Le Gallo, and creator and screenwriter Anaïs Fabre
- 6:30 pm > 8:30 pm — Alice: Pioneer of Cinema
Screening of the first two episodes (2x45’), with actors Thibaut Evrard and Oscar Lesage, and producer Caroline de Jenlis
Sunday, November 29
- 2:30 pm > 3:15 pm — Masterclass “Inventer New Heroines”
With creator and screenwriter Anaïs Fabre (Fertile), producer Caroline de Jenlis (Alice: Pioneer of Cinema), producer Adriana Teofanova (Country Spy), creator and screenwriter Vincent Robert and director Vania Leturcq (Swapped), and Laurent Valière, producer, columnist, and journalist for the Culture section of France Info and France Musique (free admission)
- 3:30 pm > 6:00 pm — Country Spy
Screening of the first two episodes (2x52’), with actress Isabelle Nanty, director Arnauld Mercadier, and producer Adriana Teofanova
- 6:30 pm > 9:00 pm — Swapped
Screening of the first two episodes (2x52’), with actresses Lula Cotton-Frapier and Barbara Probst, creator and screenwriter Vincent Robert, and director Vania Leturcq
Book your seats: cinemathepulse.com
Press luncheons
Two press luncheons will be held in Brussels and Amsterdam on Friday, November 27, and Saturday, November 28, to give attending professionals and artists the opportunity to meet with journalists and representatives of the local press in a friendly and exclusive setting.
Press contact:
Claire Vorger: [email protected] / +33 6 20 10 40 56
The Séries Express festival receives valuable support from the patrons of the Unifrance Endowment Fund: Accor (Major Patron), BNP Paribas (Patron), and Maison Pommery & Associés (Patron).
Check out the 2026 Series Express video clip! ⤵️
