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At this year’s Mipcom, France TV Distribution will launch international distribution of Tetra Media Fiction’s sci-fi family drama “Annwyn The Otherworld” (originally titled “Anaon”).

Created by screenwriter Bastien Dartois in collaboration with Sylvain Caron and Elsa Vasseur and produced by Alexandre Boyer and Antoine Szymalka for Tetra Media Fiction, the series is currently in production. Delivery is set for Q1 2025 with domestic broadcast rights belonging to Prime Video and France TV.

Dartois co-wrote the show with Sylvain Caron, Elsa Vasseur and Marine Maugrain Legagneur. David Hourrègue, who has helmed episodes of “Rivages,” “Germinal” and Skam France,” directs.

“Annwyn The Otherworld” is a six-part series that follows police chief Max, who oversees a small town in Brittany. There, he takes on several new and strange cases, including the disappearance of a teenage girl and a suspected serial abuser. The challenging investigation is made more difficult given Max’s home life.

Last month, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos enjoyed a coronation of sorts at the Royal Television Society conference in London, which the streaming giant was hosting. In a show of muscle, Netflix pulled in appearances from speakers including “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight and soccer star David Beckham, both of whom have projects at Netflix. Sarandos also took the opportunity to announce a first-look deal with “Baby Reindeer” creator Richard Gadd.

But it was his keynote speech that the audience, which included U.K. captains of industry such as BBC boss Tim Davie, had come to see. In it, Sarandos paid homage to the U.K.’s TV production sector but warned of the industry’s need to “embrace change.”

In recent years, however, it is the streamers who have had to change, particularly in Europe. When Netflix first arrived on the continent less than a decade ago, it imported a...