Royal Period Drama ‘Queen Silvia’ To Get World Premiere Screening At MIPCOM Cannes — SkimNews
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- Queen Silvia, the Pyjama Pictures and Unlimited Stories period drama, will screen its first episode on Tuesday, October 13 at 6pm local time at the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals, open to the public with English and French subtitles
- Alicia von Rittberg stars as German-Brazilian interpreter Silvia Sommerlath opposite Edvin Endre as Sweden's Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, with the romance spanning their 1972 Munich Olympics meeting through their engagement four years later across Munich, Stockholm and the French Riviera
- Miguel Alexandre (Sisi) directs and co-wrote the screenplay with Lisa Hofer and Pauline Wolff, with Carsten Kelber as showrunner; exec producers include Tina Ermuth, Frank Buchs, Kelber, Emil Wiklund, Manya Lutz-Moneim and Beta Film's Justus Riesenkampff
- Prime Video holds rights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Nordics, with German free-TV broadcaster SAT.1 also attached and Beta Film handling international sales
- Showrunner Kelber emphasized the love story "does not follow a Cinderella narrative," depicting Queen Silvia as "way ahead of her time," while Riesenkampff framed the series as "a story about love and identity"
- The production is supported by the German Motion Picture Fund, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, and FilmFörderung Bayern, with producers Pia Lüke, Tim Bahalou, and Frida Wallman and cinematographer Jallo Faber
Why it matters: A public world premiere at MIPCOM — with subtitles and free entry — gives Beta Film maximum exposure to international buyers at a key content market, while the Prime Video/SAT.1 dual-window distribution across German-speaking territories and the Nordics positions the series for a trans-European rollout ahead of MIPCOM's sales push.
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