Studio Kvartal 95 Sold The Servant of Nation to Estonia

Ukrainian Studio Kvartal 95 sold TV rights to its new television series Sluga Narodu (The Servant of Nation) to Estonia. The series will premiere on Estonian air in December on New Year's Eve. Negotiations with broadcasters from other countries are underway (both as readymade and format).

"We believe that The Servant of Nation will be interesting not only to Ukrainian viewers, because people all over the world want to see honest and decent faces in the government. World history knows such examples. Charles de Gaulle, Mahatma Gandhi have been true leaders for their nations – credible and respected. The Servant of Nation is a kind of faith embodied in TV series, it depicts nation’s hope that it is possible to give power to dignified people and fight off corruption. And it certainly will be defeated. That is why in the promo of the series we mentioned that “this project is based on real events in the future”, – says Vladimir Zelensky, the leading character, one of the authors, producer of the series and creative producer of Studio Kvartal 95.

24-episode political comedy series tells the story about simple, honest and moral history teacher Vasiliy Goloborod’ko, who became the president of Ukraine. Protector of the Constitution who lives in the common Kyiv flat with his parents and elder sister, borrows money and takes public transport.

International premiere of the series took place in Cannes in October, during the joint party-presentation by Studio Kvartal 95 and FILM.UA Group in the course of MIPCOM 2015.

In Ukraine The Servant of Nation was successfully launched on November 16 at 21:00 on 1+1 TV channel. The first episode reached 23.2% share among 18+ audience in cities with populations over 50 thousand people, and 26% share among 18-54 audience (all Ukraine), becoming the leader of the slot.

It’s also worth mentioning that Studio Kvartal 95 is a member of #KіnoKraina initiative, which brought together the largest Ukrainian TV and film production companies united around an incentive scheme for the local film industry.

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