We present this year’s lineup for the TV Series Competition at the 34th edition of the ToruńCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival.
CAPE FEAR: FINGERS & TOES
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cinematographers: Eben Bolter
Production: Apple TV+
Country and year: USA, 2026
Season 1, episode 1: Inspired by the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Steven Spielberg, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna and Tom Bowden when Max Cady, the notorious killer they are responsible for putting behind bars, is let out of prison, and he wants vengeance.
THE DOLL: EPISODE 1
Original title: Lalka
Director: Paweł Maślona
Cinematographer: Paweł Flis
Production: Akson Studio
Country and year: Poland, 2026
Mini-series, episode 1: A young aristocrat, Izabela Łęcka, instead of agreeing to an ‘appropriate’ marriage, has her own plan for life and wants to pursue it against all conventions. Her father supports her in these plans; however, everything still depends on finances, and the Łęcki family fortune already seems greatly diminished. One day, Stanisław Wokulski stands in Izabela’s way, a self-made man and wealthy merchant who desires respect and acceptance among the elite. And he is obsessively in love with Izabela.
THE EAST PALACE: EPISODE 1
Original title: 동궁: 동궁
Director: Jung-Kyu Choi
Cinematographer: Jung-Hun Park,
Production: Imaginus, Showrunners
Country and year: South Korea, 2025
Mini-series, episode 1: After a mysterious death, the king summons the spirit slayer Gu-Cheon to banish the pond spirit. Saeng-gang, who can hear the dead, also appears before him.
EUPHORIA: ÁNDALE
Director: Sam Levinson
Cinematographer: Marcell Rév
Production: A24, HBO, Little Lamb, The Reasonable Bunch
Country and year: USA, 2026
Season 3, episode 1: A few years after high school, Rue’s debts finally catch up with her. Hoping to finance her dream wedding, Cassie tries to become internet famous, much to the disapproval of Nate, who is juggling the demands of running Cal’s business.
FURIOUS: THE GORGON
Director: Brian Kirk
Cinematographer: Doug Emmett
Production: 20thTelevision, Composition 8, Searchlight Television
Country and year: USA, 2026
Season 1, episode 1: Furious follows FBI agent Alice Black on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. Both walk their paths towards justice, and as their lives start to intertwine, the line between right and wrong begins to blur.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: SALT AND SEA, FIRE AND BLOOD
Director: Loni Peristere
Cinematographer: PJ Dillon
Production: HBO
Country and year: UK, 2025
Season 3, episode 1: Driven by her faith in Alicent, Rhaenyra positions herself to take King’s Landing while the Triarchy sails to take on Corlys in the Gullet.
LORD OF THE FLIES: PIGGY
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Director: Marc Munden
Cinematographer: Mark Wolf
Production: Eleven Film
Country and year: UK, Austria, 2025
Mini-series, episode 1: Stranded on a tropical island after a plane crash, a group of schoolboys must fight to survive. As Piggy and Ralph try to establish order, Jack’s hunger for power threatens to tear their fragile new world apart.
THE MADISON: PILOT
Director: Christina Alexandra Voros
Cinematographer: Christina Alexandra Voros
Production: 101 Studios, Paramount Television Studios, Bosque Ranch Productions, MTV Entertainment Studios
Country and year: USA, 2026
Season 1, episode 1: The Clyburns uproot their lives to the wilds of Montana.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE: THE ARMISTICE
Original title: Cien Años de Soledad: El armisticio
Director: Laura Mora
Cinematographer: James L Brown
Production: Dynamo
Country and year: Australia, 2025
Season 2, episode 1: Identical in appearance but destined for different fates, Aureliano and José Arcadio Segundo forge their own paths as Colonel Aureliano decides the world’s fate.
SILENT NIGHT: EPISODE 1
Original title: Wśród nocnej ciszy
Director: Jan Holoubek
Cinematographer: Maciej Sobieraj
Production: Lulu Production, TVN Warner Bros. Discovery
Country and year: Poland, 2026
Mini-series, episode 1: Christmas Eve, 1976. Snow, silence, darkness. Three young people are killed by a bus on their way to Midnight Mass: a pregnant woman, her husband and her younger brother. No one saw anything, or no one is willing to talk. Instead of answers, there is a wall of silence. The case is ruled an accident. But the victims’ mother and a young police officer do not believe it was one. He risks his career, she risks everything she has left, and the deeper they dig, the more shocking facts come to light. And the truth? It may prove worse than the lie.
SPIDER-NOIR: STEP INTO MY OFFICE
Director: Harry Bradbeer
Cinematographer: Darran Tiernan
Production: Amazon MGM Studios, Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures Television
Country and year: USA, 2026
Mini-series, season 1: In 1933, five years after retiring as New York City's one and only superhero, The Spider, Ben Reilly navigates life as a struggling private investigator during the Great Depression. When one case takes a mysterious turn, he begins to uncover this investigation has ties to some powerful players in the city. As money runs out and secrets surface, Ben finds himself needing to confront both his past and present.
THE TESTAMENTS: PRECIOUS FLOWERS
Director: Mike Barker
Cinematographer: Greta Zozula
Production: 20th Television, Disney+, Hulu, MGM Television
Country and year: USA, 2025
Season 1, episode 1: An evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is a dramatic coming-of-age story set in Gilead. The series follows two young teenagers: Agnes Mackenzie, dutiful and pious, and Daisy, a new arrival and convert from beyond Gilead’s borders. As they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, a place where obedience is instilled brutally and always with divine justification, their bond becomes the catalyst that will upend their past, present and future.