The European comedy series This Is Gonna Be Great has been officially selected for the prestigious Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF). The series will compete in the international drama section, where ten series will vie for the Reflet d’Or.
The Geneva International Film Festival takes place from October 31 to November 9, 2025.
This Is Gonna Be Great is a co-production between Dutch producer Big Blue and local broadcaster BNNVARA and VRT(Belgium), in collaboration with ZDFneo (Germany). Mediawan Rights is attached as the international distributor for the project. Filming took place in Berlin and The Netherlands with a diverse and talented creative team. The series was created and written by Rein Mulder and Emmy Award-winning writer Rutger Lemm (Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story), and directed by Beer ten Kate and Valerie Bisscheroux.
THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT is a coming-of-age comedy series about David, a Dutch guy who decides to build a new life in Berlin after getting dumped by his girlfriend, making him collide head-first with his romantic ideas about love, friendship and paying rent.