Beta Film has sold Rise of the Raven across the globe ahead of its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Following the prestigious festival premiere, CBC will bring the ten-part series to Canadian audiences on their streaming channel CBC GEM from September 19.

Beta recently sold Rise of the Raven to Italy’s pubcaster Rai, who will broadcast in 2026. Croatia’s HRT, Telekom Deutschland in Germany, Slovakia’s STVR, Blue TV in Switzerland, and YES in Israel have already broadcast the pan-European drama to great success this year, with Czech TV being the most recent to join this group. The European epic has previously shattered ratings records in Hungary on TV2 and was especially popular with young audiences on ORF and its streaming service ORF library.

Rise of the Raven tells the story of fearless army commander János Hunyadi (Gellért L. Kádár), who devotes his life to defending Europe against an Ottoman invasion. His strongest allies are the women in his life: Erzsébet (Vivien Rujder), the wife who fights alongside him, and Mara (Franciska Törőcsik), his first love, who breaks his heart by becoming lead concubine in Sultan Murad’s (Murathan Muslu) court. When the Ottoman Empire mobilizes an army with the objective of conquering the Vatican and Europe, Hunyadi leads his small but mighty army to the battlefield.

Rise of the Raven is produced by Robert Lantos and his Serendipity Point Films, as well as Twin Media, HG Media, MR Film, and Beta Film, co-produced by Hungary’s TV2 Network, and Austrian public broadcaster ORF, supported by the National Film Institute of Hungary.