EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Black Forest Studios is hitting the Croisette this week with a psychological horror series and a mission to pitch itself as Europe’s first fully-integrated microdrama studio.

Path of the Lost has completed production, with its maker saying it combines the “intensity of psychological thrillers with the accessibility and pacing of modern short-form entertainment — while maintaining a cinematic standard in directing, atmosphere, and production quality.”

The film follows five students who take a weekend trip to Germany’s Black Forest, only for the journey to slowly descend into a nightmare. Inspired by true events from 1936, the series is billed as a mix of psychological horror, mystery and suspense.

In January, we profiled Black Forest Studios as part of our feature on emerging international microdrama companies.…