A Cairo family home divided into two derby-night rituals with a football in the foreground
EXPANSE ORIGINAL · 2026GLOBAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES

BETWEEN TWO HALVES

One city.
Two loyalties.
The line is the story.

Enter the episode Explore cities
01 / PROJECT

THE PREMISE

We do not film the match.
We film what it does to the city.

Each episode is an independent 30-minute documentary told through homes, streets, rituals, sound, and consequence. The broadcast stays completely off-screen.

30
minutes
05
story movements
01
central final cut

MATCHDAY SIGNAL

The match stays outside the frame.
Its pressure moves every scene.

  1. 00′HOMERitual
  2. 45′CITYPressure
  3. 90′AFTERConsequence

STORY SPECIMEN / CAIRO

Not two fans.
A father and son returning to the same table.

Before we explain a production system, we prove that a relationship can carry a film. This is visual development—not a commissioned or selected story.

Visual development image of a father and son sitting on opposite sides of one home before a derby
VISUAL DEVELOPMENTConcept image · not documentary footage
  1. −24H
    BEFORE

    The disagreement is familiar. The table is shared.

    We observe the domestic ritual the match will pressure—without an interview explaining rivalry.

  2. 45′
    DURING

    The picture is absent. Its impact crosses the door.

    Two rooms, one corridor, and silence that tells us more than a replay could.

  3. +1H
    AFTER

    The score is final. The relationship is not.

    We return to the same table and measure what changed on a face—and what remained between them.

02

EPISODE ENGINE

A 30-minute structure you can feel—not a format you have to read.

Scrub through five movements. The system stays fixed; every relationship, place, rhythm, and piece of evidence remains local.

01 / 05

00:00—05:00

The fault line

Find where the city changes meaning before the teams enter the story.

Scrub time to reveal the film00:00:00 / 00:30:00
LOCAL TEAM DELIVERY

One proof scene + audible geography + two people on opposite sides of the line.

03

CITY LAB

Fame is not the filter.
Filmability is.

04

PRODUCTION RELAY

Local knowledge. One final decision.

Follow how a story moves from central brief to local access, verified media, and one final master.

EXPANSE / CENTRE

The episode promise before the camera moves.

We lock the question, characters, and proof scenes, then give the local partner room to reach truth inside that frame.

01 / 04

NO-MATCH-FOOTAGE

The goal stays invisible.
Its impact does not.

No broadcast picture, commentary, replay, social clip, or broadcaster graphic enters the film. We clear people, locations, music, archive, and visible marks from the beginning.

An Egyptian family reacting to a football moment while the television remains outside the frame
We see what the moment did to the room—not the moment itself.
05

LOCAL PARTNERS

Access and trust
do not arrive by plane.

A local producer and researcher meeting a family before filming

One city proposal combines the company profile, portfolio evidence, local access, story direction, and an indicative budget. There is no invitation gate at the start. Only shortlisted partners receive a city brief and prepare a detailed final quote.

  1. 01Company, portfolio, and showreel
  2. 02Story, access, permits, and safety
  3. 03Indicative local budget
  4. 04Shortlist brief and final quote

ONE SERIES · MANY CITIES · ONE FINAL CUT

Bring us the city
a visiting crew cannot reach.

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