EXCLUSIVE: Florence Longpré ’s festival favorite Empathy has found new buyers in Europe and also hit screens in Australia. The series is an original for Canadian streamer Crave and Canal+ in France, who have already jointly greenlit Season 2. Longpré ( Audrey’s Back ) created the show and also plays the lead, a young psychiatrist-criminologist called Suzanne. The show follows her after she takes a job at a secure psychiatric facility. Facing the most complex cases, and while struggling with her own trauma, Suzanne turns to unconventional methods. Her colleagues struggle with her approach to cases, except for security office Mortimer (Thomas Ngijol), with whom she bonds. The Guillaume Lonergan-directed series has just bowed on SBS in Australia and the Movistar Plus+ streaming platform in Spain. Elsewhere, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais has snagged the rights for Portugal for its TVCine Edition channel. Greek streamer Cinobo has also acquired the series.…