Göteborg TV Confab Spotlights 42 Collection, Finest Practices to Safeguard Nordic Drama

Greater than 70 audio system from 17 nations, together with “SKAM” showrunner Julie Andem, “It Takes Two” sport creator/filmmaker Josef Fares, and prime commissioners from Viaplay, Netflix, Amazon Studios, DR, SVT, NRK and Yle will take middle stage at Göteborg Movie Competition’s TV Drama Imaginative and prescient.

The pageant’s flagship drama confab will run Feb. 1-2 each on-site in Sweden’s second largest metropolis, and on-line, with all streamed periods open to accredited professionals.

A file 542 delegates – together with 39 on-line guests – have signed up for the sold-out occasion, set beneath the overarching theme “Navigating Disruption and Cultivating Expertise.”

”It’s been a problem to set the core of this 12 months’s program, contemplating the drastic modifications within the drama {industry}, fuelled by the macroeconomic uncertainties, streaming wars and altering methods,” acknowledges TV Drama Imaginative and prescient honcho Cia Edström. “However our prime {industry} company will supply inspiring best-practices on tips on how to navigate these altering occasions, domesticate expertise and innovate in storytelling. As a result of good storytelling stays key to success in our {industry}.”

The urgent matter of discovering “artistic options for a troubled market” from a producer’s perspective will probably be mentioned by panelists Nebojša Taraba (Drugi Plan, Croatia), Gudny Hummelvoll (Rubicon, Norway), Karoline Leth (Zentropa, Denmark) and Jan Blomgren (Artwork & Bob, Sweden).

“Future Proofing Financing” is the core of a three-part session with panelists Karin Lindström (head of originals, Nordics, Amazon Studios), Petri Kemppinen (CEO, Aurora Studios), Fredrik af Malmborg, (managing director, Eccho Rights), Simone Emmelius (senior VP, worldwide fiction, coproduction and acquisition, ZDF), whereas Eurimages’ Alex Trăila will give an replace of the Council of Europe’s pilot program for collection co-production, and Movie i Väst’s Thomas Eskilsson, a sneak-peek of his “Public Movie Funding Half II” report.

Broadcasting and streaming drama honchos set to unveil their Nordic methods and upcoming slate embrace Netflix’s Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, Viaplay’s Camilla Rydbacken, Amazon Studios’ Lindström, Elise Viihde’s Ani Korpela, TV4/C Extra’s Piodor Gustafsson and Dunja Vujovic, DR’s Henriette Marienlund, SVT’s Anna Croneman, NRK’s Marianne Furevold-Bolund, Yle’s Jarmo Lampela, TV 2 Denmark’s Mette Nelund and TV 2 Norway’s Alice Sommer.

Whereas Norway is that this 12 months’s Drama Focus nation, Julie Andem, creator of considered one of Norway’s largest drama exports “SKAM,” will ship a keynote, co-organized by the European Showrunner Program of the Internationale Filmschule Köln.

In one other uncommon on-stage interview, Fares, of Sweden’s Hazelight Studios, will share his perception on content material creation for movie and gaming, and one other session turning on cross-border storytelling, will discover “serial storytelling for the ears – the ability of audio.”

With the artwork of screenwriting and writers on the core of TV Drama Imaginative and prescient, Edström stated she is happy to showcase the brand new “European Writers Membership” and “Nordic Script.” “These coaching packages are thrilling new initiatives to foster cross border collaborations within the Nordics and in Europe, that may deliver new vitality to the writing course of,” she famous.

Josef Kullengård, the Goteborg Movie Competition’s head of {industry}, additionally factors out that “nurturing expertise, shifting away from ‘secure bets’ to deliver systematic sustainability within the worth chain” would be the headline of the wanted “Nostradamus” report, written by media knowledgeable Johanna Koljonen.

As a taster of the report “Recreation Change-Embracing Expertise Sustainability for Success,” slated for a Might publication throughout the Cannes Marché du Movie (Might 16-24), moderator Koljonen will probably be in dialog in Gothenburg Feb. 3, with Tamara Tatishvili, MEDICI head of coaching, Neil Peplow of the London Movie Faculty, Mette Damgaard-Sørensen of the Danish Movie Institute’s New Danish Display screen, Fatih Abay, variety and inclusion officer on the European Movie Academy, Cannes Marché du Movie’s government director Guillaume Esmiol, and head of packages and coaching Aleksandra Zacharchenko. The session is co-hosted by the Marché du Movie and the impACT initiative.

Elsewhere, to focus on the necessity for shared tales and industry-wide solidarity with Ukraine, Kateryna Vyschevska of Movie UA will current the non-profit group Ukraine Content material Membership.

SERIES COMING UP
Two Ukrainian collection searching for co-financing will probably be pitched among the many six Collection in Improvement: “Alchevsky’s Thriller,” co-written by Olga Krzhechevska, Natalya Ribalko and Taras Dron for manufacturing firm LLC Concepts Financial institution and 1+1 Channel; “These Who Stayed,” co-written by Anastasiia Lodkina, Tala Prystaetska, Artem Lytvynenko, Pavlo Ostriko and Sergiy Luschik for FILM.UA Manufacturing. Pink Arrow Studios Intl. is dealing with gross sales.

Different collection in growth are:
“Brothers” (Luxembourg, Greece, Germany), from creator/showrunner Simon Farmakas, produced by Deal Productions, Blonde s.a. and Hager Moss Movie.
“RENT” (Estonia), co-written by Leana Jalukse and Rein Pakk for POINT Productions and Elisa Viihde Estonia.
“The Marriage ceremony Occasion” (Norway), written by creator Åse Kathrin Vuolab with Pauline Wollf and Jörgen Hjerdt. Mer Movie is producing for NRK.
“E14” (Norway), co-written by Sebastian Torngren Wartin and Erik Ivar Sæther for Banijay-owned Rubicon TV.

Premium Nordic collection proven as works in progress embrace:
“Dance Brothers,” created by Max Malka for Endemol Shine Finland and co-production companions Netflix and Yle.
“Balls” (Iceland), co-written by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Halldór Laxness Halldórsson, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir and Katrín Björgvinsdóttir. ZikZak Filmworks is producing for RÚV.
“Painkiller” (Sweden) created by Gabriela Pichler for manufacturing outfit Garagefilm and SVT.

5 accomplished Nordic collection will probably be vying for the annual Nordisk Movie & TV Fond Prize for excellent writing of a Nordic drama collection: Denmark’s “Carmen Curlers,” Finland’s “The Invincibles,” Iceland’s “As Lengthy as We Stay,” Norway’s “Children in Crime” and Sweden’s “Blackwater.”