Five Nordic drama series have been announced as nominees for the NOK 200,000 (€20,000) Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award, presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg.
Five Nordic drama series have been announced as nominees for the NOK 200,000 (€20,000) Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award, presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg.
For the fourth consecutive year, the award for outstanding writing of a Nordic Drama series, funded by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, will be handed out at Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision. Five drama series from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have been nominated for the prize, awarded to the main writer(s). The first episode of the nominated series will be included in the Göteborg Film Festival programme.
The award ceremony takes place on January 29, 2020 at Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision, during Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s 30th anniversary celebrations.
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Liselott Forsman, CEO at Nordisk Film & TV Fond said: ”With the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, the Fund wants to celebrate the art of script writing, the base for all good drama experiences and also for Nordic drama quality, something we have supported for 30 years in January. We heartily welcome this year's five high level nominees, each combining a say with excellent storytelling in a way that bodes well for Nordic 2020 dramas at international markets where competition is fiercer than ever.”
Cia Edström, Head of TV Drama Vision at Göteborg Film Festival said: "Göteborg Film Festival are very proud to present this year’s nominees, a great line up of diverse and captivating stories about the challenges of our time and every day life. In a fast growing industry with changing audience behaviours the relevance of strong storytellers is more important than ever.”
As previously announced, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize jury who will take on the difficult duty of selecting a winner among this year’s nominees are: acclaimed Norwegian actor Jakob Oftebro (Agent Hamilton, Kon-Tiki), Swedish actor Moa Gammel (Jordskott, Tommy), Polish award-winning producer and director Dariusz Jabłoński (Photographer, The Pleasure Principle) and Norwegian journalist Cecilie Asker (Aftenposten).
Last year’s winners of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize were Merja Aakko and Mika Ronkainen, writers of the Finnish TV drama All the Sins (Kaikki Synnit).
The 43rd Göteborg Film Festival runs January 24–February 3, 2020. The TV Drama Vision runs January 29 – 30, 2020.
The nominees are:
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Photos of nominees below.