C21 London - 7 Nordic TV entries at Rose D’or, 4 at C21 Int’l Drama Awards

For the third time, C21Media in London will be organising on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union the prestigious Rose d’or Awards, to be held November 29, on the opening day of its own Content London TV event, set to close December 1^st with the C21 International Drama Awards.

Celebrating this year its 60^th anniversary the Rose d’Or Awards will be held virtually.

The programmes selected by a jury of 150 broadcast executives, were chosen from over 750 entries across 12 categories.

Markus Sterky, Chair of the EBU TV Committee and content strategist at SVT said: “Covid lockdown or not, the Rose d’Or selection always delivers and shows that the industry has managed to ride out the pandemic intact! As always, it’s a truly international selection with strong representation from producers and broadcasters alike. The growing presence of streaming platforms has also helped raise the stakes – and made the selection feel both fresh and very diverse. So, this year, the record numbers of high-quality entries has made the jury’s work deliciously difficult!”

Mirroring the region’s ability to adapt to the market’s demands, the Nordics are running in traditionally strong categories such as children and youth content, news & current affairs, as well as in the multi-platform and comedy sections.

Here are the following Rose d’or Nordic contenders:

Multiplatform Series

• About Saturday (Etter lørdag), Norway
  Produced by Maipo Film for TV 2 Norway.
  The short form series for young adults written by Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen and Sofia Lersol Lund, won Best Short Series at the recent Canneseries competition.
• Payday
  Produced by Yle for TV2/Yle Areena/Facebook/Instagram/Youtube

Comedy

• Journey (Vegferd), Iceland
  Produced by Glassriver for Channel 2. Sold by Keshet International.
  The 6x30’ quirky comedy-drama/road-trip across Iceland stars Olafur Darri Ólafsson (Trapped) and Víkingur Kristjáns (Valhalla Murders).The show was launched domestically on Channel 2 last Easter.

Comedy Drama & Sitcom

• Love & Anarchy (Kärlek och anarchy), Sweden
  Produced by FLX for Netflix.
  The romantic comedy by writer/director Lisa Langseth starring Ida Engvoll and Björn Mosten was launched November 4, 2020 on Netflix.

News & Current Affairs

• Taliban – the Police, the Thief and the Runaway Wife, Denmark
  Produced by Horisont for DR.

Children & Youth

• Like Me, Norway
  Produced by NRK Super, sold by Beta Film.
  The web drama series created by Anne Wisløff depicts exclusion, bullying, loneliness and the act of actively choosing someone over the other.
• World’s Worst Diseases (Världens hemskaste sjukdom), Sweden
  Produced by Delta Studios/SVT/SVT Barn/Sweden. Sold by SVT Sales.
  The factual entertainment show written by Ida Kjellin was nominated earlier for the Int’l Emmy Kids Awards.

Meanwhile the C21 International Drama Awards nominees to be judged by more than 100 international buyers and commissioners, will be announced during Content London Thursday December 2. The following Nordic series have been selected:

Best Newform Drama

• Delete Me, Norway
  Produced by Einar Film for Viaplay, sold by Federation Entertainment
  The 7X26’ YA series exploring topical issues such as cyber-bullying, hacking and exclusion, was written and directed by Marie Kristiansen (Young and Promising)
• Pillow Talk (Makkari), Finland
  Produced by: Solar Republic for Elisa Viihde Viaplay, sold by Keshet International.
  The 8x30’ anthology comedy-drama explores relationships from the bedroom’s centre stage.

Best Comedy Series

• Love & Anarchy (Sweden)
  Produced by FLX for Netflix

Best Returning Drama Series

• Exit S2
  Produced by Fremantle for NRK. Sold by Fremantle. NRK’s hit streaming series about four rich financiers’ extreme lifestyles was watched by more than 1.2 million average Norwegian consolidated viewers on NRK in March.

To see the full awards nominees: CLICK HERE