Celebrated UK writer-director David Farr joins Nordic Talents’ international jury as the event’s project deadline is closing in

Since the year 2000, Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s (NFTVF) popular event Nordic Talents has built bridges between upcoming Nordic talents and the professional industry, as well as between industry delegates from all Nordic countries and beyond.

In 2026, ten finalist projects by Nordic film graduate students will be pitched to the Nordic industry delegates and the international jury at the National Film School of Denmark on September 10. The selected finalists will screen their graduation films the day before (Sept 9). Online screening links will also be provided to all delegates. See free registration and application links below.

During the main event on Sept 10, an international jury hands out awards to two promising new projects. UK creator, script-writer and playwright David Farr (The Night Manager, Hanna) will join the distinguished jury, the Nordic members of which are: documentary producer Helle Faber (DK), fiction producer Synnøve Hørsdal (NO), actor-writer Aníta Briem (IS), Commissioning Manager Janne Vakio (FI), and Head of TV Vision Cia Edström (SE).

Info on Nordic jury members, published earlier CLICK HERE.

David Farr has written multi-awarded drama series and plays that have been performed worldwide and are published by Faber and Faber. He adapted the Emmy-winning The Night Manager for the BBC, and created and wrote the entire second season for BBC and Amazon in 2026. He wrote the film and TV series Hanna, series like The Midwich Cuckoos for Sky, and an episode of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams for Channel 4. His first film, The Ones Below (2015), was shown at the LFF, Toronto, and Berlin festivals. He has also written an acclaimed trilogy for children - ”The Book of Stolen Dreams” – published by Usborne in the UK and Simon & Schuster in the US. Farr was previously the Artistic Director of London’s Gate Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, and the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, and Associate Director of the RSC. He has written six original plays. His adaptations for the stage include Kafka’s ”The Metamorphosis” and Homer’s ”The Odyssey”.

Farr will also be a guest at NFTVF’s initiative Commissioners Lab in Copenhagen, on the day after the Nordic Talents event.

Film graduates: Apply by JUNE 1 with your project : CLICK HERE.
Industry delegates: Register to attend the industry event: CLICK HERE.

The selected projects will be announced on June 25.