TV Beats Co-Financing Market is the drama series strand of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, taking place annually during the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Inviting leading broadcasters, VOD platforms, producers, screenwriters, and other industry professionals, TV Beats is the place to meet and connect with international key players in the drama series industry.
In 2025, TV Beats Co-Financing Market will present eight European series projects.
Wool
Written by Birkir Blaer Ingolfsson, Mladen Maticevic, Stephie Theodora, Milena Dzambasovic
Produced by Hörður Rúnarsson, Milena Dzambasovic, co-produced by Danna Stern.
Production companies Film Road Production, ACT 4, In transit Productions.
The winner was handed out the Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award, worth 50,000 euros, intended to foster creative collaborations in series co-production and empower independent producers. The award forms a part of the Pilot Programme for series co-productions, an initiative of the Council of Europe, and is open to independent producers from all Eurimages member states.
Jury comment: “We have chosen a project based on a true story that knits together fashion with female empowerment in a rural meets international setting, making it as relevant today as it was then, backed with a soundtrack that does the same. The winner is Wool”.
The international jury, who selected the winner, included Cia Edström, head of TV Drama Vision, Sweden, Marc Lorber, Founder and Consultant at The Art of Coporduction, UK and Clementine Trolong-Baily, Representatives of the Pilot Programme for Series Co-Porductions od the Council of Europe, France.
Select Award by TV Drama Vision
Dark Waters
Directed by Víctor Garcia, written by Amèlia Mora, Héctor Manteca
Produced Juan Solá, Mark Abela, Tono Folguera, Maria Rocher
Production company Federation Spain
co-production company Lastor Media
Jury comment: “The TV Drama Vision Select Award, presented by the Göteborg Film Festival, is an invitation for a series in development to be showcased on stage at the Draken Cinema during TV Drama Vision at the end of January. This year, we have chosen a story that blends supernatural mystery, climate-change thriller and a tale intertwining the mythological worlds of Iceland and the Ebro Delta in Catalonia. The winner is Dark Waters.”
The selection was made from all the pitches including TV Beats Co-Financing Market, Serial Bridges Baltics and MidPoint Series Launch. Cia Edström, Head of TV Drama Vision, selected the winner.
The audience had the opportunity to vote for their favourite pitch during the pitching and 30 minutes after. The winners of the Public Favourite Awards will receive two accreditation to Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.
TV Beats Co-Production Market Public Favourite Award was handed out to a co-production project between Germany, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, – Nuclear Sunset Cruise –, written and directed by Florian Gallenberger and produced by Martin Lehwald and Philipp Goeser, production company Schiwago Film.
On the stage also the Honorary TV Beats Producer Awards in 2025 were handed out to Gudny Hummelvoll and Jevgeni Supin. Read more
Read the press release about TV Beats Co-Financing Market 2025 selection.
Read more about the winners and selected projects of previous years here