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2022 Awards, Jury and Selection

Most Promising Project

receiving a 3000 euro monetary prize presented by Elisa

Finisterra
Screenwriters: Guilherme Branquinho, Leone Niel, Gabriela Giffoni
Producer: Frederico Serra
Country: Portugal

Jury comment: "Finisterra is marked by an extraordinary depth of research and at the same time tremendous emotional impact. This visually strong and artistically challenging series, set in a small Portuguese town during World War II, tells a universal, yet poetic story about the oppression of women, the abuse of power and, last but not least, addresses the question of which stories influence our lives and our society.”

Hypewriter Award

Cosmic Girl
Screenwriters: Daniela De Francesco, Adama Grevoz
Producer: Claudio Esposito
Co-producer: Patrice Nezan
Countries: Italy, France

Jury comment: "Amongst many great projects presented, there was one that immediately caught my attention - Cosmic Girl. A story that at its roots deals with our future existence, our failure and our fight to survive. Climate change already is a subject of many conversations and Cosmic Girl presents a great, fresh twist in the perception of it" - Boris Bezić, the director and creative producer of Paprika.

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Jury

The jury that selected the projects participated at TV Beats Co-Financing market, including Morgane Bruna (Wild Bunch TV), Richard Pommerat (N9ne Studio) and Prof. Dr. Joachim Friedman (Internationale Filmschule Köln).

Projects at TV Beats Co-Financing Market 2022:

CHECK OUT THE PROJECTS 2022 FROM THE CATALOGUE (PDF)

Read the press release about the selected projects

2021 Awards, Jury and Selection

Most promising project

Troll Farm by director Ernestas Jankauskas
Screenwriter: Domantė Urmonaitė, Martynas Mendelis
Producer: Gabija Siurbyte
Production company: Dansu films
Country: Lithuania
Jury comment: “The best pitch goes to the extremely entertaining project, with huge international potential, with more energy than 40 warhorses, a powerhouse female in the leading role, who might just inspire You to take a revenge You've never had, still in red Louboutins stepping in unexpected mud, congratulations to Troll Farm!"

The award included a 2500 euro monetary prize.

Hypewriter Award

Perfect kids on/off by director Yelizaveta Smith
Screenwriter: Iryna Serebriakova and Jean-Philippe Andersen
Producer: Karina Kostyna and Aleksandra Kostina
Production company: Bosonfilm
Country: Ukraine
Ferenc Pusztai, the head of drama at Paprika studios commented: "It was a hard decision because we saw great pitches of great projects, but finally the winning project could benefit most to be the part of the next Hypewriter.”

Hypewriter Award winner is granted direct access to the final selection of Hypewriter's international TV series idea competition.

The jury of TV Beats Co-Production Market consisted of Richard Kondal, Managing Director at Creativity Media & Co-Founder of Creativity Capital, Daria Bondarenko, START, EVP, International Sales and Acquisitions and Mette Bjerregaard, DR, International Sales Manager.

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The projects presented at TV Beats Co-Financing Market 2021

  1. Title: Gold War
    Country: Bulgaria
    Genre: TV drama series
    Screenwriter: Teodora Markova, Georgi Ivanov, Nevena Kertova
    Director: TBC
    Producer: Martichka Bozhilova
    Production company: AGITPROP

  2. Title: Home is where the heart is (original title: Heima er best)
    Country: Iceland
    Genre: Drama
    Screenwriter: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir and Ottó Geir Borg
    Director: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir
    Producer: Guðný Guðjónsdóttir, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Kidda Rokk and Steinarr Logi Nesheim.
    Production company: Polarama, Freyja Filmwork.

  3. Title: Misere
    Country: Italy
    Genre: Espionage Thriller
    Screenwriter: Vito Bruschini & Fabrizio Muscia
    Director: In discussion, pending confirmation
    Producer: Carmine Parmigiani, Eleonora Granata
    Production company: TNM Produzioni

  4. Title: Perfect kids on/off (Наші ідеальні діти)
    Country: Ukraine
    Genre: Dramedy
    Screenwriter: Iryna Serebriakova and Jean-Philippe Andersen
    Director: Yelizaveta Smith
    Producer: Karina Kostyna and Aleksandra Kostina
    Production company: Bosonfilm
    Language: Ukrainian

  5. Title: Playground (Mänguväljak)
    Country: Estonia
    Genre: Drama crime comedy
    Screenwriter: Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman
    Director: Doris Tääker, tba
    Producer: Riina Sildos
    Production company: Amrion OÜ

  6. Title: The Shadow (Vari)
    Country: Estonia
    Genre: Historical crime series
    Screenwriter: Indrek Hargla
    Directors: Jaak Kilmi & Arbo Tammiksaar
    Producers: Kristian Taska, Tanel Tatter, Veiko Esken, Tuuli Roosma
    Production companies: Taska Film, Apollo Film Productions, Reede

  7. Title: Troll Farm (Trolių Ferma)
    Country: Lithuania
    Genre: Dramedy
    Screenwriter: Domantė Urmonaitė, Martynas Mendelis
    Director: Ernestas Jankauskas
    Producer: Gabija Siurbyte
    Production company: Dansu films

  8. Title: Undercover Gladiator (Гладиатор под Прикрытием)
    Country: Ukraine
    Genre: Action, detective, drama
    Screenwriter: Andriy Kokotyukha
    Director: -
    Producer: Inesa Soboljeva
    Production company: StarLightProduction

Read more about the projects from the catalogue.

All the projects received feedback from the jury and from the experts of Stage32 - the educational partner of TV Beats Forum.