An impromptu protest took place on May 11 outside the Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) office of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Brussels.
UK writers’ union Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (Wggb) has shown its solidarity with members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) through an impromptu protest yesterday evening (May 11) outside the Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) office of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Brussels.
Wggb treasurer Gail Renard was one of a number of writers who took part.
Renard, who is best known for writing for children’s television, represents Wggb on the board...
UK writers’ union Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (Wggb) has shown its solidarity with members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) through an impromptu protest yesterday evening (May 11) outside the Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) office of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Brussels.
Wggb treasurer Gail Renard was one of a number of writers who took part.
Renard, who is best known for writing for children’s television, represents Wggb on the board...
- 5/12/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Twisted Horror/Thriller Release Date : December 2, 2022 Platforms : Select Theaters, Digital and On Demand Written and directed by Vibeke Muasya Starring Vibeke Muasya, Vibeke Muasya, Nikolaj Scherfig A young woman seeks independence from her protective mother, only to be questioning her own sanity when newfound friends die, and her mother suggests Hannah is …
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- 12/14/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Execs from Germany’s Zdf, Denmark’s TV2 also on board.
National film institutes from Denmark, Ireland, Estonia and the Nordics are teaming up to launch the European Writers Club (Ewc), an EU-backed initiative to increase collaboration on high-end series projects across the continent.
The project launches with a panel at 17.00 Cet today at Series Series, the event for European series and creators held in Fontainebleu, France.
The Ewc is created and headed by CEO Thomas Gammeltoft, partner and executive producer at Nordic and Italian production and distribution firm True Content Entertainment. Copenhagen-based Gammeltoft was previously CEO of the Copenhagen Film Fund...
National film institutes from Denmark, Ireland, Estonia and the Nordics are teaming up to launch the European Writers Club (Ewc), an EU-backed initiative to increase collaboration on high-end series projects across the continent.
The project launches with a panel at 17.00 Cet today at Series Series, the event for European series and creators held in Fontainebleu, France.
The Ewc is created and headed by CEO Thomas Gammeltoft, partner and executive producer at Nordic and Italian production and distribution firm True Content Entertainment. Copenhagen-based Gammeltoft was previously CEO of the Copenhagen Film Fund...
- 6/30/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Rts Craft Winners Revealed
Channel 4 shows We Are Lady Parts and It’s A Sin were the big winners at last night’s Royal Television Society (Rts) Craft & Design Awards 2021, while the BBC took home 11 of the 29 gongs. Nida Manzoor’s We Are Lady Parts, which was recommissioned yesterday by Channel 4 and US co-producer Peacock, won for Editing – Entertainment & Comedy, Make Up – Entertainment & Non Drama and Production Design – Entertainment & Non Drama, while Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin took home Director – Drama for Peter Hoar, Editing – Drama and Production Design – Drama. Meanwhile, BBC2/HBO’s Industry won two awards and departing ITV Studios veteran Global Production Director Sally Debonnaire was handed the Outstanding Achievement Award. Sponsored by AppleTV+, the awards celebrate the best in UK off-screen talent.
Warner Australia Betoota Advocate Deal
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Channel 4 shows We Are Lady Parts and It’s A Sin were the big winners at last night’s Royal Television Society (Rts) Craft & Design Awards 2021, while the BBC took home 11 of the 29 gongs. Nida Manzoor’s We Are Lady Parts, which was recommissioned yesterday by Channel 4 and US co-producer Peacock, won for Editing – Entertainment & Comedy, Make Up – Entertainment & Non Drama and Production Design – Entertainment & Non Drama, while Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin took home Director – Drama for Peter Hoar, Editing – Drama and Production Design – Drama. Meanwhile, BBC2/HBO’s Industry won two awards and departing ITV Studios veteran Global Production Director Sally Debonnaire was handed the Outstanding Achievement Award. Sponsored by AppleTV+, the awards celebrate the best in UK off-screen talent.
Warner Australia Betoota Advocate Deal
Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (Wbitvp) and satirical news site The Betoota Advocate are joining forces on a slate of premium,...
- 11/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman, Max Goldbart and Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Record numbers of industry attendees from 46 countries virtually attended Nordic Film Market at TV Drama Vision.
Goteborg’s industry activities attracted a record 734 delegates for the Nordic Film Market and 566 for TV Drama Vision, from across 46 countries. Like the festival, the industry programme was held online for the first time this year due to the pandemic.
One hot film project being pitched at script stage was Stranger, which unites Danish production company Motor with Poland’s Opus Film (Ida). Mads Hedegaard will make his fictional feature directorial debut with the film, which he co-writes with Jesper Fink (Margrete-Queen Of The...
Goteborg’s industry activities attracted a record 734 delegates for the Nordic Film Market and 566 for TV Drama Vision, from across 46 countries. Like the festival, the industry programme was held online for the first time this year due to the pandemic.
One hot film project being pitched at script stage was Stranger, which unites Danish production company Motor with Poland’s Opus Film (Ida). Mads Hedegaard will make his fictional feature directorial debut with the film, which he co-writes with Jesper Fink (Margrete-Queen Of The...
- 2/11/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
A trio of high-profile Scandinavian producers – Thomas Gammeltoft (“Terribly Happy”), Sofie Wanting Hassing (“Ida”) and Ole Søndberg (“Wallander”) – are launching TrueContent Entertainment, an ambitious independent production and distribution company based in Copenhagen.
The company is a reboot of Sweet Chili Entertainment, a digital distribution company founded by Wanting Hassing and joined by Gammeltoft in Jan. 2020 after he stepped down from the Copenhagen Film Fund, rolling off a seven-year tenure. Søndberg, an industry veteran who founded Yellow Bird and executive produced “Wallander” and the “Millennium” franchises, joined TrueContent Entertainment in 2018 as executive producer. Wanting Hassing and Gammeltoft will serve as co-CEOs.
Financially backed by independent private capital, TrueContent Entertainment will work as a talent-driven company, bringing on board top-notch creatives who will set up individual production companies to develop their own projects, ranging from films to series, including documentaries, as well as source third-party projects. These banners will be subsidiaries of...
The company is a reboot of Sweet Chili Entertainment, a digital distribution company founded by Wanting Hassing and joined by Gammeltoft in Jan. 2020 after he stepped down from the Copenhagen Film Fund, rolling off a seven-year tenure. Søndberg, an industry veteran who founded Yellow Bird and executive produced “Wallander” and the “Millennium” franchises, joined TrueContent Entertainment in 2018 as executive producer. Wanting Hassing and Gammeltoft will serve as co-CEOs.
Financially backed by independent private capital, TrueContent Entertainment will work as a talent-driven company, bringing on board top-notch creatives who will set up individual production companies to develop their own projects, ranging from films to series, including documentaries, as well as source third-party projects. These banners will be subsidiaries of...
- 2/3/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mikala Krogh directs; The Bridge’s Nikolaj Scherfig is co-writing.
Copenhagen-based LevelK has acquired world sales rights for the Danish TV documentary series Scandinavian Star.
The six-part series examines one of the largest unsolved crimes in recent Scandinavian history: the catastrophic fire on board the Ms Scandinavian Star ferry in April 1990, when it was sailing from Norway to Denmark. Some 159 people died. Investigations have pointed to arson – but many questions remain unanswered.
The series will use archive material, new interviews and reconstructions.
Scandinavian Star is written by Nikolaj Scherfig alongside director Mikala Krogh (A Year Of Hope) and journalist Lars Halskov,...
Copenhagen-based LevelK has acquired world sales rights for the Danish TV documentary series Scandinavian Star.
The six-part series examines one of the largest unsolved crimes in recent Scandinavian history: the catastrophic fire on board the Ms Scandinavian Star ferry in April 1990, when it was sailing from Norway to Denmark. Some 159 people died. Investigations have pointed to arson – but many questions remain unanswered.
The series will use archive material, new interviews and reconstructions.
Scandinavian Star is written by Nikolaj Scherfig alongside director Mikala Krogh (A Year Of Hope) and journalist Lars Halskov,...
- 4/2/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Germany's Ndf, Scandinavian group Nordisk Film and La-based Dynamic Television are joining to adapt Danish author Anna Grue's Dan Sommerdahl book series for Denmark’s TV2. Production is due to begin next summer with The Bridge (Bron/Broen) co-creator Nikolaj Scherfig attached as head writer. The Scandinavian crime novels are a family-oriented take on Nordic noir. Set in a picturesque coastal town, each episode will revolve around a perfidious murder case solved by the…...
- 10/17/2016
- Deadline TV
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