26-08-2015

HBO Romania Announces Winners of its Original Series Script Contest

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    BUCHAREST: The Duty / Datoria by Laurenţiu Gabriel Rusescu won the first edition of the script contest for original series, The First Episode, launched by HBO Romania on 17 February 2015.

    The winner received 2,500 USD and the winning script is taken into account for development. Other scripts which have been submitted might also become new series. The 308 scripts were evaluated by a jury of professionals composed of: Andra Radu (Original Production Research and Development Manager), Steve Matthews (Executive Producer, Drama Development HBO Europe, Original Production) and Antony Root (Executive VP, Original Programming and Production)

    The contest was open for bold and original scripts focusing on Romanian realities.