28-09-2024

TV Beats Co-Financing Market presents ten new series in development

    TV Beats Forum, focusing on scripted series as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, presents ten European series projects to be pitched at the TV Beats Co-Financing Market.

    The TV Beats Co-Financing Market, which takes place for the 4th time in 2024, showcases exciting new drama series projects with international sales and distribution potential.

    According to Petri Kemppinen and Roosa Toivonen, the co-heads of TV Beats Forum, the jury decided to increase the number of projects from eight to ten because of the outstanding quality of submissions. “We received a record number of proposals, mostly from our core interest regions - the Baltic States, the Nordics and CEE, but also from the rest of Europe and beyond. All of them are in a fertile development phase and represent an intriguing diversity of topics and themes.”

    The projects of TV Beats Co-Financing market 2024 are :

    1. Bunker (Slovenia). Producer Lilja Pogačnik. Production company: December
    2. Fata Morgana (Hungary). Producer: Gabor Harmi. Production company: Queenside Pictures
    3. In Paradise (Germany). Producer: Corinna Poetter. Production company: eitelsonnenschein GmbH
    4. Ladies (Turkey). Producer: Beste Yamalioglu. Production company: Karma Films
    5. Let it Snow (Estonia).Producer: Jevgeni Supin. Production company: Zolba Productions
    6. Mercy (Portugal). Producer: Justin Amorim. Production company: Promenade
    7. Norröna Murders (Iceland). Producer: Hörður Rúnarsson. Production company: ACT4
    8. The Code of Thule (Estonia). Producer: Helen Lõhmus. Production company: Oree Films
    9. The Reluctant Contact (Ireland). Producer: Jane Doolan. Production company: Mammoth Films Limited
    10. The Woman I Think About at Night (Finland) Producer: Liisa Karpo. Production company: napafilms

    The ten projects, which will be pitched in Tallinn on 18-19 November 2024, are eligible for the Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award, worth 50,000 euros. After the pitches, the jury will select the most promising project to receive the Award. This 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.

    TV Beats Forum will occur in Tallinn and online on 18-20 November 2024.
    Check out the programme here

    Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, taking place on 14-22 November, is a week-long summit for film and audiovisual industry professionals held during the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. In 2024, the summit will provide a whole line of events covering the most sizzling questions in the sector.