TFL Extended – TV Series April 2019
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P. 13
@Sunny
Mustard
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P. 14
Cinnamon Shops
Notions
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P. 15
Covered
On Set
P. 6
P. 16
Delivery
September
P. 7
P. 17
Dolores
Sisterhood
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P. 18
Eastern
The Enchanted
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P. 19
Eternal City
The Magic Mountain
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Grannies on the Move
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The Millennials
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P. 21
Madama Reale
The Possessed
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Marquis of the Wolf
The Surveillant
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@Sunny
Ronnie Zidon Writer/director • Israel
Ronnie Zidon is a 25-year-old Israeli filmmaker who creates bold, young LGBTQ content with a heavy dose of humor. As an out lesbian in her field, she is interested in increasing feminist and queer visibility on our screens. Ronnie wrote and directed Israel’s first and only lesbian TV series, and is now developing a dramedy series. The pilot of @Sunny won an Award of Merit at the Best Shorts Competition.
Sunny is a narcissistic, lesbian millennial who always has been an entertainer. She craves attention, and wherever she goes she plays largerthan-life characters that would get it for her. When she is shot to Internet fame by accidentally liveblogging her girlfriend cheating on her, she at once has all the attention she has ever wanted. Sunny fights to find a way to retain this attention, without exposing her true self ever again, lest she will be rejected. She starts a vlog, and through the series, tries to figure out which character to portray, until eventually, she finds her authentic voice. PROJECT STATUS
I am currently looking for producers and broadcasters.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ronnie Zidon ronnie.zidon@gmail.com M +972 502522556
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Cinnamon Shops
Iryna Serebriakova Scriptwriter • Ukraine
Born in 1988, Iryna earned a Master’s degree in Literature and is currently studying for her second Master in Psychology. She studied Scriptwriting in Kiev under the guidance of Dmytro SukholytkyySobchuk on his educational platform Terrarium. She wrote the feature film Over the Channel and co-wrote You Don’t Know Me together with director Olga Zhurba, which are at final and early development stage, respectively.
A 8-episode mini-series that explores the life and works of Bruno Schulz (1892-1942), the Polish writer and painter of Jewish origin. During his final months of life in the ghetto, Schulz attempts his personal escape from his unbearable reality. He starts working on his very last book. In this book, he reinvents provincial hometown of his childhood – Drohobych – lost in Austrian Galicia populated by Polish, Jewish and Ukrainian communities. Childhood memories intertwine with day-dreamt family stories, immersed in a rich and controversial intercultural context. The art survives the war, but not the artist. PROJECT STATUS
The project in development and we are currently seeking producers.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Iryna Serebriakova etudiante2x@gmail.com M +38 0509829365
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Covered
Kioumars Namiri Writer/director • Germany
Kioumars was born 1973 in Iran and migrated to Germany in 1987. He earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe and graduated in Screenwriting from the Drehbuchwerkstatt München. He has written, directed and produced two short films. Currently, he is working on a culture-clash romantic comedy funded by HessenFilm. He also works as a business analyst and has published award-winning papers at international conferences.
Covered is a female-driven crime-drama series. It is about the unintended involvement of a successful westernstyle young Iranian woman living in Germany in the racketeering of secret criminal organisations while she is searching for her disappeared small niece. Ostensibly, the series is about the crime case related to the niece, but the true subject of the story is the transformation of the Iranian woman from a western-style toward a traditional woman during the search for her niece, including all the contradictions and complications this change brings to her life and relationships. PROJECT STATUS
The project is at an early development stage. We are looking for producers, broadcasters and funders.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Kioumars Namiri k.namiri@gmail.com M + 49 1798111262
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Delivery Ivona Juka Scriptwriter • Croatia Ivona is an award-winning film director and screenwriter. Her latest feature film You Carry Me premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015 and was screened in more than 20 festivals all around the world, where it won several awards. The film was selected as the Montenegrin entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars 2016, and later became the first film from the Balkan region to be bought by Netflix.
Three women are forced by local mafia gangsters to chop the bodies of executed victims, while still trying to live their ordinary lives. PROJECT STATUS
We are looking for co-producers.
Anita Juka Producer • Croatia Anita Juka started her own production company 4Film in 2003. She has produced 16 films and 8 European co-productions of different genres, including fiction features, creative feature documentaries, shorts and recently one mini TV series. Her credits include a large number of social awareness media and film literacy campaigns. She participated in international programmes such as Producers Lab Toronto, TransAtlantic Partners, eQuinoxe, and Screen Ireland, among others. Her films won more than 35 international awards and were distributed in more than 170 countries worldwide.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ivona Juka ivonajuka@yahoo.com M + 385 912519449
Anita Juka aj@4film.hr M + 385 912512803
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Dolores
Anna M. Bofarull Writer/director & Producer • France
Based in Barcelona, Anna M. Bofarull studied Cinema and Human Sciences in Barcelona and Paris. Her feature documentaries Footnotes (2009) and Hammada (2010) were awarded and screened at festivals worldwide such as Montreal, São Paulo, Thessaloniki and Reykjavík. Her first fiction feature Sonata for Cello (2015) screened and was awarded at 20 festivals all over the world. Her next feature Sinjar has been selected at Cannes’ Cinéfondation L’Atelier 2019.
Spain, early 20th century. Irreverent and wild, Dolores does not settle for her life of misery as daughter and wife of poor miners. After experiencing the death of her children, she takes her life into her own hands and turns into Pasionaria, a strong woman leading the fight for women and workers’ rights during the Spanish Civil war, when she made internationally famous the slogan ¡No Pasarán! (They Shall not Pass!). Dolores will discover her lights and shadows, her desires and abandonments, her early revolutionary innocence as well as her tyranny and loyalty to the party later on. PROJECT STATUS
We are looking for producing partners, broadcasters and international co-producers.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Anna M. Bofarull abofarull@kaboga.eu M +34 675060993
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Eastern Patryk Bugajski Scriptwriter • Poland Patryk spent his formative years immersed in independent culture. Educated in Social Politics, he is now synthesizing his diverse experience into screenwriting. He attended various courses and worked as a story editor on Illegals, a Canal+ Poland spy series. He is also a seasoned documentary filmmaker with many docuseries under his belt. Currently, he is developing several TV series projects.
Ewa Stec Scriptwriter • Poland Ewa earned an MA in Screenwriting from the London Film School as well as an MA in Spanish Studies from the Jagiellonian University. She wrote four novels. Since starting to write for the small screen, she has attended many courses and workshops on film and TV. Her interest also lies in criminology and psychology. She did voluntary work for the Metropolitan Police while living in London and, after relocating to Warsaw, for Itaka, the Centre For Missing People.
The powerful Wind is about to hit a remote community of highlanders when a nun destroys a local church and ends up in a psychiatric ward. People blame the Wind for her doings as it is believed to poison minds and bring the evil from the mountains. Ola, a young shrink married into a wealthy family, sees the nun as a victim of the cloistered life. But is the nun really a victim? Or an avenger? As Ola unwittingly opens the Pandora’s box, long forgotten secrets start coming out and reveal the dark side of her family. With the howling Wind getting closer, the violence intensifies. It is payback time. PROJECT STATUS
The commercial mini-bible, the treatment of the first episode and the storyline for the complete season are available. We are developing the project together with Telemark, and we are looking for broadcasters, co-producers and sales agents.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Patryk Bugajski patrykbugajski@yahoo.co.uk M +48 608396481
Ewa Stec stecewa@aol.com M +48 668890051
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Eternal City
Anne Gately Producer • Ireland
Anne’s production company An Pointe Productions is based in Galway, Ireland. To date, she has produced the feature films Pursuit and We Ourselves, both written and directed by Paul Mercier. She is currently developing a third feature film. Anne has also written, directed and produced two documentaries, Recording Marjorie and Stocking the Shelves. She was the General Manager of the acclaimed Passion Machine Theatre Company in Dublin, with whom she produced many new plays.
Eternal City is a mini-series set in Rome during World War II. Based on real events, it tells the story of an Irish priest who becomes a pivotal character in an extraordinary operation that saves thousands from imprisonment, deportation and death. The operation turns into a daring collaborative effort, involving individuals from many countries and walks of life, that defies and outmanoeuvres the Italian Fascists and German Nazis. But not everyone is saved. This TV drama captures an escapade that inspired many to act and is a gripping period thriller designed to resonate with today’s audiences. PROJECT STATUS
The project is at an early development stage, and is supported by Screen Ireland and Screen Skills Ireland. The creative team includes Paul Mercier, Declan Brennan and Anne Gately. We are looking for financers and a co-producer. CONTACT INFORMATION
Anne Gately annegately2@eircom.net M +353 851947971
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Grannies on the Move Georgina Hegedűs Writer/director • Hungary Georgina earned a MA in Film Studies. Her graduation short film 13 ½ Minutes was screened internationally and was awarded at Thess International Short Film Festival 2013. Since then she developed several feature film screenplays, and worked in an original TV Series for HBO. Currently she is working on different TV series as a scriptwriter, while she is preparing her first feature film as a director, Look into the Eyes of a Stranger, based on a true story about a woman who became a foster-mother for a refugee kid for the first time in Hungary.
Nikol Cibulya Writer/director • Hungary Nikol earned an MA in Film Studies. After her graduation she began working as a production assistant and as a story liner on a daily series. She has directed several music videos, fashion videos and online commercials. Furthermore, Nikol has just finished her second short film and is currently developing the third. She is also working as a director for a Hungarian TV series.
This is a coming-of-age dramedy about three 70-yearold ladies who just started their journey of self-discovery. They meet in a graphic designer school where they become friends and help each other to recognise how their whole life has been devoted to someone else. They will prove that age is just a number and together they start new adventures, because life only begins after 70. They will fight Alzheimer, demanding children, cheating and even dead husbands, but mostly themselves. They will prove that discovering our true identity never stops. PROJECT STATUS
The project is in development. We have the Hungarian production company FilmTeam attached, and we are looking for co-producers and international financing.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Georgina Hegedűs hgini42@gmail.com M +36 302568320
Nikol Cibulya cibulya.nikol@gmail.com M +36 205942166
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Madama Reale Tara Mulholland Scriptwriter • France Tara was born in London, she grew up in Ireland, and is now based in Paris. She worked as a culture editor at The International New York Times from 2005 to 2016. She wrote The Island, a French-British TV series which won the CNC Writing Grant.
Laura Piani Scriptwriter • France Laura has collaborated with directors like Diane Bertrand, Cristina Pinheiro, Marion Laine and Éric Zoncka. Her credits include the TV series Spiral (Canal+), Ronde de Nuit (France 3), Temps de Chien (ARTE) and Philharmonia (France 2). She is writing a romantic comedy produced by Le Petit Bureau, co-writing Walkyrie and adapting the series Plan B, both for TF1.
When Marie-Jeanne de Nemours, a futureless orphan in Paris, becomes Madama Reale, the Regent of Savoy, in 1675, her reign in the Italian duchy upends the status quo in Europe. For a decade, she lives according to her own rules: defying Louis XIV, flaunting her lovers to the world, gleefully taking revenge on her late husband’s mistresses, and doing everything in her power to transform Turin into “a new Athens” of culture. But this woman, who wanted to live like a man, was capable of everything except loving her only son. This is the story of a mother and child fighting for power. PROJECT STATUS
Madama Reale won the Film Commission Torino Piemonte contest The Savoia: The Series. The project is a co-production between Les Films d’Ici (France) and Lume Productions (Italy).
CONTACT INFORMATION
Tara Mulholland tmulholland@gmail.com M +33 683497106
Laura Piani laurelpiani@gmail.com M +33 660375149
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We are reaching the financing stage and we are currently looking for potential coproducers, international sales agents, broadcasters and any kind of support.
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Marquis of the Wolf Davide Mela Scriptwriter • Italy In 2013, Davide graduated in Philosophy from the University of Turin. In 2014, he attended a Master in Film Production and Media, which resulted in his first collaboration as a first AD for Smile by Davide Tosco, a docu-fiction feature produced and distributed by Rai. He collaborates with several film production companies and works as a line producer for Grey Ladder Productions.
Aimone, the King’s secret son and the Prime Minister’s personal spy, comes home after years of travel to find himself in the middle of a power struggle to lead 19th century’s Italy towards unification. PROJECT STATUS
Andrea Scaglione Producer • Italy Andrea is an Italian director and executive producer, and CEO of the production company Dimago. As a producer, director and art director, he has collaborated with national and international broadcasters, networks and agencies. His credits include commercials (Lancia Veste la Moda, 2008), feature documentaries (Strade Bianche, 2008) and TV shows (Sereno Variabile, Rai). He is a service provider for the Sky shows #SkyBuffaRacconta and Mister Condò.
The project is being developed with two production companies based in Turin: Dimago and Grey Ladder Productions. We are currently looking for international co-producers and partners.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Davide Mela davide.mela08@gmail.com M +39 3333108135
Andrea Scaglione andrea@d-imago.it M +39 3920960116
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Mustard Caroline Bergendahl Arnesen Scriptwriter • Norway Caroline earned a BA in Screenwriting from The Norwegian Film School. She is currently developing several projects, including a political thriller feature, a horror film project and a book adaptation.
Rebecca Wirkola Kjellman Writer/director • Norway Rebecca earned a BA in Film and TV Production from Westerdals Oslo ACT. She has directed several TV series for both NRK Super and NRK P3, and has won high-ranking awards for her short films, commercials and music videos.
In a little town in the north of Norway, five 15-year-old girls are starting their last year of secondary school. When their small-town community is hit by a number of cat disappearances, they begin the search for the town’s psychopath and a new sisterhood is formed. A sisterhood that helps them through personal struggles and life itself. As the town has no high school of its own, the girls cannot wait to move away from their godforsaken town. They just have to get through their final year. PROJECT STATUS
Mustard is at development stage. We have a season outline as well as a first draft pilot script. The project has received development funding from The Norwegian Film Institute, as well as from Filmfond Nord. We are seeking co-producers and broadcasters.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Caroline Bergendahl Arnesen caroline.arnesen@gmail.com M +47 94422789
Rebecca Wirkola Kjellman rebeccakjellmann@gmail.com M +47 91591436
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Notions Oonagh Kearney Writer/director • Ireland Oonagh earned a BA in English and Philosophy from the University College Cork and a M.Phil. in Irish Theatre from the Trinity College Dublin. She worked as a casting director for The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach (Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival 2006). After graduating from the National Film and Television School, Oonagh has written and directed nine award-winning shorts and a TV pilot for RTÉ. Selected for the BBC Drama Writers Room in 2017, her first feature Snow on Beara is in development with Screen Ireland.
Barbara Healy Producer • Ireland Barbara’s credits include the award-winning short film A Cake for Mabel by Jane McGee (2013), the BAFTAnominated short film Fire by Chris Andrews (2015) and the US indie comedy feature The Outdoorsman by David Haskell (2018). As Director of Tyrella Films, she is developing Oonagh Kearney’s feature film Snow on Beara, the Canadian thriller Trapline, directed by Isabelle Sieb and co-written by Elissa Von Struth, as well as the black comedy Baggage by Jane McGee.
Cork is a city with a Northside and Southside divided by a river. The Northside is poor but dynamic; the Southside is wealthy but reserved. On the Northside live the smart, rebellious 15-year-old Dawn Deasy, and her unemployed single-mother Martha. On the Southside lives the angry, disillusioned 27-year-old PhD student Emmet, son to successful businessman Frank and his wife Sheenagh. When Dawn wins a place on an elite program for bright kids, it forces her to seek help from Emmet. This puts the two families and their values in direct conflict around the question of where one truly belongs. PROJECT STATUS
We have interest from an Irish broadcaster, a pilot episode, series bible and a new pilot script. We are looking for international financing, distributors and co-producers with the aim to shoot in summer 2020.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Oonagh Kearney Barbara Healy oonagh@oonaghkearney.com barbaramhealy@gmail.com M +353 876422119 M +353 877111012
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On Set Jana Zeineddine Writer/director • Jordan Jana Zeineddine is a Lebanese/American actress, writer, theatre director, and creative producer. She earned an MA in Applied Theatre from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and she worked as a creative producer and actress in the TV series Fa Sol Ya (2014) and in the short video Tarab 3al 7atab (2015), among others. Jana is drawn to projects that challenge stereotypes of Arab women and culture through comedy.
Mais Salman Producer • Jordan Mais Salman is a Jordanian film producer and director. She graduated in Industrial Engineering, but then decided to follow her passion for film and storytelling, earning an MFA in Cinematic Arts at the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts in Aqaba, Jordan. Salman has produced and directed several short films and documentaries around the MENA region and is a fellow of the inaugural class of Global Media Makers.
Lara, a Jordanian millennial and aspiring writer desperate to escape her privileged life in Amman, lands her first job on the set of an American film shooting in the desert. In the process, she must come to terms with the harsh reality of professionalism and independence among an unlikely tribe: dysfunctional production junkies. Through Lara, we get a fresh peek into the isolated lives of Jordanian filmmakers in the industry as they navigate through their personal obstacles to fulfill their professional duties, amidst the cultural and communication challenges with the American crew. PROJECT STATUS
It is time to reclaim our narrative and show the world a positive female-driven ensemble of Arab characters in an accessible context and genre. On Set received the Jordan Film Development Fund from the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC).
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jana Zeineddine janaz22@yahoo.com M +962 799910399
Mais Salman maissalman@gmail.com M +962 796555960
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We are currently looking for international co-producers, broadcasters and TV/SVOD pre-sales worldwide to bring this project to life.
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September
Jørgen Færøy Flasnes Scriptwriter • Norway
Jørgen earned a BA in Screenwriting from The Norwegian Film School where his exam film, Generation Mars, was nominated for a Student Academy Award. Since his graduation, he has written for several drama series and feature films, the latest being the upcoming series Nudes, for NRK P3. He is a FilmLab Norge alumnus, and has received the Norwegian Film Institute’s New Paths scholarship for the TV series project September.
September is set in an alternative universe where humans – like almost every other species on the planet – have their sexuality tied to a mating season. For eleven months of the year, humans live boring, sterile and asexual lives, but when September arrives they become primed for reproduction. Their hormones take over and a struggle to control frightful feelings and desires begin. At the center of this story is an “ordinary” family of this alternate universe: a young woman, her mother and uncle, who in their own ways try their best to get through the mating season in one piece. PROJECT STATUS
The project is produced by Barbosa Film and is currently at treatment stage. We are seeking sales agents and international co-producers.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jørgen Færøy Flasnes jfflasnes@gmail.com M +47 47024599
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Sisterhood Sytske Kok Scriptwriter • Netherlands Sytske graduated in Scriptwriting and Directing from the Netherlands Film Academy and the Binger Filmlab. She directed the internationally acclaimed short film The Chinese Wall (2002) and the TV film Impasse (2005), for which she also wrote the screenplay. In recent years, Sytske has mainly focused on writing films, such as the mid-length film Tunnel Vision by Stefano Odoardi, which won several international awards. Sytske also teaches and works as a script consultant.
Maaike Benschop Producer • Netherlands Maaike started her career at Phanta Film in 1996, since 2000 as Head of Development and in 2012 as Creative Producer. Her credits include Dennis Bots’ feature films Vicious (2019) and Circus Noël (2019), Bas Devos’ Hell Hole (Berlinale Panorama 2019) and Ghost Tropic (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2019), and the upcoming Mi Vida by Norbert ter Hall. She is developing a drama series about the former Dutch colonies in Indonesia as well as the second season of Daddy Day. Both series are supported by Dutch broadcaster AVOTROS.
Sisterhood is a social hospital drama set in 1966 in the Netherlands. Old men still rule the world, the baby boom generation is knocking on the door, and student revolts are about to erupt throughout Europe. Rebellious working-class girl Catrien is the first of her background to enter a prestigious Catholic nursing school. Her arrival shakes up the social order that her privileged classmates and the nuns running the school have always taken for granted. Catrien clashes with Sister Alma, the proud school founder who fears her world and everything she believes in are under attack. PROJECT STATUS
Sisterhood is at development stage. We are looking for co-producers, broadcasters and other financial partners worldwide.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sytske Kok sytskok@hetnet.nl M +31 0648478552
Maaike Benschop film@phantavision.com M +31 206260255
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The Enchanted
Anna Marmiesse Writer/director • France
Anna graduated from La Fémis in 2013. Since then, she has been a script reader and consultant for several French production companies and TV networks. She wrote and directed her first short film, the musical Lorraine Can’t Sing, in 2016. It has been picked up by France 2 and was screened in numerous festivals all around the world. Currently she is developing her first TV series and a feature film.
A new virus is starting to spread, causing people to sing and dance involuntarily. They are being called “The Enchanted”. In a French city, a group of people try to implement this new reality into their lives. Is the world about to become one giant musical? PROJECT STATUS
The project is at development with Kaly Productions. We are looking for potential French and/or international co-producers.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Anna Marmiesse marmiesse_anna@yahoo.fr M +33 685532102
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The Magic Mountain Machteld van Gelder Producer • Netherlands In 2000, Machteld founded Kleine Storm, an independent TV production company based in Amsterdam. For nearly two decades she created, developed and produced a wide variety of concepts and series for public broadcasters. Her fiction-experience ranges from comedy, to adapting plays for screen, to drama. She also directed several documentary films and TV series.
Brechtje Schaling Producer • Netherlands After a career as a freelance line producer of feature films and TV series, Brechtje joined Kleine Storm in 2014 as Production Manager.
The Magic Mountain is a black comedy about members from the European elite hoping to return to their high-power positions after treatment at the exclusive Zauberberg. High up amidst the harsh nature, charming mountain villages and discretion of the Alps, a group of overworked Europeans strive to recover in a luxurious clinic. A minister, a bank director, an actor, a billionaire’s daughter, a conductor and a diplomat seek to reinvigorate their exhausted bodies and minds. The series, inspired by Thomas Mann’s novel The Magic Mountain, is translated to the problems experienced by Europeans in this day and age. PROJECT STATUS
We are seeking for international partners, broadcasters and networks.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Machteld Van Gelder machteld@kleinestorm.nl M +31 621534211
Brechtje Schaling brechtje@kleinestorm.nl M +31 650686325
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The Millennials Wout Peter Malestein Writer/director • Netherlands Born and raised in a religious tight-knit community, Wout did not grow up with a camera glued to his hand. Instead, his three brothers infected him with a love for movies that inspired him to the very core. In 2014, he graduated in Audiovisual Media, Film Directing and Screenwriting at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. His credits include the short documentary The Promised Land (2018), broadcasted on Dutch television.
In the late 90s, teenage twins Celine and Abel are tired of their predictable lives in the religious community they grew up in and decide to become anarchists. PROJECT STATUS
The project is at early development stage. We are mainly looking for financing and broadcasters.
Bas Broertjes Producer • Netherlands Bas Broertjes was born in Amsterdam. He graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2013, focusing on developing scripts. He worked as a producer and line producer on several short films, and together with Aydin Dehzad in 2014 he joined Kaliber Film, originally founded by Mete Gümürhan. In the past years, Bas was selected for IFFR CineMart’s Rotterdam Lab, IDFAcademy and Ji.hlava IDFF Emerging Producers programme.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Wout Peter Malestein wp.malestein@gmail.com M +31 0616652770
Bas Broertjes bas@kaliberfilm.nl M +31 0641251327
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The Possessed Bartosz Staszczyszyn Writer/director • Poland Bartosz is a screenwriter, journalist and script consultant. He graduated in Film Studies from the Jagiellonian University. His writing debut, the critically acclaimed spy series Illegals, was broadcast by Canal+ Polska. He has also been developing a war thriller series Krakau. As a journalist, he has collaborated with the major Polish media. He attended Storytelling – The Collaborative Model course by EPI, and the Canal+ Series Lab (2016 and 2018).
Maciej Kubicki Producer • Netherlands Maciej graduated from the Institute of Polish Culture of the University of Warsaw and in Creative Production from the Wajda School. He works as a creative producer and scriptwriter for both cinema and TV. His credits include adaptations (In Treatment and Pact for HBO Europe, Illegals for Canal+ Polska) and original formats (Londoners for TVP). Maiej is a board member of Telemark and an EAVE Producers Workshop, TorinoFilmLab, MIDPOINT, Ex Oriente Film and DOK Incubator alumnus.
During the Mass, an old lady hangs herself in the church. Her teenage granddaughter Ada discovers that suicides have been happening in this area for years. The one who forced people to kill themselves was the ghost of a murdered Roma girl. The ghost possesses Ada’s body and gives her a task. She is supposed to find the girl’s body and bury her in the sacred ground. If she fails, the demon will force her to commit suicide. But it is not the only threat for Ada. The locals are ready to kill her to stop her from solving the mystery from the past. Now, the girl and the demon need to work together. PROJECT STATUS
The project is currently in advanced development. The story outline, the mini bible and the script of the pilot episode are ready to be shared. We are looking for broadcasters and sales agents.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bartosz Staszczyszyn Maciej Kubicki bartoszstaszczyszyn@gmail.com m.kubicki@gmail.com M +48 500061482 M +48 508154480
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The Surveillant Lars T. Therkildsen Writer/director • Denmark Since 2007 Lars has written and directed several TV shows, commercials, short films, and games. He is most known in Denmark for his collaboration with actor and scriptwriter Charter McCloskey. Together they have produced over 500 minutes of TV primarily for the Danish comedy channel TV2 Zulu. Lars is currently working on several feature films as a scriptwriter. He has an undeniable passion for absurd universes and loveable but deeply flawed characters.
Maria Møller Christoffersen Producer • Denmark Maria Møller Christoffersen has a strong focus on international collaborations and co-production of arthouse films. She recently co-produced Johannes Nyholm’s Koko-Di Koko-Da, which was selected in Competition at Sundance, IFFR and Gothenburg Film Festival 2019. Nationally she is in supported development with a slate of various fiction and documentary films. Additionally, she has produced several seasons of TV series for national broadcasters.
The Surveillant is a dark paranoia comedy about identity, surveillance and intelligence set in Copenhagen. A dark and funny satire about a guy on his first field job starting to doubt everything, even himself. After a tour of duty in Afghanistan, Greg started having trouble finding any reason to connect with other people. He is recently hired at the Danish Federal Intelligence, a job he finds slightly boring, but suits him well. After a promotion he is hired to surveil a man of interest. Things starts to change, and his paranoia starts to unravel. PROJECT STATUS
We are in early development and currently looking for broadcasters to join the project.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Lars T. Therkildsen lars@grasvaerk.dk T +45 21675213
Maria Møller Christoffersen maria@beofilm.dk T +45 28901506
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