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FICTION
FALL 2015
#HASHTAG
8 x 23’
”HASHTAG” IS A MOCKUMENTARY ABOUT SIX BLOGGERS WHO ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON - THEIR LIVES
REVOLVE AROUND THEIR BLOG. SPOUSES, CHILDREN, PARENTS AND SELF-RESPECT ALL TAKE SECOND PLACE TO
THE BLOG. BUT REFLECTING A TREND THAT’S ALL TOO COMMON IN THESE DAYS OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THE RICH AND
EXCITING LIVES PORTRAYED IN THE BLOGS ARE A FAR FROM THE HUMDRUM REALITY.
/ COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: ANTI TV FOR TV2 NORWAY
TOTALLY PERFECT
FIVE SEASONS PRODUCED
50 x 23’
A FUN MOCKUMENTARY ABOUT THE COMEDIAN THOMAS GIERTSEN, WHO SEEMINGLY HAS IT ALL: A GREAT
GIRLFRIEND, A BIG HOUSE, A LOT OF CASH AND SOME FUNNY FRIENDS. BUT DESPITE LIVING THE DREAM,
GIERTSEN STILL SEEMS TO GET HIMSELF INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE - BEGGING THE QUESTION,
HOW PERFECT IS HIS PERFECT LIFE?
/ DRAMA / COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: FEELGOOD FOR TV NORGE / DISCOVERY NORWAY
MANIAC
10 x 23’
MANIAC IS THE STORY OF ESPEN, A MAN IN HIS THIRTIES WHO’S LOVED BY
EVERYONE. HIS LIFE IS ONE LONG PARTY. BUT IN REALITY, ESPEN IS IN A
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AND HAS NEVER UTTERED A SINGLE WORD.
HIS ESCAPE IS AN ELABORATE FANTASY WORLD IN WHICH HE SPENDS HIS
“LIFE” WITH HIS BEST FRIEND HAKON. BUT IS THIS SUCH A BAD THING? ESPEN
IS HAPPY IN HIS OWN LITTLE WORLD - THAT IS, UNTIL HIS NEW
PSYCHOLOGIST BEGINS TO CHALLENGE HIM AND HE IS FORCED TO
REDEFINE WHAT LIFE HE WANTS TO LIVE.
/ COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: RUBICON FOR TV2 NORWAY
SMALL TOWN LOVE
SEASON 2 COMMISIONED FOR 2016
10 x 23’
MEET ANETTE, HER DAUGHTER FANNY, THEIR HOPELESS BOYFRIENDS OLA AND PONTUS, NAIL DESIGNER
SOL-BRITT AND ANNETTE’S EX-HUSBAND JAMIE. THE STORY, SET IN THE SMALL TOWN OF MOLKOM IN VÄRMLAND,
BEGINS WHEN ANETTE, WHO HAS ALWAYS WORKED AS A DINNER LADY, IS REPLACED BY A COFFEE MACHINE AND
IS PLUNGED INTO THE TOUGH WORLD OF THE UNEMPLOYED. SHE DECIDES TO START A NAIL SALON AND HIRES HER
DAUGHTER AS CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGER. PRETTY SOON, IT TURNS OUT THAT BOTH ANETTE AND FANNY
ARE PREGNANT AND THAT THEIR TWO DEADBEAT BOYFRIENDS ARE INTENDING TO MOVE INTO ANNETTE’S TINY
TOWNHOUSE.
/ COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: BOB FILM FOR TV4 SWEDEN
DAG
SEASON 1,2,3 & 4
40 x 23’
A COMPELLING BLEND OF ABSURDITY AND POIGNANCY, DAG CENTRES ON AN ECCENTRIC COUPLES
THERAPIST WHO BELIEVES EVERYONE SHOULD LIVE ALONE - A PHILOSOPHY THAT HE SPREADS
CONVINCINGLY, AS HIS 90% POST-TREATMENT DIVORCE RATE TESTIFIES. BUT DAG’S COMFORTABLE LIFE OF
SOLITUDE AND SELF-MEDICATION IS THREATENED WHEN HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH AN EQUALLY
EMOTIONALLY DAMAGED WOMAN - WITH DARKLY HUMOROUS CONSEQUENCES. THIS ALL-STAR NORDIC
CAST THROW THEMSELVES INTO A WHIRLWIND OF EMOTIONS, HUMOUR AND INSANITY..
/ DRAMA / COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: VIAFILM AND KAMERAKAMERATENE FOR TV2 NORWAY
NEXT SUMMER
SEASON 1, 2 & NEW SEASON 3 (2016)
20 x 23’
MENTION THE WORD “CABIN” IN NORWAY AND YOU’LL HEAR ANY NUMBER
OF FUNNY TALES. NEXT SUMMER IS ABOUT THE DREAM OF GETTING AWAY
FROM IT ALL, ABOUT THE OBSTACLES, LARGE AND SMALL, THAT STAND
BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DREAM - AND ABOUT THE INHERENT COMEDY
TO BE FOUND IN THE GAP BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITY. BUT NEXT
SUMMER IS ALSO ABOUT EVERY-DAY PROBLEMS AND OUR PREOCCUPATION WITH THE SMALL STUFF OF LIFE - RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY, INLAWS,
CHORES, HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE, RIDICULOUS RULES AND CLASHING
EXPECTATIONS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY CONSTITUTES A PERFECT SUMMER.
SUMMERS IN NORWAY ARE SHORT - AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE
THE BEST OF THEM.
/ COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: FEELGOOD FOR TV NORGE / DISCOVERY NORWAY
SEASIDE HOTEL
SEASON 1, 2 & SEASON 3 (EARLY 2016)
20 x 60’
SET IN A SMALL DANISH HOTEL ON THE NORTH SEA COAST IN THE SUMMERS OF 1928 THROUGH 1933, SEASIDE HOTEL FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF THE
HOTEL’S WEALTHY REGULARS AND THE LOCAL STAFF AS THE MOOD SWINGS
FROM OPTIMISM TO CRISIS. AS THE BIG WORLD BEYOND DENMARK’S BORDERS HEADS FOR DISASTER, THE TRAGICOMEDY CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF
THE TIMES - EUROPE’S HARSH ECONOMIC CLIMATE, SOCIETY’S REFUSAL TO
FACE FACTS, UNREALISTIC DREAMS OF LIVING THE GOOD LIFE - WHILE
REFLECTING THE TIMES IN WHICH WE NOW LIVE.
/ DRAMA
PRODUCED BY: SF FILM PRODUCTION FOR TV 2/DANMARK
CLOSE TO HEAVEN
SEASON 1, 2 & NEW SEASON 3 (2016)
24 x 22’
YOUNG PRIEST ALBIN OLSSON (JOHAN GLANS) RETURNS FROM AFRICA TO BECOME A VICAR IN A SMALL
PAROCHIAL CHURCH IN HIS HOME TOWN IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN. HE DREAMS OF REFORMING THE CHURCH AND
RETURNING IT TO ITS FORMER ROLE AS THE CENTRE OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT IT’S A MISSION THAT TURNS OUT
TO BE A LOT MORE MORE DIFFICULT THAN ALBIN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. HE FINDS HIMSELF STRUGGLING WITH
RESISTANT EMPLOYEES AND SUSPICIOUS PARISHIONERS - AND THEN THERE ARE HIS OWN PERSONAL ISSUES TO
CONFRONT.
/ COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: ANAGRAM FILM FOR TV4 AB
WHAT’S UP?
SEASON 1 & 2
16 x 24’
BLACK ANGELS
6 x 45’ & 2 x 90’
TOLD IN A CONTEMPORARY VOICE, WHAT’S UP? IS A COMEDY SERIES ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING ORDINARY
THINGS – A SERIES THAT CELEBRATES EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE INHERENT DRAMAS THAT SO MANY OF US EXPERIENCE
ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE TONE IS REALISTIC, BOTH IN TERMS OF LOOK AND CONTENT. THE HUMOR LIES IN THE
DIALOGUE, THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE PROTAGONISTS FIND THEMSELVES, AND THE BICKERING AND PHILOSOPHISING THAT ACCOMPANIES THE ACTION.
/ COMEDY
SET IN MODERN REYKJAVÍK THE ACTION CENTRES ON A TEAM OF FOUR POLICE DETECTIVES STRUGGLING TO SOLVE A SERIES
OF EVER-MORE SEVERE CRIMES LINKED WITH INTERNATIONAL CRIME ORGANISATIONS. IN ADDITION TO INVESTIGATING TWO
MAJOR CRIMES, THE TEAM IS BATTLES WITH INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS AND LOVE AFFAIRS. A SECOND SEASON OF BLACK
ANGELS IS IN DEVELOPMENT.
/ CRIME
PRODUCED BY: FALSTER INC FOR TV2 DENMARK
PRODUCED BY: SAGAFILM FOR TV2 ICELAND
THE NIGHT SHIFT
24 x 30’
A GOOD NUMBER TWO
8 x 26’
MEET A TRIO OF HAPLESS EMPLOYEES WHO WORK THE NIGHT SHIFT AT A QUIET GAS STATION IN REYKJAVIK. THEY PASS THE TIME
DURING THE COLD ICELANDIC NIGHTS BY AVOIDING WORK AND ALARMING THE FEW CUSTOMERS WHO PASS BY WITH THEIR
ECCENTRIC BEHAVIOUR. THE STATION MANAGER, GEORG BJARNFREDARSON, IS AN ARCHETYPICAL, OVER-EDUCATED COMMUNIST
WHO HOLDS AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY DEGREES AND GRABS EVERY CHANCE TO EMPHASISE THE FACT. GEORG ALSO
LIVES BY A STRICT SET OF RULES OF HIS OWN INVENTION, MOSTLY INVOLVING WEIRD DIETARY REGULATIONS AND ANTI-CAPITALIST
PROPAGANDA. LOST IN HIS FANTASY OF BEING A MANAGER FOR A SUCCESSFUL BAND, HE CONSTANTLY CHASES ANYTHING THAT
GLITTERS WHILE CULTIVATING A FAUX VENEER OF POP-CULTURE COOLNESS.
/ COMEDY
HELEN STANGELAND IS DREAMING OF BECOMING AN ACTRESS BUT LATELY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING LESS THAN WELL. SHE IS
WORKING IN HER PARENTS’ STORE AND HAS BEEN BORROWING HER ROOMMATE’S CREDIT CARD TO PAY HER BILLS. HELEN IS ABOUT
TO GIVE UP WHEN FATE LENDS A HELPING HAND - DURING A NIGHT OUT DRINKING AND CONTEMPLATING HER FAILING CAREER, SHE
BUMPS INTO THE FAMOUS DIRECTOR FRANK STAFF. AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT TOGETHER, FRANK UNINTENTIONALLY OFFERS HELEN
A PART IN A PLAY HE’S DIRECTING FOR THE NATIONAL THEATRE. IN AN INSTANT, HELEN’S LIFE IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. THIS IS HER BIG
CHANCE - BUT IS SHE GOOD ENOUGH TO SUCCEED?
/ COMEDY
PRODUCED BY: SAGAFILM FOR TV2 ICELAND
PRODUCED BY: FEELGOOD FOR TV2 NORWAY
THE PRESS
SEASON 1, 2 & 3
18 x 45’
LÁRA A SINGLE MOTHER IN HER THIRTIES, IS HIRED AS A REPORTER ON A
TABLOID NEWSPAPER AT THE SAME TIME THAT PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN
MÁNI GOES MISSING. THE CASE INTRIGUES LÁRA AND HER INVESTIGATION
INTO MANI’S DISAPPEARANCE PROVIDES AN OVERARCHING STORYLINE THAT
UNFOLDS THROUGHOUT THE SERIES.
/ THRILLER / CRIME
PRODUCED BY: SAGAFILM
THE UNDERWORLD TRILOGY:
PRISONER, COP, LAWYER
12 x 50 ’
SET IN STOCKHOLM, ST PETERSBURG AND HELSINKI, THE UNDERWORLD TRILOGY TELLS THREE STORIES ABOUT DRUG TRAFFICKING AND
MONEY LAUNDERING FROM THREE PERSPECTIVES: THE COP, THE LAWYER AND THE PRISONER. EACH STORY IS AN UNCOMPROMISING
AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING THRILLER IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND CAN BE SCREENED AS AN INDEPENDENT MINI-SERIES. TOGETHER, THE
THREE STORIES PROVIDE A TRUE-TO-LIFE PICTURE OF THE GLOBAL DRUG-TRAFFICKING SCENE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, AND THE
MONEY LAUNDERING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BRUTAL TRADE.
/ THRILLER / CRIME
PRODUCED BY: VERTIGO PRODUCTION FINLAND
COLD HEART
8 x 24’
THE TOWER AGENTS
AND THE MYSTERIOUS CHRISTMAS GIFT
10 x 14’
ANNELI, AGED 12, IS A CITY GIRL WHO IS FORCED TO MOVE NORTH TO THE
ARTIC. THERE, SHE BEFRIENDS LOCAL BOY ISAK AND THE TWO DISCOVER
THAT THE ARCTIC COLD HIDES MANY SECRETS.
WITH LITTLE OR NO HELP FROM THE ADULTS, THE KIDS SOLVE A MYSTERY
AND UNCOVER THE CHILLING TRUTH.
/ CHILDREN
THREE CHILDREN HAVE A SECRET CLUB - “THE TOWER AGENTS” - WHICH MEETS IN THE TOWER OF THE OLD VILLAGE CHURCH. JUST BEFORE
CHRISTMAS, CREEPY MR KLAUSEN TAKES OVER THE JOB OF CHURCH BELL-RINGER. THE KIDS DISCOVER MR KLAUSEN HAS BURNED THE SCRIPT
FOR THE LOCAL CHRISTMAS PLAY AND IS PLANNING TO PUT ON HIS OWN SHOW, DURING WHICH HE WILL STEAL THE MONEY FROM THE CHURCH’S
CHRISTMAS EVE COLLECTION. LUCKILY, THE TOWER AGENTS ARE AT HAND TO SAVE THE DAY.
/ CHILDREN
PRODUCED BY: ORIGINAL FILM
PRODUCED BY: VIDVINKEL MEDIA
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