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ESPEN S. HUSEBY +47 916 15 500 [email protected] ANN CHRISTIN SILJAN +47 993 65 679 [email protected] SIMONE DE PRUYSSENAERE DE LA WOESTIJNE +31 648 01 95 75 [email protected] PAULINA A. EKLUND +1 646 403 2496 [email protected] JAN SALLING +45 404 65 698 [email protected] VIEW ALL OUR PROGRAMS ONLINE AT: WWW.NORDICWORLD.TV 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 NOTES