Fast Expanding Tekele Unveils Trailer for Crime Series ‘Transport,’ New Film, TV slate (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnnika Pham Helsinki-based Tekele has unveiled the international trailer of its first premium crime drama “Transport”, which is in the running for this year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for best Nordic TV screenplay.
The prestigious award will be handed out Feb. 2 during Göteborg’s two-day TV Drama Vision confab.Created and directed by Prix Europa winner Auli Mantila (“Silver Stars”), “Transport” is repped by REIvent International.The eight-part series delves into the criminal activity of horsemeat trafficking and money laundering in Europe.
It’s about ordinary people, under pressure, who somehow get involved, while a young journalist investigates the case of a microchip found in baby food.
Toplining the show are Emmi Parviainen (“Shadow Lines”), Maria Heskanen (“Everlasting Moments”), Ville Virtanen (“Bordertown”) and Geert van Rampelberg (“De Infiltrant”). “Transport” is the first major European premium TV show produced by fast-expanding Tekele, founded by seasoned producer Miia Haavisto (“Tom of Finland,” “The Unknown Soldier”).
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