Finnish Globe-Spanning Drama ‘The Women I Think About at Night’ Wins Tallinn’s TV Beats Series Co-Production Development Award
variety.comJamie Lang Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has unveiled the winners of its TV Beats Co-Financing Market, intended to foster creative collaborations in series co-production and empower independent producers.
Finnish drama “The Women I Think About at Night” took the event’s top honor, the Series Co-Production Development Award and its €50,000 ($52,780) purse, part of the Pilot Program for series co-productions, an initiative of the Council of Europe.
Produced by Liisa Karpo for Napafilms, the project turns on a 40-year-old art teacher with no family who one day abandons her comfortable but unsatisfying life.
With the help of a group of fellow courageous women, past artists and explorers from history, she finds a new way of living.The series is planned to be shot in a wide range of diverse locations as its protagonist explores the world, including Finland, Italy, Japan, Tibet, and Kenya.
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