Marta Balaga Berlinale’s Co-Pro Series title “Tipping Point” heads to the end of the world – Svalbard – to tell a story of a young activist at war with her oil exec father, until he is murdered.
Chasing a piece of stolen software which can be used either to destroy the world or improve it, just like the atomic bomb, she is investigating his death.
A ReelMedia (Finland) and Maipo Film (Norway) production, it’s set to start shooting in 2024. “In Svalbard, there are scientists, spies, military attaches, environmentalists, miners.
Polar bears and even a statue of Lenin, because no one bothered to take it down. You can’t make it up,” laughs head writer Brendan Foley, promising the location will keep the tale “contained.” “When talking about the environment, TV has a problem.
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