Thomas Vinterberg Among Inaugural Nordic Series Script Award Nominees
deadline.comThe Göteborg Film Festival and Nordisk Film & TV Fond have announced the five inaugural Nordic Series Script Award nominees.
The nominated series are Families Like Ours (Denmark, nominated writers Thomas Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen), Money Shot (Finland, nominated writer Jemina Jokisalo), Pressure Point (Sweden, nominated writer Pelle Rådström), Quisling (Norway, nominated writers Anna Bache-Wiig and Siv Rajendram Eliassen), The School of Housewives (Iceland, nominated writers Arnór Pálmi Arnarson and Jóhanna Fridrika Sæmundsdóttir).
The award was launched last year and comes with a NOK 200,000 (€17,000) cash prize. The jury for the Nordic Series Script Award is Henriette Steenstrup, Actor and Screenwriter, Norway; Joanna Szymańska, Producer and CEO at SHIPsBOY, Poland; Linus Fremin, TV Critic and Creative Director at Make Your Mark, Sweden.
This year the festival will also launch the Creative Courage Award to honor the producer and commissioner of a series that boldly pushes creative boundaries and embraces innovation.
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