“We All Have To Become A Bit More Scandinavian,” Declares Beta Film MD – Series Mania
deadline.com“We all have to become a bit more Scandinavian,” Beta Film MD Moritz von Kruedener told a Series Mania audience this morning.
Opening the Lille Dialogues section on the final day of the France confab, von Kruedener raised the requirement to be flexible and seek financing from more than one local network for projects, given that budgets have increased so steeply.
He explained that Scandinavian and Eastern European territories have been doing this for decades. “Even if you’re only producing locally, national funding is not enough,” he added. “In Germany and other nations you now have to combine two local partners.
In a way we all have to become a bit more Scandinavian.” Beta Film has nurtured a reputation over the decades for acting as broker on pan-European projects – von Kruedener stressed its position as “partner” several times – and recent shows include The Swarm and Babylon Berlin.
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