Nine projects selected at the 2022 TFL SeriesLab
- The 6th edition of the programme of the TorinoFilmLab dedicated to TV series welcomes projects from Belgium, Germany, Romania, Serbia and the UK
The nine projects participating in the sixth edition of SeriesLab — the annual program of TorinoFilmLab dedicated to TV series, which will take place from June to October and develops innovative and high profile international projects — come from five different countries (Belgium, Germany, Romania, Serbia and the UK).
The 23 participating professionals (11 women and 12 men, including screenwriters, directors and producers) will be guided by Nicola Lusuardi (Italy) and tutors Francesca De Lisi (Italy), Anne Feinsilber (France) and Simon Judd (UK) through the creative process of a TV series, from the formulation of ideas and the preparation of the material, to the final presentation in front of the best professionals of the international TV industry.
“The final selection, as always, privileges variety and aesthetic, tonal and genre diversity,” Lusuardi explains. “For the first time, two Romanian projects are part of the shortlist, and this is also Germany’s first time being represented. Finally, our very happy partnership with Belgium is confirmed, as the country is taking part in the Lab with three projects.”
In addition, five screenwriters have been chosen to continue their journey with SeriesLab - Talents, the new TFL program led by Tony Grisoni with the support of Rory Gleeson (story editor), which aims to discover and train the best emerging talents in new drama writing. In parallel with SeriesLab, participants will have the opportunity to experience work in a real writers' room during an intensive five-month training course that will end with a presentation in one of the main European television markets in 2023. The selected participants in the first edition of SeriesLab - Talents are: Alice Von Gwinner (Germany), Carla Grauls (Belgium), Fabrizio Muscia (Italy), Nach Solis (Spain), and Svitlana Topor (Poland).
The final presentation of SeriesLab 2022 projects will be hosted at MIA, in October in Rome. The 9 selected titles are:
And Then We Took Berlin (Romania)
Genre: period comedy-drama
Peca Stefan, creator
Diana Păroiu, producer (Visual Walkabout)
Dirty (Romania)
Genre: comedy, drama, thriller
Paul Cioran, creator, writer and director
Horia Călugăreanu, producer (Visual Walkabout)
Eat Me (Serbia/Germany)
Genere: horror, crime, thriller
Milica Zivanovic, writer and creator
Matthias Nerlich, writer and co-creator
Laura Schlesinger, producer (Goldkind Filmproduktion)
Furious (UK/Germany)
Genere: coming of age, drama
Karissa Hamilton-Bannis, screenwriter
Philipp Zakrzewski, screenwriter
Jelena Goldbach, producer (ZAK Film Productions UG)
Keep the Change (Belgium)
Genere: drama
Tom Baetens, creator and writer
Elke Neuville, creator and writer
Paneka
Lady Driver (Serbia)
Genere: dark comedy, crime, drama
Bojana Babić, writer and creator
Andjela Dubljevic, writer and creator
Maja Popović, producer (Sense Production)
Nest (Belgium)
Genere: crime comedy
Koen Van Sande, co-screenwriter and co-director
Sven Hyubrechts, co-screenwriter and co-director
David Vermander, producer (Cartouche)
Oompah Music of Death (Germany)
Genere: mystery/horror
Olivia Vieweg, creator and screenwriter
Matthias Frahm, screenwriting consultant and co-writer
The Dead Man’s Wife (Belgium)
Genere: historical crime drama
Deben Van Dam, writer and director
Bert Van Dael, co-writer and producer
Gitte Nuyens, co-producer (Wilder Content BV)
(Translated from Italian)
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