Works in Progress at TV Drama Vision 2012
Forbrydelsen lll
Forbrydelsen III (The Killing III) is the last part of the internationally successful made for television trilogy: Forbrydelsen I-III (the first season of which has been remade in the US by Fox Television Studios).
This final season wraps up the story about Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl), Detective Chief Inspector at the Homicide Division in downtown Copenhagen, who this time is paired up with an idealistic, rookie Detective Constable (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) on the same day a body is found. Just like in the first two installments, the series does not only follow the police, but also the parents of a kidnapped girl as well as a politician, in this case the Prime Minister himself. The show´s creator Søren Sveistrup is again the main writer for this installment. The series is produced by DR with Piv Bernth as creative/senior producer.
Guests:
PIV BERNTH
Senior Producer, Drama Department at DR (Danish public broadcaster)
Piv Bernth has worked as director and producer at DR since 1998, winning an Emmy for Nikolaj and Julie in 2003 as well as several Emmys and a Bafta for The Killing I and II, which she was the producer and creative producer for. Currently she is in production with The Killing III.
Kontoret
In TV4´s new comedy series Kontoret (based on Ricky Gervais´ The Office) we meet Henrik Dorsin´s well-known character Ove Sundberg from the TV4 original hit series Solsidan as the boss of a gang of extraordinary characters at the offices of Svensk kontorshygien AB. In the other main roles we see Björn Gustafsson, Kim Sulocki and Sissela Benn. Just like in the original series The Office, Kontoret is recognizable by the documentary feeling and the awkward and hilarious moments. The series is produced by Jarowskij for TV4 by producer Benjamin Thuresson, directed by Jacob Seth Fransson (Solsidan) and Mikael Lindgren (Grotesco) and written by Jacob Seth Fransson, Rikard Ulvshammar, Per Gavatin and Ola Norén.
GUESTS:
Jacob Seth Fransson, Director and Main Writer.
Jacob is also one of the creators, writers and directors of the Swedish comedy series "Solsidan" and has seve- ral years of experience in comedy writing for various titles in Swedish television.
Pontus Edgren, Executive Producer and Writer, Managing Director, Jarowskij. Jarowskij is a broad supplier of TV-formats in most genres with a special focus in comedy. Pontus was the executive producer for the Swedish adaption of “The Office” and has also created and written the TV4 hit series “Solsidan” and several other comedy titles for Swedish television over the last 10 years.
Mammon
Original NRK drama series Mammon is a 6-episode 6-hour thriller that covers 6 days in our protagonist life. With a prologue that sets a riddle, a threat and a direction. The protagonist Peter Verås (Jon Øigarden) is an ambitious journalist that has used most means and methods to get his top stories. His biggest one ends with fatal consequences in the prologue. He thinks he gets a chance to redeem himself, but the more he tries to do good, the worse it gets, and he is captured into events and choices that bring him and those he cares about to ever darker places. The suspicions of who is behind all the evil is ever shifting. Produced by NRK Drama/Hans Rossine based on an original idea by Gjermund S. Eriksen and Vegard S. Eriksen. Directed by Cecilie Askeland Mosli, produced by Vegard S. Eriksen and written by Gjermund S. Eriksen.
GUESTS:
Vegard Stenberg Eriksen, Producer NRK.
Vegard S. Eriksen has until recently been a producer in the Drama department of NRK with productions like “Sky Blue” and “Brothers”. When he is finished with his ongoing production “Mammon”, he will start as an executive producer for all NRK Drama productions.
Hans Rossiné, Head of Drama NRK (Norway National Broadcaster)
Hans Rossiné has been Head of Drama at NRK since April 2001. NRK’s notable prize-winning and critical successes over the years include “At the King’s Table” (Emmy nominee, 2005), “Ibsen – a Man Immortal”, “Hunter”, “The Berlin Poplars” and the all time high long running series “Blue Sky Blue”. He is Ambassador in Norway for the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, chairman of The Norvision Drama Group and former Vice-President of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) Fiction Group.
