Yesterday evening, the winners of the TV Beats Co-Financing Market—now in its fourth year—were announced.
The international jury selected Finnish drama series project The Women I Think about at Night (producer: Liisa Karpo, production company: napafilms) as the most promising project. The winner was handed out the Series Co-Production Development Award, worth 50,000 euros, intended to foster creative collaborations in series co-production and empower independent producers. The award forms a part of the Pilot Programme for series co-productions, an initiative of the Council of Europe, and is open to independent producers from all Eurimages member states.
Jury comment: “The jury selected a project that seamlessly combines AI and live action, archival material and fiction, tackling universal themes in a bold and impactful way. It explores identity and self-discovery from a female lens, highlights the power of learning from diverse cultures, and draws inspiration from brave and curious historical women.”
Altogether, ten projects seeking collaborative partnerships took part in the TV Beats Co-Financing market. The international jury, who selected the winner, included Clémentine Trolong-Bailly, Representative of the Pilot Programme for Series Co-production of the Council of Europe, France, Christian Wikander, Producer, Sweden and Remi Tereszkiewicz, Development Executive, BetaSeries, France.
For the first time, all the projects took part in a public voting. Altogether close to 460 votes were given on Votemo platform during the TV Beats Co-Financing market pitches. The Public Favourite Award in the TV Beats Co-Financing market category will be handed out to a German project In Paradise (producer: Corinna Poetter, production company: eitelsonnenschein GmbH). The project was awarded with 2.000 euros worth of Yamdu subscription credit for any annual Yamdu plan or Yamdu add-on (valid thru 31.12.2025).
During the TV Beats award ceremony, also the Honorary TV Beats Producer Award, launched in 2024, was handed out to Ukrainian independent producer Kateryna Vyshnevska. “This award is meant to spotlight a prominent and inspiring figure from our region, covering the Nordics, Baltics and Central Eastern Europe, who has made a significant impact in the field of TV Drama production. Kateryna Vyshnevska’s role in building and growing the internationalisation of Ukraine’s Film.UA has been remarkable, culminating in executive producing the show Those Who Stayed, a contemporary landmark series co-produced and financed with several European countries,” Petri Kemppinen and Roosa Toivonen, Co-Heads of TV Beats Forum commented.
Congratulations to the winners!
Photos by Liis Reiman.