Tune in for the EAVE LIVE STREAM SESSION – Producing TV drama series

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In the framework of its renowned Producers Workshop in Strasbourg, France, EAVE will organize a special half-day module about TV drama production which will be live streamed on the EAVE website (www.eave.org) on Wednesday, October 21 from 9:00-12:30. 

The TV Drama day will feature Marianne Gray from Yellow Bird (SE), Camilla Hammerich from DR (DK), EAVE graduate Sandra Harms from Miso Film Sverige (SE) and Liselott Forsman from Yle (FI). The event will be moderated by Andrea Reuter (SE).

The high-profile guest speakers who have produced such TV drama series as: OCCUPIED  and BORGEN will elaborate on what it takes for independent producers to move from feature film to TV drama production and explore the point of view and modus operandi of the broadcasters, their vision, global trends and an outlook on the future.

As the session’s moderator Andrea Reuter puts it: "I find it very exciting that drama series from the Nordic countries is growing more and more popular around the globe, with both original versions and remake rights sold widely. What are the Scandinavians doing right, what are the coming trends in the region and what are the areas that still need improving? These are some of the topics I am looking forward to delving into with some of the sharpest minds in the Nordic drama world."

The guest speakers for the panel are:

Marianne Gray

Following a film and television program at UCLA, Marianne Gray started her career in Los Angeles as an Executive Assistant to producer Dawn Steel at Walt Disney Studios. She later moved on to work in development/production for companies at Warner Bros, and Twentieth Century Fox.

In 1998 Marianne moved back to her native Sweden to head up the drama and feature film department at Jarowskij. Productions include a feature film for Svensk Filmindustri and several Award winning series for public broadcaster SVT, including THE LASER MAN directed by Michael Marcimain.

Currently an Executive Producer/Producer at Yellow Bird she has just completed production on the 10-part TV2 Norway/ARTE co-production of OCCUPIED based on an original idea by Jo Nesbo as well as the romatic comedy feature GREETINGS FROM UP NORTH. Past productions include the highly successful Norwegian feature HEADHUNTERS, directed by Morten Tyldum and based on a thriller by Jo Nesbø.

Camilla Hammerich

Camilla has worked in nearly all areas of production in the Danish TV and film industry. She began as an assistant producer and worked her way up to Head of Drama at Danish TV2. Currently she works as a Producer at DR Fiction, Denmark’s acclaimed television development and production studio. Camilla is specialized in developing and bringing to fruition dramatic series for the Danish market, with an eye toward international marketability and award-winning appeal. 

Camilla has been the Producer of the Danish political series BORGEN. Now she is developing a new series RIDES UPON THE STORM with Head Writer Adam Price.And she is the author of the book THE BORGEN EXPERIENCE – Creating TV Drama the Danish Way.

Sandra Harms

Sandra Harms graduated from Sweden's National Film School in 2006 and participated in the EAVE programme in 2008. She worked as an assistant producer at Memfis Film between 2006-2007 and as a producer at Breidablick Film from 2007-2009. Sandra produced several short films, including Amanda Adolfsson's SPENDING THE NIGHT which was in competition at the 2008 Berlinale. In 2008, she produced Teresa Fabik's Swedish-Irish co-production STARRING MAJA which was nominated for the Guldbagge awards in the categories of Best Screenplay, Best Direction and Best Picture. 

In 2010, Sandra began working as a producer at Sonet Film. The films produced at Sonet Film so far are Karzan Kader 's feature debut BEKAS (2012), a Swedish-Finnish-Iraqi co-production set completely in Iraqi Kurdistan, and US (2013), written by Jens Jonsson and directed by Mani Maserrat, starring Gustaf Skarsgård. She is currently developing a thriller called KILLCHILD.COM together with the Stateside duo Jonsson/Maserrat.

Liselott Forsman

Liselott Forsman is the Executive Producer of International Drama Projects within the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle.  She networks actively internationally as the President of the EBU Fiction Expert Group, a co-producer within the Northvision Drama group, a member of the International Emmy Academy and a board member the Nordic Film & TV Fund. 

Liselott has a background as Head of Fiction at Swedish Yle. She has written for TV and radio as well as for entertainment, theatre and opera, genres that go from black comedy to psychological thrillers.  Her MA from The University of Helsinki combines Theatre Science with Film and Television studies. 

Liselott is also an experienced moderator at international stages such as global TV conference Input and The Midnightsun Filmfestival.  She's been a guest speaker at a number of international forums such as C21 in London and at domestic and international academies such as Aalto University in Helsinki and Serial Eyes in Berlin.

Andrea Reuter

Stockholm based Finlandswede Andrea Reuter works as a freelancing moderator and project manager. Amongst her regular customers are the Swedish Film Institute (where she worked for the International Department 2009-2011 as well as 2015) and Göteborg Film Festival, where she at the Nordic Film Market prepares and moderates the seminar TV Drama Vision as well as the works in progress. She has a background as programmer for Stockholm Intl Film Festival and as TV and radio host for various broadcasters.

Page published 20 October 2015. Updated 28 October 2015.