2025 Nordic Series Script Award Nominees Unveiled
Göteborg Film Festival and Nordisk Film & TV Fond announce five Nordic drama series for the NOK 200,000 (€17,000) Nordic Series Script Award. The new awards that celebrate excellence in Nordic drama series are presented by Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
The series nominated for the Nordic Series Script Award: Families Like Ours (Denmark, nominated writers Thomas Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen), Money Shot (Finland, nominated writer Jemina Jokisalo), Pressure Point (Sweden, nominated writer Pelle Rådström), Quisling (Norway, nominated writers Anna Bache-Wiig and Siv Rajendram Eliassen), The School of Housewives (Iceland, nominated writers Arnór Pálmi Arnarson and Jóhanna Fridrika Sæmundsdóttir).
The Nordic Series Awards includes the Nordic Series Script Award, succeeding the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, and celebrates outstanding writing in Nordic drama. With a prize sum of NOK 200,000 (€17,000), financed by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, it recognizes the main writer(s) of a Nordic drama series that premiered in the previous year.
Additionally, the honorable mention, Creative Courage Award, celebrates the producer and commissioner of a series that boldly pushes creative boundaries and embraces innovation. The Creative Courage recipient is selected from a number of admissions by the Nordic streamers and broadcasters.
The winners of the Nordic Series Awards will be announced at an award ceremony on the evening of January 28, 2025.
Liselott Forsman, CEO at Nordisk Film & TV Fond says:
“Nordisk Film & TV Fond supports Nordic quality and distribution through top-financing and industry initiatives. We have been honoured to carry an award that bears our fund’s name, but the writer award’s new name has more weight in international CVs, as it clearly defines that the prize goes to the best Nordic series script. Another welcome reform is that all series that opened in 2024 are eligible. In these economically tough times, there might be a tendency to play it safe when commissioning. With the Creative Courage Award, we want to shed light on a commissioner-producer collaboration that has resulted in an exceptionally brave and innovative series. I’m now happy to see that we have great candidates in many genres in both categories."
Cia Edström, Head of TV Drama Vision at Göteborg Film Festival says:
“We are delighted to once again have the opportunity to be part of celebrating outstanding writers of Nordic drama and the ongoing innovation in the region. The selection demonstrates the diversity of stories emerging from the region and signals both the strength of the present and a promising future for Nordic drama series.”
The jury for the Nordic Series Script Award is Henriette Steenstrup, Actor and Screenwriter, Norway; Joanna Szymańska, Producer and CEO at SHIPsBOY, Poland; Linus Fremin, TV Critic and Creative Director at Make Your Mark, Sweden.
The 2024 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize winners were Johan Fasting, Silje Storstein and Kristin Grue for the Norwegian drama Power Play.
TV Drama Vision runs from January 28–29, 2025. Read more here.
2025 Nordic Series Script Award Nominees
Families Like Ours (Familier som vores)
Denmark, 7x50’
Nominated writers: Thomas Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen
Broadcaster: TV2 Denmark
Produced by: Zentropa Entertainments
Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
Sales: ROW: Studiocanal / Benelux: TrustNordisk
Premiere: October 20, 2024
In a not-too-distant future, Denmark faces total evacuation due to rising water levels. As the nation prepares to leave their homes, high school student Laura must choose between her divorced parents and the boy she’s fallen in love with.
Money Shot (Toinen tuleminen)
Finland, 8x25’
Nominated writer: Jemina Jokisalo
Broadcaster: Elisa Viihde
Produced by: Just Republic
Producers: Jemina Jokisalo, Samuli Norhomaa and Johanna Tarvainen
Directed by: Teemu Niukkanen
Sales: Federation Studios and Nordisk Film
Premiere: May 2, 2024
Washed-up porn actress Sari, 42, gets fired from her last role and has to find a new way to make a living. She teams up with Linnea, 22, an aspiring director who struggles to get into film school. Together they start a company that produces feminist, erotic films and begin a journey to fulfill women’s desires – and their own.
Pressure Point (Smärtpunkten)
Sweden, 3x60’
Nominated writer: Pelle Rådström
Storyline: Wilhelm Behrman and Niklas Rockström
Broadcaster: SVT
Produced by: Art & Bob
Producer: Martina Stöhr
Directed by: Sanna Lenken
Sales: ReInvent International Sales
Premiere: April 19, 2024
Renowned playwright Lars Norén and producer Isa Stenberg join forces with dangerous inmates, including Neo-Nazis, in a maximum-security prison to create a new play. Amidst a contentious debate on freedom of speech and government oversight lapses, the prisoners exploit their freedom, leading to bank robberies and the emergence of a neo-Nazi organization. Tragically, their actions result in a double police murder, causing a nationwide scandal and profound trauma.
Quisling
Norway, 5x45-50'
Nominated writers: Anna Bache-Wiig and Siv Rajendram Eliassen
Broadcaster: TV2 Norway
Produced by: Paradox Rettigheter AS
Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae
Directed by: Erik Poppe
Sales: REInvent
Premiere: November 21, 2024
At the end of the war, Vidkun Quisling is arrested and put on trial. The Norwegian state seeks the death penalty. Maria, Quisling's wife, does everything she can to save him from death and secure his legacy, while the church's appointed priest, Peder Olsen, tries to save his soul.
The School of Housewives (Húsó)
Iceland, 6x30’
Nominated writers: Arnór Pálmi Arnarson and Jóhanna Fridrika Sæmundsdóttir
Broadcaster: RÚV
Produced by: Glassriver
Producer: Arnbjörg Hafliðadóttir
Directed by: Arnór Pálmi Arnarson
Sales: N/A
Premiere: January 1, 2024
After being in and out of rehab since she was a teenager, Hekla enrolls in The School of Housewives in order to get her daughter back from foster care. But is learning to knit, bake and clean going to make her a fit mother?