TV Drama Vision 2026 Programme Unveiled
We are thrilled to reveal the full programme for the 20th edition of TV Drama Vision! With 800 delegates from across Europe and beyond, this landmark edition is designed to inspire, challenge and connect!
Under the theme One Transformation After Another, the programme tackles an industry where reality moves faster than fiction, as shrinking budgets, multiplying formats, shifting audiences and the growing impact of AI reshape how content is developed and produced.
Key highlights of this year’s is acclaimed German showrunner Katharina Eyssen, the creative force behind the Netflix success The Empress, and In Focus: Germany, that brings more than 60 German producers and funding representatives to Göteborg.
Newly announced sessions include Cross-Border Chemistry: Co-Producing Between Germany and the Nordics, Rethinking the Audience, Rethinking IPs & Formats: A Fluid Future, The European Blueprint, and New8 – The Next Chapter – all addressing the need for more agile, resilient approaches to storytelling, collaboration and production in a rapidly changing industry.
- Main Conference: January 27–28, 2026
- Pre-Afternoon Sessions: January 26, 2026
With 100 speakers and 50+ series in progress and development on stage, TV Drama Vision 2026 is the key drama series platform in the Nordics.
TV Drama Vision Delegates as of Jan 16
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The State of Netflix Nordics and Inside Anticipated Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole
What does Netflix’s current landscape look like in the Nordics – and where is it headed? This session offers rare insights into the platform’s creative direction, priorities, and upcoming Nordic slate for 2026, followed by an exclusive deep dive into the highly anticipated series Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole.
On stage: Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, Vice President Content Netflix Nordics; Håkon Briseid, Director Series Netflix Nordics; Tobias Santelmann, Lead actor in Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole; Øystein Karlsen, Director of Jo Nesbøs Harry Hole.
Rethinking IPs & Formats: A Fluid Future
As audiences change, platforms multiply, and content takes new shapes – the rules of storytelling are shifting in real time. This panel explores how creators, producers, and strategists are rethinking formats and how IP can be designed to move fluidly across platforms and windows.
On stage: Victoria Fäh, Manager, IPR Lab; Gerhard Maier, Head Of Programme and Co-Founder, SerienCamp; Joe Bergan, Media Partnerships Nordics, YouTube.
New8 – The Next Chapter
Created in 2023 to co-produce high-end, cross-border series, New8 returns to our stage to reflect on its first years—and share what it’s looking for next.
On stage: Johanna Gårdare, Head of Drama, SVT; Jasmin Maeda, SVP - International Fiction Coproduction and Acquisition ZDF; Elly Vervloet, International Drama Executive VRT.
Rethinking The Audience
Audiences no longer experience content on a single platform. Stories now move across cinema, streaming, YouTube, and live experiences, reshaping how audiences discover, engage with, and value content. This panel explores how audiovisual formats are adapting to this fragmented landscape through case studies.
Panelist: Niels Alberg, Co-founder and CEO, PUBLIKUM; Arttu Lindeman, Marketing Producer, Solar Films; Filip Hammarström, Screenwriter, producer and entrepreneur, Art of Stories; Elma Tataragić, Screenwriter and Competition Programmer, Sarajevo Film Festival.
In collaboration with European Writers Club and Kulturakademin.
In Focus: Germany Sessions
The In Focus: Germany brings over 60 German producers and funding representatives to Göteborg, with dedicated sessions on funding and co-production between Germany and the Nordics.
Inside the German Funding System
Bérénice Honold, Advisor to the CEO/International Affairs at the German Federal Film Board (FFA), offers a short introduction to the German funding system, outlining its structure and key opportunities for film, drama, and other audiovisual formats, with a focus on international collaboration.
Cross-Border Chemistry: Co-Producing Between Germany and the Nordics
Nordic–German co-productions have long thrived in high-end drama. As financing and collaboration models evolve, this panel explores how to co-develop authentic stories and what the future holds for cross-border partnerships—without compromising creative integrity.
Panelists: Till Derenbach, CEO, Executive Producer, Zeitsprung Pictures; Britta Meyermann, Managing Director & Executive Producer, Odeon Fiction; Andri Ómarsson, CEO/Producer, Glassriver; Miira Paasilinna, COO, Anagram, MD Anagram Sweden.
This panel is a collaboration with Berlinale Series Market.