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EXCLUSIVE: As Europe pushes for much showrunners, a twelve writers from crossed nan continent person been selected for an EU-backed programme headed by immoderate large names from Borgen, Doctor Who and Neumatt.
The European Showrunner Programme is for knowledgeable bid writers who want to make nan jump to showrunner. It is overseen by Jeppe Gjervig Gram, whose credits see Borgen, alongside showrunners Chris Chibnall (Doctor Who), and Marianne Wendt (Neumatt). Check retired nan afloat database of writers taking part, below. The cohort has, collectively, awesome credits, and nan writers will study astir nan showrunner role, which remains much commonplace successful nan U.S. manufacture but overmuch little truthful successful Europe.
The Internationale Filmschule Köln (ifs) has been moving an EU-supported European Showrunner Programme since 2022 and erstwhile again hosts proceedings.
The European Showrunner Programme focuses connected training and mentoring. The founders antecedently told Deadline astir nan value of establishing nan showrunner domiciled in Europe. A caller study from nan ifs said having showrunners look from crossed Europe is cardinal to nan early of storytelling successful nan region.
The programme is funded by Creative Europe, nan European Union’s backing programme for culture, and specifically done its MEDIA strand dedicated to movie and TV. The Showrunner Programme’s cardinal show partners are Seriencamp successful Cologne, TV Drama Vision astatine nan Göteborg Film Festival, and TV Beats, which is nan bid portion of nan Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
The European Showrunner people lasts six months pinch nan writers attending in-person arsenic good arsenic online modules.
Here are nan twelve writers selected this year, hailing from 9 countries crossed Europe.
Christian Wehrlin, Switzerland (Our Little Embassy)
Eric Andreae, Switzerland (Mindblow)
Judit Anna Banhazi, Hungary/France (Underdog)
Sina Flammang, Germany (The Three Detectives)
João Lacerda Matos, Portugal (Good Girls Club)
Victor Lockwood, France (One Night to Live)
Makgano Mamabolo, South Africa/Denmark (Society)
Rodrigo Ordóñez, Spain (Pray for Blood)
Christina Øster, Denmark (Hooligan)
Yemi Oyefuwa, UK (Dreaming Whilst Black)
Katharina Ruß, Germany (Der Staatsanwalt)
Maja Todorović, Montenegro (V-Effect)
