Meet the participants from previous sessions
Meet the writers
Boosting Ideas 2022
Meet the concept groups
Boosting concepts 2022-2023
Matthieu Bernard
France
Louis Aubert
France
ALPHA
by Matthieu Bernard and Louis Aubert
"On the eve of a major Economic Forum organized by the four most polluting companies in Europe, young European activists, the Alphas, kidnap the sons and daughters of the bosses of these firms to force them to change their environmental policies."
Special Note: Matthieu Bernard (co-creator) and Nicolas de Saint Maleuc (co-producer) did not be attend the Boosting Concept session.
Nicolas de Saint Maleuc
Co-producer
Storia Television, France
Alexandre Charlet
Co-producer
Les Films du Cygne, France
Morad Koufane
Attached Broadcaster
France Télévisions, France
Manju Reijmer
The Netherlands
THE GRONINGEN HIV CASE
by Manju Reijmer
"The controversial Dutch sexual abuse case where three men purposefully injected queer victims with HIV"
Tom van Blommestein
Producer
Lemming Film, the Netherlands
Steven van Roosmalen
Attached Broadcaster
Videoland, the Netherlands
Mona Masri
Sweden
THE. BUILDING
by Mona Masri
"A Swedish immigrant family of four find their home being threatened by demolition, only to realise that the family itself is falling apart"
Karoline Leth
Producer
Zentropa, Denmark
Anna Croneman
Attached Broadcaster
SVT, Sweden
Malin Nevander
Attached Broadcaster
SVT, Sweden
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Denmark
THE UMBRELLA MURDERER
by Molly Malene Stensgaard
"A more or less true spy drama, set in a Europe that never left the Cold War"
Christian Rank
Producer
Miso Film, Denmark
Pernille Bech Christensen
Attached Broadcaster
TV2, Denmark
Mette Heiberg
Attached Broadcaster
TV2, Denmark
Lukáš Sigmund
Slovakia
FRONTWARDS
by Lukáš Sigmund
"When a rational homicide detective starts finding the body of the same person over and over again and discovers connections between the cases and her own family, worried for her loved ones, she must investigate her own past, consciousness and nature of her own reality"
Michal Kollár
Producer
KFS Production, Slovakia
Jan Maxa
Attached Broadcaster
Česká Televize, Czech Republic
Mikael Diseth
Norway
HOLMLIA LOVE
by Mikael Diseth
"A declaration of love to the community which emerged in Holmlia, Oslo after the racist murder of 15 y.o. Benjamin Hermansen January 26. 2001"
Cathrine Simonsen
Producer
Monster, Norway
Marianne Furevold-Boland
Attached Broadcaster
NRK, Norway
Alec Thom
Attached Broadcaster
NRK, Norway
Meet the consultant writers
Boosting concepts 2022-2023
Marlene Melchior
Germany
Senad Halilbašić
Austria
Lidia Fraga
Spain
Margrét Örnólfsdóttir
Iceland
Anton Breum
Denmark
Audrey O'Reilly
Ireland
Jesper Fink
Denmark
DEADLINE
by Jesper Fink
DEADLINE unfolds in the world of football. It is not the ball that drives the plot, but the money and the kingpins' willingness to cross boundaries to enrich themselves, by “legal” human trafficking of under aged African football players to the EU. It is a thriller about organized crime in sports with a young female sports journalist as the investigating hero - and it takes place during the real Euro2020 in Copenhagen.
Michael Noer
Content provider
Director and creator
Denmark
Sille Sterll
Producer at Nordisk Film
Denmark
Mehdi Ouahab
France
WHITE GOLD
by Mehdi Ouahab
WHITE GOLD is an international thriller series set against the backdrop of glass-eel trafficking. From the coasts of France to the markets of Asia, glass-eel trafficking is an unknown but lucrative criminal business that illustrates the gap between the short-termism of our consumer societies and the urgency of the environmental crisis.
Nicolas Legendre
Content provider
Journalist, writer and photographer
France
Jean-François Le Corre
Producer at Vivement Lundi !
France
Sophie Linnenbaum
Germany
THE CLOUD
by Sophie Linnenbaum
A father trying to upload his daughter’s pain, a couple deleting their memories to forget about their grief and a young man hosting other people’s emotions: In the very near future, the Emopod, a small device developed and distributed by the global tech giant Emofair, enables you to upload, store or even outsource your feelings, physical sensations or memories. With the human brain completely decoded, emotional healing is now as easy as fixing broken bones. But is this new technology the Holy Grail it promises to be – or a fatal turn away from everything that makes us human?
Michele Farisco
Content provider
Researcher
Italy
Britta Strampe
Producer at Bandenfilm
Germany
Jochen Laube
Producer at Sommerhaus Serien
Germany
Anna Bache-Wiig
Norway
Siv Rajendram Eliassen
Norway
PEACEMONGERS
by Anna Bache-Wiig & Siv Rajendram Eliassen
In 2011, as the international community prepares to bomb Libya’s dictator out of power, a secret team from Norway races against time to mediate between rebels and the regime, in a true tale of courage and clandestine diplomacy.
Only Anna Bache-Wiig will be present for Camp 1 and 2.
Henrik Thune
Content provider
Acadmic, writer, politician and diplomat
Norway
Rebecca Mathisen
Producer at Paradox Film
Norway
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Rodrigo Martín Antoranz
Spain
THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE CONDOR
by Rodrigo Martín Antoranz
On a vacation trip to London in 1998, Augusto Pinochet was arrested and accused by a Spanish judge of crimes against Humanity. Valentina, a victim of the dictator’s regime, infiltrates his inner circle for the 503 days that the trial for extradition to Spain lasts to achieve her revenge.
Mario Amorós
Content provider
journalist, writer and researcher
Spain
Alberto Rull
Producer at Vertice360
Spain
Christian Wehrlin
Switzerland
Pascal Glatz
Switzerland
GOLD
by Christian Wehrlin and Pascal Glatz
GOLD reveals one of the best-kept secrets: neutral Switzerland is a central hub of the illegal international gold trade. Two thirds of the global gold is secretly refined in the heart of Europe and then sold on the world market with the label of clean “Swiss Gold”. GOLD follows the bloody path of the dangerous trade, telling the true stories of the miners and smugglers, refiners and traders, right up to the big profiteers at the end of the line.
Only Christian Wehrlin will be present for Camp 1 and 2.
Muriel Côte
Content provider
Researcher and senior lecturer
France
Stefan Eichenberger
Producer at Contrast Film
Switzerland
Meet the teams
Boosting Impact 2024
Meet the selected Boosting Impact Emerging Writers
Six emerging writers from all over Europe have been selected to join, shadow and collaborate with the established teams and their projects. This is the result of a collaboration between EWC and La Cité Européenne des Scénaristes (CES).
Meet the Boosting Impact Consultant Writers
Meet the Boosting Impact broadcasters
Tereza Polachová
International Fiction
Head of co-production
Ceska Televize, Czech Republic
Toomas Luhats
Head of Drama
ERR, Estonia
Frank Seyberth
International Fiction
Head of co-production
ZDF, Germany
Marianne Furevold-Boland
Head of Drama
NRK, Norway
Malin Nevander
Head of Development
SVT, Sweden
Pernille Bech Christensen
Senior Executive Producer in
the Fiction Department
TV2, Denmark
Morad Koufane
Head of International Scripted Series
France Télévisions, France
Steven van Roosmalen
Commissioning Editor Scripted
Videoland, Holland
Ales Ree
Executive Producer
NRK, Norway
Bettina Alber
Head of Series
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF, Switzerland
Jennifer Green
Executive Producer
TV2, Denmark
Dr. Simone Emmelius
SVP International Fiction
Co-production and Acquisition
ZDF, Germany
Margrét Jónasdóttir
Deputy Head of TV
Rúv, Iceland
Anna Croneman
Head of Drama
SVT, Sweden
Meet the Boosting Impact Sales Agents
Meet the teams
Bringing Generations 2025
Håkan Lindhé - Writer
Sweden
Emma Le Marc - Writer
Denmark
Mia Uddgren - Producer
Sweden
Alter Ego
Alter Ego tells the story of a type of criminality that in recent years has become so intertwined with everyday Swedish life and civil society that it is almost invisible. In this series, the criminals are not young suburban gangsters but ordinary people who resemble us, forced by circumstances to do things they never could have imagined; men and women drawn into the dark currents of crime due to financial troubles, addiction, or sheer naivety, with no chance of ever escaping.
Produced by SF Studios
Hanna Leivonniemi - Writer
Finland
Vivian Säde - Writer
Estonia
Sara Norberg - Producer
Finland
Eero Hietala - Producer
Finland
Clean
Two lost souls find freedom in each other while escaping the dirty laundry of their pasts. Clean is a drama series by Hanna Leivonniemi (Finland) & Vivian Säde (Estonia). Mona, trapped in her parents’ Estonian laundry and a toxic relationship, meets Mikko, a struggling Finnish trucker. When her jealous boyfriend frames Mikko for smuggling drugs, they must flee across icy Nordic landscapes.
Priduced by Take Two Studios Oy
Horacio Alcalá - Writer
Spain
Vasily Malykhin - Writer
Spain
Joaquín Meneses - Writer
Spain
Antonio Moreno - Writer
Spain
Mark Denessen - Producer
The Netherlands
Freeloaders School
"Freeloaders School" follows a group of party crashers who infiltrate high-society events. When La Chata joins this underground society, her first mission ends in disaster with an heir in a coma and a black market tiger missing. The group must choose between exposing their secrets or becoming scapegoats.
Produced by Ginger Films
Sanne Nuyens - Writer
Belgium
Gitte Nuyens - Producer
Belgium
Anne Vanoppen - Writer
Belgium
Bert Van Dael - Producer
Belgium
Merrieland
The Whitman family relocates to Flanders, eager to train their youngest daughter Julia for a shot at the next Olympics as a show jumper. But shortly after their arrival, their 7-year-old granddaughter Zoë claims to be the reincarnation of a regional missing child and things do not turn out as they hoped.
Produced by Wilder Content
Henner Schulte-Holtey - Writer
Germany
Katie Murphy - Writer
Ireland
Aaron Farell - Producer
Ireland
Bitter Halves
A dark comedy series about a ragtag gang of dumped, divorced and romantically challenged souls who turn an Irish resort into a chaotic ‘Love Rehab.’ Healing here looks less like therapy, and more like cheap wine, terrible advice and the occasional unholy revelation.
Produced by Shinawil
Verena Kurth - Writer
Austria
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Johanna Scherz - Producer
Austria
Brigitta Kanyaro - Writer
Romania
Alexander Glehr - Producer
Austria
Roza, The Schnitzel Princess
At a greasy roadside pizza-wurstel joint, ROZA, a whip-smart migrant teen, turns her summer job into an identity revolution. As she fights for self-discovery, she collides with older generations who are just as lost. She copes with reality by slipping into her fantasy alter ego: a fearless Romanian princess. With biting humor and vivid imagination, Roza reclaims her own story - one order at a time.
Produced by Film AG Produktions GmbH
Jón Atli Jónasson - Writer
Iceland
Ingvar Þórðarson - Producer
Iceland
Basem Nabhan - Writer
Sweden
Riham Ezzaldeen - Producer
Sweden
The Powder Room
A dark comedy set in the grungy nightlife of Berlin, where a group of misfits, mostly exiles from a distant war, with a few disillusioned locals, navigate absurd struggles in a city that both embraces and alienates them. Their stories seem separate until one wild night in a cramped nightclub restroom, where drugs, banter, and bad decisions collide, unraveling secrets and unexpected connections.
Produced by Violet Blanket Films
Francesca Nider - Writer
Italy
Pietro Bocca - Producer
Italy
Sofija Sztepanov - Writer
Hungary
Claudio Falconi - Producer
Italy
This is It
An assisted-dying clinic disguised as a wellness spa literally floats between Italian and Swiss waters to maintain its legality, while its overstressed doctor and her quirky, fiercely dedicated team navigate legal threats from an undercover reporter on a desperate mission, ethical dilemmas, and their own personal struggles to provide their guests with a dignified checkout - preferably with a view.
Produced by Wildside
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Meet the Bridging Generations Sales Representatives
