Norway’s Gudny Hummelvoll, producer of “Billionaire Island,” “Headhunters” and “Occupied,” and heavyweight Estonian producer Jevgeni Supin, behind worldwide historic collection “Von Fock,” would be the recipients of this 12 months’s Honorary TV Beats Producer Awards.
Adjudicated by the TV Beats Discussion board, the drama collection strand of Trade@Tallinn & Baltic Occasion, the trade enviornment of the Tallinn Black Nights Movie Competition, the awards might be introduced on the TV Beats Discussion board on Nov. 18, adopted by a hearth chat with Hummelvoll, Supin and Marike Muselaers.
“The choice to current two awards this 12 months displays the occasion’s want to carry consideration to the producer’s pivotal position within the audiovisual trade – with out their dedication, enthusiasm, dynamism, resourcefulness and sheer willpower loads of the content material that the audiences take pleasure in and gravitate to easily wouldn’t exist,” mentioned Petri Kemppinen and Roosa Toivonen, co-heads of Tallinn’s TV Beats Discussion board.
“Working as a producer in smaller nations the place the house market can not totally maintain a world ambition stage is much more difficult, but this 12 months’s recipients have overcome even this impediment,” they added.
Founder and CEO of Hummelfilm, Hummlevol has emerged as an trade chief in a nationwide manufacturing sector, Norway’s, which punches far above it weight, as seen within the variety of prizes and choices it earns at key TV festivals in Europe reminiscent of Collection Mania and Canneseries.
Each producers present giant ambition. “Boasting one of many greatest authentic leaps of creativeness of any collection popping out of Europe,” Selection mentioned when it premiered “Occupied,” based mostly on a Jo Nesbit novel which posited Russia’s occupation of Norway, was billed as Norway’s greatest TV collection thus far It additionally grabbed a 53.4% share on Norway’s TV2. Hummelvol has additionally present how locally-rooted tales can hit international phases, 2024 “Billionaire Island,” hailed as Succession with salmon, a cutthroat battle for management of an area salmon trade in Norway, was a Netflix and important hit.
Past Hummelvol’s artistic achievements, she has been a tireless advocate for collaboration, range, and mentorship inside the European manufacturing neighborhood and has served as the primary feminine President of the European Producers Membership, championing her producer colleagues all through difficult years of COVID-19 and submit pandemic disruption.
Supin, like Hummelvoll, work worldwide co-production, making a advantage out of necessity. He additionally has proven giant – and profitable ambition.
Producer of the primary Estonian Viaplay authentic, “Who Shot Otto Mueller,” in September final 12 months, he unveiled to Selection a slate of 5 high-end dramas, together with “My Pricey Mom” repped by Movie.UA Group and “Von Fock.” The latter is a criminal offense drama, however set within the early nineteenth century, permitting for liberal resort to Estonia’s historic patrimony. It was additionally the primary Estonian collection ever to obtain assist from each Artistic Europe’s Media Program and Eurimages’ pilot program for collection co-productions. Additionally arrange at Supin’s fast-expanding Zolba Productions, “My Pricey Mom,” produced with the Ukraine, is among the most anticipated of Estonian dramas.
Advocating, selling and supporting fellow producers, Supin was the primary head of what has develop into the Baltic TV Beats Discussion board. His award celebrates his dedication and efforts to make Baltic voices resonate globally.
