Winners of TV Beats Co-Financing Market 2025 announced at PÖFF29

Yesterday evening, the winners of the TV Beats Co-Financing Market, celebrating its fifth year, were announced.

The international jury selected the drama series project Wool as the most promising project. Wool is written by Birkir Blaer Ingolfsson, Mladen Maticevic, Stephie Theodora, Milena Dzambasovic, produced by Hörður Rúnarsson, Milena Dzambasovic, co-produced by Danna Stern, production companies Film Road Production, ACT 4, In transit Productions. 

The winner was handed out the Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award, worth 50,000 euros, intended to foster creative collaborations in series co-production and empower independent producers. The award forms a part of the Pilot Programme for series co-productions, an initiative of the Council of Europe, and is open to independent producers from all Eurimages member states.

Jury comment: “We have chosen a project based on a true story that knits together fashion with female empowerment in a rural meets international setting, making it as relevant today as it was then, backed with a soundtrack that does the same. The winner is Wool”. 

The eight projects seeking collaborative partnerships took part in the TV Beats Co-Financing market. The international jury, who selected the winner, included Cia Edström, head of TV Drama Vision, Sweden, Marc Lorber, Founder and Consultant at The Art of Coporduction, UK and Clementine Trolong-Baily, Representatives of the Pilot Programme for Series Co-Porductions od the Council of Europe, France. 

In addition, TV Beats market partner TV Drama Vision handed out the Select Award to Spanish project Dark Waters, directed by Víctor Garcia, written by Amèlia Mora, Héctor Manteca and produced Juan Solá, Mark Abela, Tono Folguera, Maria Rocher; production company Federation Spain, co-production company Lastor Media.

Jury comment: “The TV Drama Vision Select Award, presented by the Göteborg Film Festival, is an invitation for a series in development to be showcased on stage at the Draken Cinema during TV Drama Vision at the end of January. This year, we have chosen a story that blends supernatural mystery, climate-change thriller and a tale intertwining the mythological worlds of Iceland and the Ebro Delta in Catalonia. The winner is Dark Waters.”

The selection was made from all the pitches including TV Beats Co-Financing Market, Serial Bridges Baltics and MidPoint Series Launch. Cia Edström, Head of TV Drama Vision, selected the winner.

In addition, for the second consecutive year, also Public Favourite Awards were handed out. The audience had the opportunity to vote for their favourite pitch during the pitching and 30 minutes after. The winners of the Public Favourite Awards will receive two accreditation to Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.

Altogether 496 votes were given for the TV Beats Co-Production Market projects and the TV Beats Co-Production Market Public Favourite Award were handed out to a co-production project between Germany, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, – Nuclear Sunset Cruise –, written and directed by Florian Gallenberger and produced by Martin Lehwald and Philipp Goeser, production company Schiwago Film. 

On Monday evening Serial Bridges Baltic Best Project Award was handed out to a Lithuanian project Therapies, written and directed by Birute Kapustinskaite, produced by Dagne Vildziunaite, production companies Smart Casual and Just a moment. The award includes an invitation to participate in the Series Mania Forum 2026 in Lille. 

Jury comment: “The story tackles universal themes that sadly probably affect everybody even in this room right now. But this story is told as a drama-comedy and we believe the tone is just right for this subject. We believe that the all female ensemble, offering drama and chaos but finally support and friendship, will be a pleasure to watch. The play has already travelled the world – now it’s time for the series to do the same. The winner is (maybe you already guessed it), Therapies!” 

The jury included Dominika Erhart-Braná, Industry Programme Coordinator at Serial Killer Festival, Czechia Erik Pack, SVP of Global Co-Productions at Boat Rocker Studios, UK Anna Ruohonen, Screenwriter of the 2025 Co-Production Development Award-winning project  “The Women That I Think of at Night,” Finland.

The project Therapies also received the Serial Bridges Baltics Public Favourite Award. Altogether 297 votes were given to the category’s projects.  

The Midpoint Series Launch Public Favourite Award was handed to the Polish project We Are Still Here, written by Aleksandra Hulbój and produced by Piotr Śmiechowski, production company Telemark and co-production company Frame Films. 

On the stage also the Honorary TV Beats Producer Awards in 2025 were handed out to Gudny Hummelvoll and Jevgeni Supin. Read more

Photo gallery of the TV Beats Award night: