Pelle Rådström wins the Nordic Series Script Award for ‘pressure point’

Always a leader, “Black Crab” Scribe Pelle Rådström has won Gothenburg’s Nordic Series Script Award for his scenario of “Pressure Point”, a tense, involved and compelling three -part mini series on the structure of murders that shake to the core.

The winner was announced during an award ceremony on January 28 during the TV drama Vision of the Gothenburg film festival. The price of Rådström is delivered with a cash prize of € 17,000 ($), funded by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

The prize comes as the relations between the film TV sector of Sweden and its government have built up to open hostility, with honor-president Ruben Östlund of Gothenburg Fest calling the ‘cultural policy’ of Sweden inkensively, after culture minister Parisa Liljestand’s speech at Gothenburg’s opening ceremony on Friday.

In such a context, the price is also an approval of supporting the public broadcaster SVT for a mini series made with acute, nuanced intelligence that at the same time offers an edge of entertainment.

Written by Rådström, working from an overview by Wilhem Berman (“Caliphate”, “Before we Die”) and Niklas Rockström (“Kaliphate”, “Wallander”), “Printing point” Refres the recreation of rehearsals for the piece, “7: “7:” 7: “7:” 7: “7:” 7: “7:” 7: “7: 3,” made by the renowned playwright Lars Norén and producer Isa Stenberg, in which two real neo-Nazi prisoners on it Podium were explained their sincere neo -Nazi beliefs.

For Norén this was an opportunity for a ‘unique story’ and suggests what led to their neo -Nazism: alienation, childhood. For Stenberg and some prison authorities, the piece opened the chance of rehabilitation; For one of the prisoners, the possibility of planning a bank robbery, whose storage led to the murder of two police officers, a law that shook Swedish society to the core.

The scenario, as Rådström explains Variety In an enlightening interview, sympathizes with Norén and Stenberg, but begs to differ from both. It also differs from conventional drama. “The reality is incredibly illogical and versatile, and people are so inconsistent and full of contradictions. Film dramaturgy, on the other hand, strives for a kind of purity and clarity. The characters must have one thing that drives them, one main goal, “said Rådström. “Many screenwriters are going to stray there by dramaturgia instead of taking the lead.” “Printing point” went the other way.

“Printing point” is produced by Martina Stöhr at Art & Bob, directed by Double Berlin Crystal Bear winner Sanna Lensen and distributed by International Sales Reinvent.

“At a time when authentic, brave stories are rare, ‘pressure point’ stands out as a series that resonates with the intelligence of his audience,” said the Nordic Series Script Award Jury, consisting of actor-screenwriter Henriette Steenstrup” Producer Joanna Szymańska and creative director Linus Fremin.

“Instead of simplifying complex human experiences, it dives deep into themes of freedom of expression, criminal law and rehabilitation, in which characters are presented in a deeply human way. Inspired by a real tragedy, the masterly investigates the consequences of good intentions that go wrong, and challenges us to think about the vulnerability of democracy. “

A second Plaudit was presented on Tuesday as part of the Nordic Series Awards of TV Drama Vision: The Creative Courage Award, which celebrated the producer and commissioner of a series that pushes courageously creative boundaries and embraces innovation.

It went to the Norwegian series ‘Dates in Real Life’, produced by Petter Onstad Løkke and Synnøve Hørsdal from Maipo Film and commissioned by Marianne Furevold-Boland and Alec Thom from NoWegian Public Broadcaster NRK.

Written by Jakob Rørvik, “Data in real life” uses Gen Z Ida who is being dumped by her virtual world lover and goes looking for a physical partner. It received the best series in the international panorama of last year’s mania series.

“It’s funny, ironic and moving. The very first Creative Courage Series Award goes to a brave collaboration with producer commissioner who has been brought something great for our Nordic industry, ”said Liselott Forsman, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Cia Edström, head of TV-drama Vision, who selected the winner .

“This inspiring series renews the romantic comic genre, combines animation with live action and offers an insightful view of dating in a world where a virtual life may feel safer than a real one,” she added.