Studiocanal has partnered with Zentropa to develop TV drama series ""Families Like Ours," the first TV drama series by Academy-Award and BAFTA winning Thomas Vinterberg. “I have worked with STUDIOCANAL in the past and greatly enjoyed the process," Vinterberg said. "They are a great collaborator and I look forward to proceeding on this journey together with STUDIOCANAL and CANAL+ as our esteemed partners.”
Written by Thomas Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen, "Families Like Ours" reunites Vinterberg and Zentropa with Studiocanal who distributed ANOTHER ROUND in the UK. The Company serves as co-producer and distributor of the 6-part series set to shoot on location in Denmark, Sweden, and The Czech Republic September 2022. STUDIOCANAL’s EVP Global Sales and Distribution Anne Cherel will oversee worldwide sales; all rights available excluding France, Benelux and Scandinavia which will be handled by TrustNordisk.
“We are thrilled to partner with Thomas Vinterberg on his first series. 'Families Like Ours' deals with some incredibly important themes in contemporary life and - as always with his work - this will be executed with such empathy for each and every character. To be reunited with Thomas, Kasper and Sisse for this TV 2 Denmark and CANAL+ Creation Originale bringing FAMILIES LIKE OURS to audiences worldwide not only underlines our ambition in the TV space for Studiocanal but is a genuine pleasure."
Studiocanal produces its series either directly or through its network of award-winning European production companies, including Tandem Productions and Lailaps Films in Germany, the UK’s RED Production Company and Urban Myth Films, Spain’s Bambu Producciones and France’s Studiocanal original. The company is also an associate of Benedict Cumberbatch’s production company Sunnymarch TV and Danish-based SAM Productions founded by Søren Sveistrup and Adam Price.
Zentropa Entertainments and TV 2 Denmark developed the series with support from the Danish Film Institute’s Public Service Fund and The Creative Europe MEDIA programme of the European Union, and Studiocanal has now been attached as co-producer. CANAL+ immediately commissioned in France as a CANAL+ Creation Originale. The company is actively producing a slate of premium international TV series in-house, as well as through its network of award-winning subsidiary production companies. The series is produced by Zentropa Entertainments in co-production with Studiocanal & TV 2 Denmark, in co-production with Zentropa Sweden, Film I Väst, Sirena Films, NRK and TV4 / C MORE, with the support from the Danish Film Institute’s Public Service Fund.
The title is set in summertime Denmark where everything seems normal, but is about to be disrupted. After a flood slowly takes over the country, the country is gradually evacuated. People must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and to who they are. In the coming years, people disperse in all directions: only houses, schools and empty streets are left. Those who can afford it travel to good countries, while those who are less well-off have to use a government-funded program to move to more challenging places. "We are delighted to be teaming forces with STUDIOCANAL and CANAL+ on 'Families Like Ours; - the first TV-series by Thomas Vinterberg,'" Producers Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing said. "We have had the opportunity to work together previously and are very excited to expand our collaboration. It is wonderful to have partners who, like us, value artistic integrity and strive to nurture it.”