NEM Zagreb 2023 expands its agenda of activities and opportunities

NEM Zagreb 2023, an event focused on TV series and film creation, expanded its agenda with new elements and various opportunities for audiovisual experts from the CEE. Besides education, networking, and project promotion, one of the most important goals of the event is to honor outstanding content from the CEE through various opportunities.

NEM Contest will honor the best screenwriting ideas for a series or a film in development and provide the opportunity to potentially fund the project, find the right coproduction partners, distribute the project and take it to the next level. The contest serves as a platform for connecting creators with experienced experts and decision-makers from the world of production and TV content creation. The top 3 finalists from each category will also have the opportunity to join script surgery workshop and receive an in-depth analysis of their script.

Projects were submitted in four categories: Scripted series in all genres: drama, thriller, crime, fantasy, SF, comedy. Scripted feature-length film (primarily for a streaming audience) in all genres: drama, thriller, romance, crime, fantasy, SF, comedy. Documentary (non-scripted series)/Feature-length documentary film and Non-scripted entertainment format. For now, more than 200 projects have been submitted to NEM Contest.

NEM AWARDS
NEM Awards is a competition for the best TV series from the CEE, publicly broadcasted during the last year. The goal of NEM Awards is to bolster the global presence of exceptional TV series produced within the CEE. Some of the competitors for this year’s NEM Awards are BH Telecom, Czech Television, DANSU, Dramedy Productions, Drugi plan/Croatian Radio Television (HRT), Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), RTV Slovenija, Telekom Srbija, Polish Television (TVP). The submissions will be rated through five categories: Idea, Monetization, Cast, Screenplay and Audiovisual presentation.

UNIQUE PLATFORM
Besides the new and enhanced elements, all creators will have the opportunity to present their projects during Content Showcase - a segment dedicated only to content and projects regardless of the phase they are currently in. Always exciting part of the agenda are various screenings of new TV series which are followed by a Q&A session with the executive creator or co-creators.

Since there is no success or inspiration without education, NEM Zagreb will again provide a live scriptwriting workshop. Students from several regional universities will be gathered, and over the course of two days learn about characterization, exciting dialogue and how to create engaging TV content. Since networking is also a crucial part of success in the TV industry, workshops like these also serve to connect future audiovisual professionals.