NEM Contest is coming back to the third edition of NEM Zagreb. World-renowned experts and decision-makers as jury members will carefully examine, evaluate, and give feedback to every submitted project. Three contest finalists from each category will have the opportunity to present their ideas during live pitching, a chance to win a €5000 prize awarded to the winners of each category, and engage in fully funded trips to similar events in Europe as part of a market exchange program with the purpose of further promotion and sale of their project.
Authors from CEE countries have free entry until September 19th, after which the price for participation will be €100 until the final submission deadline on October 19th. Applicants can register here by choosing the "Badge Contestant" option and submit their ideas after filling out the submission form for the category/s they are applying for. Each applicant can submit a maximum of one project per category. By registering and submitting the project, participants receive a badge for full access to NEM Zagreb 2023.
Projects can be submitted in four categories:
1. Scripted series in all genres: drama, thriller, crime, fantasy, SF, comedy etc.
2. Scripted feature-length film (primarily for a streaming audience) in all genres: drama,
thriller, romance, crime, fantasy, SF, comedy, etc.
3. Documentary (non-scripted series)/Feature-length documentary film
4. Non-scripted entertainment format
NEM Zagreb is focused on TV content creation in the low-production capacity countries of the CEE region and co-production between low and high-production capacity countries. From 6 to December 8th, 2023, at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, the event will again focus on the creative side of the TV industry in Central and Eastern Europe regarding TV series and films. The main objective is to educate, connect, produce, co-produce, and promote professionals, companies, projects, and content acquisitions within and outside the CEE and investments by European or global streamers into CEE original content. NEM Zagreb 2023 is co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe MEDIA sub-program.
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