25 SEP 2024

NEM Zagreb reveals jury for the second edition of the NEM Awards

Applications will be evaluated by a team of independent TV professionals, including chief content officers, acquisition managers, executive producers, and screenwriters.

25 SEP 2024
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Organizers of NEM Zagreb 2024 revealed the industry leaders who will serve as jury members for the second edition of the NEM Awards. Once again, applications will be evaluated by a distinguished team of independent TV professionals, including chief content officers, acquisition managers, executive producers, and screenwriters who will evaluate the applications in all categories. Application deadlines are in October, so there is still time to join the contest, which is free for applicants from the CEE region.

The esteemed jury members include Aleš Pavlin, Managing Partner, PERFO d.o.o; Anna Rohde, Content Editor, Beta Film; Anke Stoll, SVP of Acquisitions and Co-productions, Keshet International; Catherine Gaucher, Manager of International Fictions Coproductions & Acquisitions, France TV; Danna Stern, Executive Producer / Producer, Global Content Executive; Emmauel Eckert, Deputy Acquisitions Director, Mediawan Rights; Larry Bass, CEO & Executive Producer, Shin Awil Productions; Lenka Szántó, Creative Producer, TV NOVA/VOYO; MarijaVičić, Executive Director, Two Rivers; Marc Lorber, Executive Producer, The Art of Coproduction; Marina Williams, Chief Content Officer & Co-Founder, Asacha Media Group; Nigel McCrery, Screenwriter; Oleksandrina Vyshneska, Development Executive Tutor, MIDPOINT Institute; Ognjen Sviličić, Director; Peter Nadermann, Producer & Managing Director, Nadcon Film; Phil Nodding, Screenwriter; Simona Nobile, Screenwriter/Script Consultant and Tom Coan, Executive Producer, Universal International Studios.

Phil Nodding, Screenwriter and RTS screenwriting award winner for his first episode of the BAFTA award winning TV series "Shameless" (C4), is happy to join the jury: “I'm honoured and delighted to be able to help judge the 2024 NEM Awards. In my writing, producing and lecturing work I have always enjoyed collaborating creatively with writers and producers and students from across Europe - and so it is pleasing to see that this year's focus is on fostering creative connections. I've co-written TV shows with writers from other European countries and from other parts of the UK and I'm excited to play a small part in choosing this year's worthy winners of the finished projects category. December should be fun!”.

The award ceremony will take place during the NEM Zagreb 2024 event, from December 10 - 12, 2024 at the Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb, which will be attended by key industry leaders.

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•Best Pre-development Project Award for screenwriters who have an idea for a TV script in four subcategories: Scripted series, Scripted feature-length film, Documentary series/Feature-length film and Entertainment format
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•Best Finished TV Series in the CEE Award will honor the best completed drama TV series originating from Central and Eastern Europe.