{"id":7683,"date":"2017-04-28T09:49:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T13:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-picks-two-projects-from-adria-first-draft-contest\/"},"modified":"2017-04-28T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:51:07","slug":"hbo-europe-picks-two-projects-from-adria-first-draft-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-picks-two-projects-from-adria-first-draft-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Europe Picks Two Projects from Adria First Draft Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Europe is moving forward with its original drama strategy in the Adria region, having chosen two projects from local writers to develop further following its First Draft Contest.<\/p>\n<p>The contest marked HBO Europe\u2019s first step toward producing original series in the region. Two projects were selected from more than 500 entries across the region. From Croatia, Marjan Al\u010devski\u2019s <em>Uspjeh<\/em> is a character-driven drama about a group of disparate people linked by a violent crime. Serbian writer Ivan Kne\u017eevi\u0107\u2019s <em>Otok<\/em> is a contemporary investigative thriller, exploring the challenges faced by a region that stands at the crossroads of modern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The move into original drama in the Adria region follows HBO Europe\u2019s success with local production in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, and the company\u2019s recent expansion into local original programming in Scandinavia and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Matthews, the\u00a0VP and executive producer for drama development at HBO Europe, said: \u201cAt HBO Europe we aim to work with local talent and develop quality series that resonate with local audiences. The First Draft Contest was launched to discover writers and stories across the Adria region and we\u2019ve been really impressed with the quality of the submissions\u2014so much so that we\u2019ve selected two projects for further development rather than one as we initially planned. Both <em>Uspjeh<\/em> and <em>Otok<\/em> embodied the criteria, with authentic and passionate storytelling at their heart, and we\u2019re looking forward to working closely with talented writers Marjan Al\u010devski and Ivan Kne\u017eevi\u0107 to develop them further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marin Kari\u017e, the\u00a0country\u00a0manager of HBO Adria, added: \u201cWe are very excited our First Draft Contest has been received with such high interest across the region, and I would like to thank all participants for their submissions and interest in working with HBO. <em>Uspjeh<\/em> and <em>Otok<\/em> stood out with the quality of the storytelling and the unique author\u2019s voice in reflecting the region and society as a whole, and so have entirely fulfilled the contest requirements. We are looking forward to collaborating with them both on the further development of their projects.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Europe is moving forward with its original drama strategy in the Adria region, having chosen two projects from local writers to develop further following its First Draft Contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[900],"class_list":["post-7683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-hbo-europe","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO Europe Picks Two Projects from Adria First Draft Contest - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-picks-two-projects-from-adria-first-draft-contest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HBO Europe Picks Two Projects from Adria First Draft Contest - 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