Nordic Entertainment Group\u2019s Viaplay has unveiled the three winners of its first Viaplay Original Talent Awards, which will all begin development and help new talent enter the streaming industry.<\/p>\n
Among the winners, the Swedish satirical horror No Angel<\/em> (Ingen \u00e4ngel<\/em>) centers on 17-year-old Angelica, who parties, smokes and sleeps around like everyone else her age. The only difference is that she’s also a serial killer. The series is created by EliSophie Andr\u00e9e, with Isabelle Moreno as creative lead. Hawa Sanneh produces, while Viaplay Studios\u2019 Alexander Tanno executive produces.<\/p>\n Crowded<\/em> (Trengsel<\/em>), a Norwegian black comedy, follows a group of young people attempting to navigate Oslo\u2019s housing market. Created by Kristian Kilde and Nora Landsr\u00f8d, the show is produced by Nordisk Film\u2019s Caroline Hitland and \u00d8yvind Eriksen. Sveinung Golimo executive produces.<\/p>\n The third winner, the Danish romantic drama\u00a0One of the Boys<\/em> (En af drengene<\/em>), takes place in a small town where boys go on a \u201cmen\u2019s trip\u201d before beginning high school. Socially awkward Lau must prove he’s a real man while struggling with his attraction to another boy. It is created by Teys Schucany and Frederik Rye Nielsen. Apple Tree Production\u2019s Rikke Rolver Elk and Mathias Bruunsh\u00f8j Jakobsen serve as producers, while Piv Bernth executive produces.<\/p>\n Filippa Wallestam, Nordic Entertainment Group\u2019s chief content officer, said: \u201cYoung creators often struggle to get support for their projects. Given the rapid growth of the Nordic creative industry, we\u2019re passionate about addressing this. Viaplay has a proven record of supporting new voices, with very successful results, and this initiative will help build even more talents of tomorrow. We\u2019re so impressed by the quality of the pitches\u2014and can\u2019t wait to see these stories on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nordic Entertainment Group\u2019s Viaplay has unveiled the three winners of its first Viaplay Original Talent Awards, which will all begin development and help new talent enter the streaming industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":11781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1551,314,2880],"class_list":["post-11780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-nordic-entertainment-group","tag-viaplay","tag-viaplay-original"],"yoast_head":"\n