Eight-part Norwegian crime thriller Borderliner (Grenseland), starring Tobias Santelmann (Kon-Tiki) and Ellen Dorrit Petersen (Acquitted), will receive its world premiere at the Festival de la Fiction TV in La Rochelle (September 13-17) where it will compete for Best European Drama. Borderliner follows police officer Nikolai Andreassen (Tobias Santelmann), who is asked to investigate a suicide in his home town. He soon realises that this is a murder not a suicide, and is faced with a dilemma that, against his better judgement,
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Filming Begins On New TV2 Crime Thriller Borderliner
Norway's TV2 has announced that its new eight-part crime thriller Borderliner, starring Tobias Santelmann (Kon-Tiki) and Ellen Dorrit Petersen (Frikjent), has begun filming and will air in autumn 2017. Borderliner follows police officer Nikolai Andreassen (Tobias Santelmann), who is asked to investigate a suicide in his home town. He soon realises that this is a murder not a suicide, and is faced with a dilemma that, against his better judgement, forces him into a moral maze between right and wrong. TV2 Head
Ride Upon The Storm Wins TV Drama Writing Prize
Adam Price, creator of Borgen and Ride Upon the Storm (Herrens veje), was awarded the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize and SEK 200,000 during the TV Drama Vision conference at the Göteborg Film Festival on Wednesday. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize recognises outstanding writing in television drama and is decided between five regional contenders. This year the nominees were: Ride Upon The Storm from Denmark, Deadwind from Finland, Stella Blómkvist from Iceland, Borderliner from Norway and The Lawyer
Nordic Drama Writers Prize Line-Up For Göteborg
Five Nordic dramas have been selected to compete for the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize and SEK 200,000, in recognition of outstanding writing, which will be presented at the Göteborg Film Festival. One drama series each from Denmark (Ride Upon The Storm), Finland (Deadwind), Iceland (Stella Blómkvist), Norway (Borderliner) and Sweden (The Lawyer), have been nominated for the award, which goes to the main writer(s) of the series. The first two episodes of each nominated series will be shown to audiences