Buzzy new TV projects from Spain’s Funicular Films (“This is Not Sweden”), Federation Spain (“Dancing on Glass”), Minoría Absoluta (“Smiley”), Belgium’s Playtime Films (“Public Enemy”) and Swedish showrunner Oskar Söderlund (“Snabba Cash”) have made the cut at the first Mind the Gap series co-production pitch, organized by Barcelona’s international TV festival Serielizados .
The 10 scripted projects to be pitched Nov. 6 will vie for a €5,500 ($6,500) prize to be handed out by jury members Susanne Frank (ZDF), Sonja Hermele (SVT), Jarmo Lampela (YLE), Peter Lohner (Beta Film), Virginie Padilla (ARTE) and Diego del Pozo (Atresplayer) who will also provide feedback to each creative team. Seven of the projects were picked by Serielizados via an open call, and three of them – “Dark Water,”