Croatia is well known for its fantastic filming locations and respectful TV industry events – one of them being NEM Zagreb, and event which is all “About TV series & film creation”.
Held from 10th to 12th December in the legendary Hotel Esplanade Zagreb, NEM Zagreb connects talent with valuable opportunities, creates space for new collaborations and enhances the TV industry in Central and Eastern Europe.
The event creates opportunities for new projects, jobs, co-productions between CEE countries and co-production between low and high-production capacity countries. Also, for content acquisitions within and outside the CEE, as well as investments by European or global streamers into CEE original content.
NEM Zagreb also serves as a platform for NEM Awards 2024, the competition for the best TV content from CEE organized in three key categories, will again bring projects to life by presenting them to key industry leaders and key audiences.
The competition is organized in three key categories, depending on different stages of project development:
The award will be given in three main categories:
- 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
- The Council of Europe Series Co-production Development Award is intended to foster creative collaborations in series co-production and empower independent producers with the main prize of 50.000€.
- Best Finished TV Series in the CEE Award will honor the best-completed drama TV series originating from Central and Eastern Europe
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.
