Content Warsaw is taking place at the Kinogram in the Polish capital from June 3-6, 2024. The event featuring the Content Warsaw CoPro Pitch competition had its networking cocktial, where the Lithuanian scripted drama series won the inaugural competition.
F**k the Law, the project of production company Dansu Films, set between Lithuania and Norway, beat five other scripted series and took the victory. The series was presented by producer Gabija Siurbyte and director Ernestas Jankauskas.
Anna Różalska, co-founder, producer of Match&Spark, and chair of the competition jury, said: ‘The project addresses important contemporary issues that can have universal resonance in any family. The judges appreciated that the proposal had a strong emotional connection to the story.’
F**k the Law follows the international child custody battle between a Norwegian architect and a Lithuanian mother of humble origins, accused of kidnapping her child under international law. When the mother loses her legal battle, she flees with the child to Poland, while the father puts the weight of top-notch lawyers and detectives on the case.
Founded in 2008, Dansu Films is one of Lithuania’s largest production companies, with international projects such as Netflix‘s Moscow Noir, directed by Oscar nominee Mikael Halfstrom; Agent Hamilton, directed by Erik Leijonborg; and Troll Farm, distributed by Mumbai-based GoQuest Media. Dansu produces, co-produces and services projects ranging from music videos to commercials, feature films and TV series. It offers a high-quality production service, focused management, flexible budgets, a wide selection of location services, a professional film crew and a casting database of over 15.000 people. On its website the company claims to be interested in co-producing, always looking for new projects.
During the Content Warsaw CoPro Pitch competition, six early-stage scripted series were selected as finalists to showcase their projects to the international co-production community. The winner received USD 15,000 in marketing in digital, print and event products from C21Media to support the development and pre-sales promotion of the series.
Joining Różalska on the Jury were: Marina Williams, director of content at Asacha Media Group; Jan Maxa, director of digital services at Czech Television; Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia, VP of acquisitions and scripted co-productions at Red Arrow Studios; Steve Matthews, content executive at Banijay; Ben Donald, founder of Cosmopolitan Pictures.
