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“Kids In Crime” author Kenneth Karlstad wins the Nordisk Film & TV Fond prize 2023

Norwegian writer and director Kenneth Karlstad won the Nordisk Film & TV Fond prize 2023 for his gritty coming-of-age series children in crime.

Karlstad received the award Wednesday night at a ceremony on the first day of the Gothenburg Film Festival’s sidebar-focused TV drama Vision series.

As part of the award, Karlstad will receive a cash prize of NOK 200,000 (US$20,000), funded by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

This is the seventh year that Gothenburg has received the Nordisk Film & TV Fond prize. This year’s jury consisted of actress Amanda Collin, producer Nebojša Taraba, journalist Wanda Bendjelloul and producer Leif Holst Jensen.

Announcing the Karlstad win, the jury said: “We based our evaluation on three main criteria: craftsmanship, relevance and originality. The winner has it all. It is based on a real universe from a specific time. The authenticity, honesty, brutality and friendship drive the story and captivate the audience. Accuracy, detail, music, everything is in the script. The author really owns the story.”

Playing in 2001, children in crime is billed as an “unusual coming-of-age series” about three teenagers Tommy, Pål and Monica who get into trouble after running up huge debts to local drug lord Freddy Hell. In the midst of this chaos, they move into a house to party and use as many drugs as possible. But all parties have an end, and that particular end can be bloody.

The series was commissioned by TV2 Norge and produced by Einar Film Drama. Audun Fagervold Hansen co-wrote the project and Karlstad directed all eight episodes. The range started in Norway in November 2022 and is currently attracting international buyers. Federation Studios is handling the sale.

children in crime is Karlstad’s long-form debut. He has an extensive resume as a director and screenwriter of music videos and commercials. His short debut The hungerearned him the Young Director Award at Cannes 2019 and the Film Critics Award at the Norwegian Short Film Festival.

Earlier in the day, Karlstad introduced the series to Gothenburg festival audiences, describing the show as a “partly autobiographical” series focusing on how “the system deals with teenagers who get lost in crime”.

The show also features extensive footage recorded on VHS tapes to recreate a historical setting. In Karlstad, approximately “30-40%” of the show was shot on VHS cameras operated by actors and production assistants.

Previous Nordisk Film & TV Fond prize winners include Icelander Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Mikael Torfason for the crime series Black gate (2022), Maja Jul Larsen of Denmark for the drama Howl wolf (2021), the Norwegian Sara Johnsen for the drama 22nd July (2020) and Finland’s Merja Aakko and Mika Ronkainen for the crime series all sins (2019).

Source: Deadline

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