New Europe Market (NEM) is bringing some of the key players from the TV industry from USA, UK, Hungary, Belgium, The Czech Republic and Estonia to Zagreb.

NEM Zagreb 2019, the winter edition of the renowned New Europe Market event, offers a unique opportunity for all TV creatives. Along with numerous panels, workshops and lectures, NEM is also organizing a TV Writing Contest. Regardless of the level of screenwriting experience, this competition is an excellent opportunity to present one’s ideas to international names from the TV industry looking for new ideas in two categories: scripted (drama, thriller, crime, fantasy, SF, comedy) and unscripted (gameshow, factual reality, reality, docuseries).

The independent expert jury panel is made up from professionals who work on screenplay development, are organizing script contests or workshops for screenwriters and are in touch with various TV projects daily.
Farah Abushwesha (United Kingdom), a Rocliffe representative and producer nominated for the prestigious BAFTA award (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and founder of BAFTA’s New Writing Showcase and Competition. She has produced hits like The ABC Murders with John Malkovich and Rupert Grint, as well as Netflix’s “Irreplaceable You” with Christopher Walken. She is also the author of Amazon bestsellers Rocliffe Notes – A Professional Approach for Screenwriters and Writer-Directors and Rocliffe Notes – A Guide to Low Budget Filmmaking: Taking Your Film from Script to Screen.

ScreenCraft (USA), a consulting agency that connects writers and filmmakers with renowned Hollywood production companies and studios like Netflix, CBS Studios International, NBC Universal, 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., 3 Arts Entertainment, The Sundance Institute and many others.

Joyrider (Hungary), a creative network of producers and writers involved in developing projects for numerous platforms.

Cineuropa.org (Belgium), the first European portal dedicated to cinema and the audio-visual arts in four languages. A special project on the portal is ScriptAnalysis, a program that provides screenwriters with feedback on their idea and work provided by TV professionals.

Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) (Estonia), a five-day film festival which has over time become a central hub bringing together professionals from Asia and America, connecting them with key regional decision-makers.

MIDPOINT (The Czech Republic), a platform aimed at developing screenplays and projects, as well as bringing together industry professionals: screenwriters, directors and producers from the CEE region.

In the preselection round, the independent jury panel will select 30 screenplays from each category, and from these a selected 10 screenwriters will be given the opportunity for meeting top people from companies like BBC Studios, Beta Film, RAI, ZDF, CBS Studios International and Croatian Radio-Television. The best three screenplays from both categories will be presented in the main conference hall to all participants of NEM Zagreb, which will also include representatives from the leading production companies listed above, and the best screenplay in each category will receive a prize in the amount of 5000 euros.

NEM Zagreb, the first Zagreb edition of the New Europe Market event, will be held from the 11th to the 13th of December 2019 at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel.