In the grand finale of NEM Zagreb 2022, the winners of the TV Writing Contest were announced at the prize-giving ceremony before all the competition finalists and the audience waiting to learn the names of the winners of both the scripted and unscripted competitions. Representatives from production companies, national television channels and other television industry stakeholders such as Beta Film, Rai, Zig Zag Productions, Script Angel, Nova TV, Telekom Serbia, Joyrider, RTV Slovenija, CineLink Industry Days and the creative branch of the Sarajevo Film Festival, as well as Krisztina Gallo and Danna Stern as independent members of the jury, selected the most promising young authors and projects showing great potential for further development and investment.

The winners of scripted category are Milena Džambasović and Matija Dragojević (Serbia) with period drama Wool.

"When I started to develop the story and when I got in touch with Matija, the first thing that came to mind was NEM. It is a good step to see how potential partners will react to such a story. At NEM Zagreb, I got everything I wanted - not only the award, but all the accompanying events - Workshop, panels, people I met. I think this kind of market allows you to get in touch with people you would otherwise have a hard time reaching. The project continues to develop as far as the script is concerned, and now we will certainly catch this wave of people who are interested in the project”, said Milena Džambasović.

The winners of the unscripted category are Hrvoje Osvadić and Jasna Nanut (Croatia) s with the gameshow The Dream Pension.

“What is interesting is that I was at NEM Zagreb three years ago with the comedy series "Playing the Tiger", which I am also developing, and from which "The Dream Pension" was born, so it all somehow connected nicely. NEM is the only and most important event of its kind in Croatia. It is very important that there is a platform of this kind, to connect us authors - a place where we can present and promote our projects”, said Jasna Nanut after the win.

Mediavision Marketing and TV Industry Agency, the event organizer, provided great prizes for the competition winners that included an award of 3000 euros, participation in a writing workshop, participation fee for one television industry event, and participation fee and joint conference table at NEM Dubrovnik 2023 TV market planned for June 2023.

The value of participating in the TV Writing Contest does not stop there, as all projects accepted in the competition and contact details of all the authors will remain available to jury members for future projects and cooperation.