The writer of the series, Sara Johnsen, has snagged the circa €20,000 award in a competition that included four other Nordic series. At the 43rd Göteborg Film Festival, and on the first day of TV Drama Vision, the Norwegian TV series 22 July emerged as the winner of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, given out for the fourth time in a row. The award, worth Nok 200,000, was bestowed upon writer Sara Johnsen, for “outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series”. Johnsen, who is one of the best-known Norwegian filmmakers, wrote and directed the award-winning features Kissed by Winter, Upperdog and All That Matters Is Past, before joining the writing team of the successful Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. The six-part series 22 July, which Johnsen co-created with the director of the series, Pål Sletaune (Next Door), is her first TV drama as head writer. The jury...
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