Norwegian Drama at Series Mania

Series Mania 2025 Official Selection

Requiem for Selina

2025 | Drama | Season 1 | Approx. 6 x 35 min

International Panorama Competition

Selina (17) seeks to escape her life as a ‘nobody’ at school writing an online diary. Through the blog “Celina Isabelle” she creates the reality she longs for and reinvents herself in order to get more likes and followers. Her selling points are cosmetic surgery and scandals, but also bravery, strong will and brutal honesty. The story spans from the bullying she experienced in early high school, to when she becomes the most powerful woman in Norwegian media. When she reaches more readers than the national newspapers, society considers her a dangerous role model for young girls. The series follows her rise to power and search for real love, but also questions how society took part in creating her.

Creator: Emmeline Berglund, Writers: Emmeline Berglund, Benjamin Berglund, Directors: Ole Sebastian Kåss, Rikke Gregersen 

Produced by: Anti, Producer: Ingunn Rensel, Exective Producer NRK: Andreas Øyvåg 

Broadcaster: NRK 

Status: Aired March 2025

International sales: APC, About Premium Content

Contact: Francisco Vina Perez , francisco.vinaperez[a]aboutpremiumcontent.com
 

Fighter 

2025 | Documentary | Season 1| Approx 3x42 minutes

Docu Series: Special Screening

GK, a 30-year-old MMA-fighter, whose whole identity was built on his physicality, faces a life-altering moment after a split-second decision to dive headfirst into the ocean. When told to expect a life in a wheelchair he gives himself two years to get back on his feet - or else he doesn’t want to live. This leads him down a rabbit hole of alternative treatments that sells hope, while the fear of his already fragile relationship ending pushes him to figure out who he really is. He seeks answers in the deep- seated childhood traumas that had pushed him to extreme, self-destructive physical limits. Amidst the darkness, he embarks on an inspiring journey of transformation proving that life’s worth goes far beyond physical abilities.

Directors: Sunniva Sundby & Mari Bakke Riise, Scriptwriters: Sunniva Sundby and Mari Bakke Riise, Cast: Geir Kåre Nyland

Production Company: A5 Film for TV2, Producers: Mari Bakke Riise and Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, Executive producer TV2: Mari Hvattum

Broadcaster: TV2, Distributor/sales agent TrustNordisk v/Susan Wendt 

Status: Premiere March 2025

Contact susan[a]trustnordisk.com

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Escaping Bolivia 

2025 | Drama, Thriller | Season 1 | 6x44 minutes

Ida, her girlfriend, and sister-in-law are brutally arrested at the airport in Bolivia, accused of smuggling cocaine. The three women are sentenced to 13 years in one of the world’s poorest prisons. Ida quickly realizes that she is surrounded by lies and betrayal and that no one can be trusted. While waiting for help from Norwegian authorities, an unexpected source gives her a chance, and a daring escape plan is set into action.

Creator: Emilie Beck, Director Anna Gutto (Conceptual), Emilie Beck (ep 3-6)

Production Company: Fenomen x 4 1/2 for TV2, Producers: Marte Hansen, Executive producers: Håkon Øverås, Tom Marius Kittilsen, Håvard Gjerstad

Broadcaster: TV2 

Distributor: REinvent International Sales

Status: Postproduction

Contact:  Helene Aurø, helene.auro[a]reinvent.dk, Producer Marte Hansen mh[a]fenomen.no 

Dates in Real Life

2024 | Drama | Seasons 1 | 7 x 25 min

Ida spends most of her social life online. When her American boyfriend Marvin, whom she’s never met in person, suddenly announces he’s dating someone else IRL, her world collapses. Ida sets out on a mission to find her physical partner but never loses hope of getting Marvin back.

Creator: Jakob Rørvik, Writer: Jakob Rørvik

Produced by: Maipo Film, Producers: Petter Onstad Løkke, Synnøve Hørsdal, Executive Producers: Alec Thom, NRK 

Broadcaster: NRK

World sales: Dan March, Dynamic Television World, dmarch[a]dynamictelevision.com 

Heajastallan - A Sámi Wedding

2025 | 8x30 | Drama | Season 1 | Oiriginal Title: Heajastallan

A Sámi Wedding is a dark comedy series about a dysfunctional family coming together to host a traditional Sámi wedding in Kautokeino. Will the four siblings recover after their personal issues and drama become public knowledge – or is this the end to their relationship? In this funny and explosive family drama the creator Åse Kathrin Vuolab shows us the inside of the Sámi society and takes on both the prejudices and the challenges it faces. At the same time, she makes us realize that we all share the same need to be appreciated and understood – and we all need a family.

Creator / Writer: Åse Kathrin Vuolab. Diretors: Pål Jackman and Åse Kathrin Vuolab

Produced by: Mer Film, Tordenfilm and Forest people for NRK, Producers: Maria Ekerhovd, Eric Vogel, Per Josef Idivuoma, Executive Director NRK: Ales Ree

Distributor: Reinvent International Sales | Aires 2026

Contact: Helene Aurø, helene.auro[a]reinvent.dk

The Scarab Flies at Dusk

2026 | Drama | Season 1 | 8x25 min / 4x50 min

The tale unfolds in the summer of 1976 in the Swedish town of Ringaryd. It follows the intriguing journey of three children who find themselves entangled in a mystery surrounding a 3,000-year-old cursed Egyptian statue. The project aspires to be a modern top-tier drama that appeals to the entire family, emphasizing the profound interconnectedness of humans, nature, and ecology.

Director: Atle Knudsen, Based on a story by: Maria Gripe and Kay Pollak, Writers: Ditta Bongenhielm, Lovisa Milles 

Produced by: Monster and Nordic Drama Queens in co-production with SVT, Film i Väst and TV2 

Contact: Tonje Vågen Aase – tva[a]monstermail.no or Line Skyym Funch – line[a]nordicdramaqueens.se 

Broadcaster: SVT, TV2 and DR

Caged

2024 | 8x30 | Crime | Seasons 2 | Original Title: Flus 2 

In Caged, we follow Kelechi, who is released after eight years in prison. Housed in a municipal apartment, placed in a sheltered workshop, and monitored by the criminal justice system, Kelechi faces more resistance than expected. Sabotaged by the system and with a nemesis on the outside, he is now set for revenge and a desire to take the throne at the top of one of Oslo’s most criminal circles. On his way to the top, he risks losing everything and everyone – and maybe even himself.

Creators / writers: Mikael Samuelsen, Patrick Ije Langseth, Yosef Woldemariam, Director:  Mikael Samuelsen 

Produced by: NRK, Per Berge Engebretsen, Executive Producer: NRK, Christina Rezk Resar 

Status: Aired February 2025 

Distributor: TBA

Contact: NRK Content Sales, Bente Sagplads: bente.sagplads[a]nrk.no  

Holmlia Love  

2025 | 6 x 45 | Drama | Season 1 | Original Title: Holmlia Love

Set in the summer of 2000, best friends Nader and Benjamin are enjoy- ing life in the multicultural neighbourhoods of Holmlia, Oslo. Time is spent flirting with girls, going to the beach, and playing soccer. But six months later, on the night of January 26th, 2001, their lives are shattered by tragedy. The two are viciously attacked by a group of neo-Nazis outside Benja- min’s home. While Nader manages to flee, Benjamin, still in his pajamas, loses his footing and falls to the ground. At only fifteen years old, Benjamin is brutally murdered simply because of the colour of his skin. The series follows Nader, his friends, families before and after the devastating murder. Despite having lost Benjamin forever, this fractured community found a newfound unity, a strong bond they would know simply as Holmlia Love.

Creator / writer: Mikael Diseth, Directors: Andre Cochron and Mikael Diseth

Produced by: Monster Scripted on behalf of NRK, Producers: Vegard Stenberg Eriksen, Tonje Vågen Aase, Cathrine Simonsen. Executive Producer NRK: Alec Thom

Distributor: WildBunch

Status: Aires 2025

Contact: Diana Bartha, dbartha[a]wildbunch.eu  

A Better Man 

2025 | 4x51 (average) | Drama | Season 1 | Original title: Ølhunden Berit

Tom blames feminism for everything that is wrong with modern society. He works in his mother´s clothing store by day, and trolls the internet by night. When hackers expose his identity and reveal his most embarrassing secrets, he hides in what he has closest at hand: women’s clothing. The world opens up to him in surprising ways.

Creator / Writer: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, Directors: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen and Gjyljeta Berisha 

Produced by: Maipo Film and Artbox for NRK, Producers: Christian Fredrik Martin, Synnøve Hørsdal, Executive Producer NRK: Alec Thom

Distributor: Beta Film | Status: In post-production. Aires 2025.

Contact: Christian Fredrik Martin kifrik[a]maipo

Nepobaby 

2025 | 6x30 | Drama | Season 1 | Original title: Nepobaby

When one of Norway's wealthiest shipowners passes away, Emma (25) learns that she is his previously unknown daughter. The news comes as a shock, and even more surprising is that she has been named in his will, inheriting a large portion of the family business. But the inheritance comes with an even greater revelation - four siblings she never knew existed. When faced with immense wealth, even the best of us can lose our heads. And our hearts.

Creators: Henriette Steensrup, Siri Seljeseth WRITERS Henriette Steensrup, Siri Seljeseth, Tina Rygh, Directors: Gunnar Vikene (conceptual), Hallvar Witzø

Produced by: Eldorado Content Club for TV2, Norway, Producers: Ida Håndlykken Kvernstrøm, Bård Fjulsrud

International Sales and Distribution: Oble and Nordisk Film Distribution AS

Status: Aires Autumn 2025

Contact: Nordisk Film: jes.brandhoj[a]nordiskfilm.com, Oble: katia[a]oble.tv