09/12/2019 - The crime-drama, commissioned by Nordic pubcasters SVT and DR, is set to premiere in 2021

Stockholm-born helmer Anna Zackrisson will start filming a new Nordic TV series in February 2020. The project, entitled Snow Angels, follows her recent outings directing the Swedish television dramas Vår tid är nu (2018-2019) and Piratskattens hemlighet (2014).

The six-episode crime-drama, penned by Mette Heeno (the TV series Splitting Up Together, Happy Ending [+see also:
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The stellar Nordic cast features actors Eva Melander (Border [+see also:
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Anna Croneman, SVT’s head of drama, described the series as “a very fine example of Nordic cooperation” and is hopeful about further cooperation efforts among Nordic pubcasters: “If public service companies can be the best partners for the best Nordic talents, then we have a chance to play a decisive role for the audience in the future, despite the unimaginable international competition.”

Snow Angels is being produced by Mie Andreasen for Denmark’s Happy Ending Film & TV and Georgie Mathew for Sweden’s Yellow Bird. The global distribution outside the Nordic countries has been entrusted to Copenhagen-based firm REinvent Studios. The series is set to premiere in spring 2021.