[SKRIVA] SVT's "Jordskott" goes abroad

From: Ahrvid <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:29:24 +0100

After international successes like "The Bridge" (co-produced with Danish TV) 
and "Real Humans" (BTW, no words yet about a new season) Swedish TV's new 
export seems to be the somewhat twinpeakish "Jordskott". Among the first to buy 
the series is ITV Encore:
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-encore-acquires-swedish-drama-jordskott

In "Jordskott" we met mysterious beings and traces of Nordic mythology. From 
the description on the site above: "Jordskott is set deep in the ancient 
forests of Sweden. Seven years after the disappearance of her daughter 
Josefine, police investigator Eva Thörnblad is still trying to cope with the 
grief of her loss. Even though her daughter was said to have drowned, Eva knows 
in her heart that someone had taken her child on that fatal day by the 
Silverhöjd lake. So when a young boy goes missing in the same forest of 
Silverhöjd, Eva returns to delve into the dark mystery that haunts her.  As she 
is drawn into the investigation she learns that that there is a much deeper and 
darker force in operation but how far is she willing to go to protect the one 
she loves?"

 ITV Studios Global Entertainment.manages the international distribution:

http://svtsales.com/programme-sales/jordskott-sold-by-itv-studios/

Scandinavian TV shows have become hot after the popularity of Nordic Noir crime 
fiction, especially Danish and Swedish crime series. "The Bridge", has also 
been re-made in local versions by both UK and US TV.
  It's not clear yet what "Jordskott" will be called in English, it  seems. The 
Swedish title can be interpreted in several ways, perhaps "Earth shot", though 
"jord" also means soil, and "skott" also  means a bud, a fresh twig or a small 
root.

--Ahrvid

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[SKRIVA] SVT's "Jordskott" goes abroad

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