The Ouest Group at the heart of the European Writers' Club
The Ouest Group at the heart of the European Writers' Club's 2025 programme, ‘Bridging Generations’
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In 2025, Le Groupe Ouest is proud to have supported 16 series screenwriters from across Europe as part of Bridging Generations, a programme led by the European Writers Club.
Funded by the European Commission, this programme, to which Le Groupe Ouest has contributed since its inception, aims to encourage the creation of ambitious European series, developed through an international collaborative process by duos of writers from different generations.
After a first week of creative exploration at Le Groupe Ouest in Brittany, followed by a second week in June dedicated to project development in Sweden, a third workshop week in Madrid allowed the screenwriters to test their proposals with broadcasters and distributors from all over Europe.
The programme benefited from the collaboration of Linda Green (Leading Creative Talent), the insightful audience analyses carried out by Niels Alberg (Publikum), and the transmedia perspective of Kurt McKlung and Marie-Sophie Gandy. Participants were able to deepen their concepts thanks to a team of consultants “made in Le Groupe Ouest” (Laura Piani, Donna Sharpe, Nicolas Peufaillit and Tony Grisoni), coordinated by Mehdi Ouahab.
A final presentation of the projects will take place in Turin on 20 November, before the series spread their wings.
Bridging Generations is the third pilot programme of the ambitious European Writers Club project, launched by Thomas Gammeltoft, with whom Le Groupe Ouest has been collaborating for three years as a methodological pillar for project development.
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Hanna Leivonniemi – Writer – Finland / Vivian Säde – Writer – Estonia / Sara Norberg – Producer – Finland / Eero Hietala – Producer – Finland
Freeloaders School
Horacio Alcalá – Writer – Spain / Vasily Malykhin – Writer – Spain / Joaquín Meneses – Writer – Spain / Antonio Moreno – Writer – Spain / Mark Denessen – Producer – The Netherlands
Merrieland
Sanne Nuyens – Writer – Belgium / Anne Vanoppen – Writer – Belgium / Bert Van Dael – Producer- Belgium / Gitte Nuyens – Producer – Belgium
Bitter Halves
Henner Schulte-Holtey – Writer – Germany / Katie Murphy – Writer – Ireland / Aaron Farell – Producer – Ireland
Roza, The Schnitzel Princess
Verena Kurth – Writer – Austria / Brigitta Kanyaro – Writer – Romania / Alexander Glehr – Producer – Austria / Johanna Scherz – Producer – Austria
The Powder Room
Jón Atli Jónasson – Writer – Iceland / Basem Nabhan – Writer – Sweden / Riham Ezzaldeen – Producer – Sweden / Ingvar Þórðarson – Producer – Iceland
This is It
Francesca Nider – Writer – Italy / Sofija Sztepanov – Writer – Hungary / Claudio Falconi – Producer – Italy / Pietro Bocca – Producer – Italy
Uta Cappel – Commissioning Editor – Arte Strasbourg – France
Tereza Polachová – Director of Content – České televizi – Czech Republic
Barbora Podškubková – Junior Commissioning Editor – České televizi – Czech Republic
Toomas Luhats – Head of drama – ERR – Estonia
Janne Vackio – Head of co-productions Commissions & Content Development Manager – MTV Oy – Finland
Sabine Holtgreve – Commissioning Editor – NDR – Germany
Margrét Jónasdóttir – Deputy Head of TV – RUV – Iceland
Bettina Alber – Head of Series – SRF – Switzerland
Fabienne Andreoli – Commissioning Editor – SRF – Switzerland
Pernille Bech Christensen – Senior Executive Producer in the Fiction Department – TV2 – Denmark
Marlene Billie Andreasen – Senior Executive Producer – TV2 – Denmark
Justinas Docka – Chief Content Officer – TV3 – Baltics
Steven van Roosmalen – Head of Scripted – Videoland – The Netherlands
Manju Reijmer – Commissioning Editor – Videoland – The Netherlands
Marieke De Meerleer – Head of Acquisitions, Sales and Business Development – Lumière Benelux – Belgium
Klaus Zimmermann – Managing Partner – Dynamic Television – France
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