TV Beats – Industry@Tallinn, the key growing platform in the Baltic region, hosted the third Council of Europe's 2025 Series Co-Production Development Awards. The awards aims to foster creative collaborations in series co-production and empower independent producers.

The Award, worth €50,000, went to the following project:

"Wool"

Drama series from Iceland and Serbia

CREATOR : Milena Dzambasovic

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Film Road Production, ACT 4, In transit Productions

Synopsis: This series follows Anka, a city girl sent to the remote Yugoslav village of Sirogojno in the 1960s. Discovering local knitting talents, she transforms sceptical village women into an international fashion collective, exporting unique sweaters to Paris runways. As women earn income, village life turns upside down - husbands cook while wives knit, bringing prosperity. When a Parisian designer offers to buy their collection under his brand, Anka must choose between lucrative fame and the collective spirit that built their success. Set against a changing Yugoslavia (1960s-1980), the series shows how a fashion revolution began in village courtyards, with the season ending at Tito's death in 1980.

The jury was composed of: 

• Cia Edström, Göteborg TV Drama Vision
• Marc Lorber, The Art of Coproduction
• Clementine Trolong-Baily,  Council of Europe's Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions

The jury has chosen a project based on a true story that knits together fashion with female empowerment in a rural meets international setting, making it as relevant today as it was then, backed with a soundtrack that does the same.

To learn more, visit the webpage of our selected co-production markets.