Crossover Nordic is a Nordic development lab for content and cross media projects based on the international model created by Frank Boyd, Unexpected Media and Heather Croall, Sheffield Doc Fest. Creators from different Media sectors and backgrounds including Mobile, Animation, Games, Film, TV and New Media, collaborate on the delivery of Cross Media projects using emerging platforms and new media.
The launch of Crossover Nordic has been a great journey and the response from partners and participants was fantastic. The Crossover labs model was adapted to the Nordic market by BLaO including fundraising, inviting mobile partners and logistics, managing a large number of international producers and media partners.
21 Creators from the Nordic Countries plus international mentors, Frank Boyd, from BBC Innovation lab, Heather Croall, Sheffield Doc Fest, Paula Le Dieu, Magic Lantern, Neil Richards, The Mustard Corporation and Jason Daponte, BBC Mobile, participated in the lab at Slussens pensionat, on the island Orust in Sweden.
The final pitch of Crossover Nordic was held at Nordisk Panorama in Malmo, in Southern Sweden. 70 guests were invited and moderator for the pitch was Frank Boyd. 6 groups pitched their final projects in front of a Jury of media commissioners for a development sum of 100 000 SEK and further development discussions was held after the pitch with several groups and their projects.
The Jury was:
Erik Robertson, Nordic Game program, Sweden
Are Nundal, SVTi, Sweden
Anders Karlsson, Telia Sonera, Sweden
Klara Grunning, Kudos Family, Norway
Tomas Eskilsson, Film i Väst, Sweden
The Winning Project was “Our Secret Society” with Andreas Öhman, Splinter Arts, Oskar Mellander, Royale and Gila Bergqvist Ulfung, Breidablick.
Crossover Nordic was sponsored by SVT, Film i Väst, Nordic Game Program, Västra Götalands regionen, Business region Gothenburg, Center of Visualization, Danish Film Institute, Nordic Film and TV Fund and Moving Media Southern Sweden and the European Regional Development Fund.
The project was supported by Nordisk Panorama, Filmkontakt Nord and Telia Sonera. Crossover Nordic was produced by Martin Malii-Karlsson, BLaO
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