Winners in both categories, Best Pre-Development TV Series in Europe powered by HAVC and Best Finished TV Series in the CEE, will be announced at the awards ceremony on December 9.

The organizers of NEM Zagreb have revealed finalists for the NEM Awards 2025, a platform that opens doors for new TV series and exisiting TV series from the CEE region, encourages co-productions between CEE countries, and high-capacity production countries.

The Best Pre-development TV Series in Europe powered by HAVC category celebrates promising TV projects still in their early stages. It’s a chance for writers and creators to showcase ideas and connect with industry professionals, who can help bring their vision to life. This platform bridges imagination and opportunity, turning concepts into potential productions.

These projects made it to the finale:

Acting All Around
Big Feelings
Bryari
Gray Divorce
In Nomine Patris
Sal e’s
Second Chance
Snow Peaks
The Boy Who Could Listen to the Soil
The Suffering of Young Hana

Best Finished TV Series in the CEE celebrates excellence in storytelling, honoring fully completed TV series from Central and Eastern Europe that have truly made their mark.

According to the independent jury, which is outside of the CEE, the following projects from the CEE region were selected as finalists:

TVN Warner Bros Discovery – A Decent Man
ZDF Studios / Zolba Production – Detective Von Fock
Real Grupa / HRT – Diary of a Schlager Singer
Telewizja Polska (TVP) – Drelich
Radio Television of Serbia / This&That / Agitprop – Operation Sabre
TS Media powered by Telekom Srbija – Pasjaca
RTV Slovenia – That’s Life
vATM Group S.A. – The Breslau Murders
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation SA (E.R.T. SA) – The Child
Czech Television – The Offspring
TV NOVA / Oneplay – What Haunts Us

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