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THE SEED nominated for the Official Selection of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival

THE SEED

produced by Odeon Fiction, ARD Degeto, NRK and Rein Film

nominated for the Official Selection of the

62nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival

LEONINE Studios is handling international sales

Munich, May 4, 2023 – THE SEED, produced by Odeon Fiction, ARD Degeto, NRK and Rein Film, is very proud to have been nominated for the Official Selection of the 62nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s prestigious Golden Nymph Award. The Festival takes place from 16-20 June 2023.

18 programs from 11 countries have been officially selected to compete across the Documentaries & News category as well as the Fiction category for this outstanding recognition. The winners will be announced at a glamourous Red-Carpet Awards Ceremony at the Grimaldi Forum on the final evening of the Festival, on Tuesday 20 June.

Producer Britta Meyermann says: “We’re really happy that THE SEED is nominated for a Golden Nymph Award. This is a great recognition for all the thought and work of our whole team that went into this topical production. We’re so excited to attend the Festival in Monaco in June and are delighted to celebrate this very special honour with our fellow nominees.”

At the 62nd edition of the Monte-Carlo TV Festival, six Golden Nymph Awards will be presented in the Fiction Category, including Best Film, Best Series, Best Creation, Best Actress, Best Actor and the Jury Special Prize.

Three Golden Nymph Awards will be presented in the News & Documentaries category to Best News Program, Best Documentary and the Jury Special Prize.

Each program within the Official Selection in the Fiction category will be presented to the Festival’s attendees via public screenings.

Laurent Puons, CEO of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival comments: "Having a nomination for a Golden Nymph Award undoubtedly demonstrates the high caliber of a program and we are extremely pleased to have such a special line-up of nominees this year. The reputation of our competition continues to prosper - endorsed by the exceptional quality of the programming from around the world in the 2023 Official Selection.”

Now in its 62nd year, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival celebrates the very best of television and delivers marketing and public relations opportunities to producers and distributors looking to access international print and on-camera journalists to promote and support their sales to worldwide broadcasters.

About THE SEED

A missing young man, Victor (Jonathan Berlin), an environmental activist and journalist, vanished somewhere in the vast wilderness of northern Norway, triggers a police hunt that threatens to overthrow global systems of power. German detective Max Grosz (Heino Ferch), Victor’s uncle, and his Norwegian colleague Thea Koren’s (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) search leads them into a tangled web of international business schemes and highest-level political intrigue. From the desolate Arctic wastes of Spitsbergen, home to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, to Europe’s gleaming cities, the secrets they expose one after the other bring them up against ruthless multinational agro-chemical corporations, transnational political bodies and those shadowy masters of brinksmanship pulling the strings in the background, all of whom will stop at nothing to gain the ultimate control over humanity — the very food that we eat.

THE SEED is a co-production of Odeon Fiction, ARD Degeto, NRK and Rein Film. Service producer on Spitsbergen is PolarX AS, service sroducer in the Czech Republic is MIA Film. The executives overseeing the project at ARD Degeto are Christoph Pellander, SVP of drama, and Sebastian Lückel, Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, with Elisabeth Tangen overseeing for NRK. The producer of the series is Odeon Fiction’s Britta Meyermann (“Spy City”), director of photography is Ian Blumers (“Stralsund”, “Wolfsland”). THE SEED is supported by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union, the German Motion Picture Fund, the Czech Tax Incentive and Filmfond Nord. LEONINE Studios is handling international sales.

About Odeon Fiction

Odeon Fiction and its team stand for the production of high-quality fictional content for television, cinema and streaming platforms across all genres and formats. Odeon Fiction produces successful television procedurals such as EIN FALL FÜR ZWEI, DER STAATSANWALT, LETZTE SPUR BERLIN, HARTER BROCKEN, DIE FÜCHSIN and MASUREN KRIMI, which regularly achieve top ratings on German television. The company is also a prolific producer of series for broadcasters, streaming services and pay TV, including most recently NEULAND for ZDF, BONN for WDR/ARD, 37 SEKUNDEN for ARD Degeto, TENDER HEARTS for Sky, MEME GIRLS for RTL+ and BOOM BOOM BRUNO for Warner TV Serie. Formats such as TURKISH FOR BEGINNERS have received numerous national and international awards. Cinema productions include ERKAN & STEFAN, JOHN RABE, THE FLYING CLASSROOM and ZORO’S SOLO. Odeon Fiction productions have been nominated and awarded the German Television Prize, the Grimme Prize, the German Comedy Prize and the Bavarian Television Prize, among others. Odeon Fiction is a LEONINE Studios company.

About LEONINE Studios

LEONINE Studios is Germany’s leading independent media company – the one stop shop for premium content. We partner with outstanding talent to create content that inspires audiences around the world. Together, the LEONINE Studios companies produce, co-produce, distribute and license premium content – covering the entire value chain of the content business. We produce films, series and content for social media – from entertainment to infotainment, fiction and non-fiction. LEONINE Studios’ production companies are led by award-winning producers and creative partners – including the premium production brands gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion | hyperbole | i&u TV | Madame Zheng Production | Odeon Fiction | SEO Entertainment | W&B Television | Wiedemann & Berg Film. LEONINE Studios distribution and licensing brings content to theaters, home entertainment, television and streaming networks, and social media channels. Our market-leading license library includes programs in all formats and genres. LEONINE Studios is an independent company, making premium content available to all players in the industry.

About Monte-Carlo Television Festival

Originally created by Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and now under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival has, for more than sixty years, presented the very best of television from around the world. The Festival has also been at the forefront in showcasing the highly talented professionals associated with many of the most successful programs in the history of the medium. Celebrities, producers, directors, writers and heads of studios, networks and digital platforms gather in June every year to attend series launches, premiere screenings, conferences, press activities, public events, VIP meetings and signing sessions. Culminating with a unique competition, which celebrates and honours fiction, news and current affairs programming with the prestigious Golden Nymph Awards, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival is recognized as one of the finest Festivals in the world, enhanced even further by its location in the magical Principality of Monaco. www.tvfestival.com

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