Merja Aakko and Mika Ronkainen, writers of All the Sins (Kaikki Synnit), are the recipients of the 2019 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize – this was announced at a ceremony during the TV Drama Vision event at Göteborg Film Festival tonight.
This year's award is the third annual award for outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series, funded by Nordisk Film & TV Fond. The NOK 200 000 prize is awarded the main writer(s) of the series.
An addictively intriguing crime thriller about complex relationships and small town prejudices. After a ten-year absence, Detective Lauri Räihä is sent to investigate the murders of two men in the small northern town where he grew up. Lauri seeks answers to the case only to discover other truths about himself, his home town, and whether one has the power to forgive all sins.
Scriptwriter Merja Aakko worked 15 years as a journalist specialized in human interest stories and social issues before she entered film industry. All the Sins is her debut TV drama series
Mika Ronkainen born 1970, is a writer-director who works with fiction, documentaries and theatre. All the Sins is Ronkainen’s debut TV drama series. Ronkainen was selected among Variety’s Ten European Directors to Watch in 2013. He won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary at Göteborg Film Festival in 2013 for Finnish Blood Swedish Heart.
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