We are EWC,
European Writers Club
The European Writers Club is a pilot programme, supported by the European Union under its latest initiative called “Writing European”.
About us
EWC aims to spark and facilitate collaboration between creators, writers, broadcasters, and producers of European TV series to boost creativity and originality in telling important, impactful stories that transcend to a larger European audience across borders.
We support the main vision of the EU to unite the European countries and create a common platform for a sense of connectedness.
We aim to boost, upscale, and upgrade stories that resonate with Europeans of all walks of life. In a time where Europe is fragmented on multiple geopolitical levels, we help create stories that are relevant on a supranational level, - stories that unite European talents and audiences and generate profit.
We create a room of trust in between the industry creatives with the writers in focus, where ideas are welcomed with open arms, tried and tested, and developed in iterative processes.
We bring industry professionals, including writers, producers, broadcasters, and institutes, together in a unique European network. By inspiring, exchanging and collaborating with each other, EWC fast-tracks ideas to audiences using a toolbox of new methods and initiatives.
We boost stories that unite Europe, transcend borders, and speak into new paradigms. We believe that borderless collaboration creates fertile soil for the best stories.
Our team
We are a tight-knit team of four people, working together since 2021.
While coming from different countries and backgrounds, and adding our unique perspectives to each other's experience and knowledge, we work together towards the same goal.
Meet our advisory board
Femke Wolting
Independent Producer
Co-founder of Submarine, Netherlands
Dr. Simone Emmelius
SVP International Fiction, Co-production and Acquisition
ZDF, Germany
Ivar Køhn
CEO & Producer
Rubicon Norway
Peter Andermatt
Head of MEDIA Office
Spain
Pernille Bech Christensen
Senior Executive Producer
TV2, Denmark
Elizabeth López Gómez
Director of SGAE Audiovisual
SGAE, Spain
Nikolaj Scherfig
Screenwriter & Head of the Danish writers' union
Denmark
Our beneficiaries
Jacobo Sutil
CEO
Agadic - Galician Agency for Cultural Industries - is the public agency of the Galicia Regional Government with competencies in the design and implementation of regional policies in the field of music, performing arts and audiovisual.
Jørgen Ramsko
CEO
Vision Denmark is the business cluster for games, film, TV, animation and XR. They gather the ecosystem across Denmark to create innovation and growth and secure the industry’s position of strength. Vision Denmark supports networks and knowledge sharing and creates new circuits for innovation – both across companies in the industry and in collaboration with the country’s knowledge institutions.
Ralf Ivarsson
CEO
Film i Skåne is the regional film fund and resource center for film in Skåne (Scania), Sweden. They work broadly across the entire film area and collaborate with many organizations both regionally, nationally and internationally. They invest in the development and co-production of films and tv-series, in film festivals and film cultural events and in the talent development of future filmmakers. They work with film literacy for children & youth and run the film studio Ystad Studios as well as the Southern Sweden Film Commission, which markets Skåne and southern Sweden as a shooting location for international film and television productions. Film i Skåne is owned and financed by Region Skåne Holding and operates with support from Region Skåne’s culture committee.