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Episodes
Making Television Travel (Without Losing Its Passport) — Marc Lorber on producing TV formats across twenty countries
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest myths in television is that you can take a successful show from one country and simply reproduce it somewhere else.In reality, form...
Simone Baumann: Finding Your Voice Between Systems — with a Side of Leberkäse*
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Simone Baumann was still a teenager when she left Eastern Germany to study philosophy in the Soviet Union.She arrived in Rostov-on-Don in the early 80...
Jarmo Lampela: Watching Before Belonging — with a Hint of Sisu
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The new Unwritten+ episode is with Jarmo Lampela, director, teacher, and Head of Drama at Finland’s public broadcaster.Jarmo talks about growing up ...
Pedro Lopes: Building Stories Across Time, Formats, and Borders On history, conflict, and why stories sometimes refuse to stay on screen
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Unwritten+ is back — and we’re starting the year with something new:our first-ever video episode. I’m excited. And yes, a little bit terrified. ...
From a Backpack, $1,500 and the Grateful Dead — to Cannes, the Oscars and a Life Built on Bold Decisions
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the new episode of Unwritten+, I speak with Deborah Bayer Marlow — a producer whose entire life has been shaped by instinct, reinvention and the ...
From Germany to Spain, Mexico, New York, and Dubai — and the Slap That Stopped a Film Set Cold
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What I love most about my conversations on UNWRITTEN+ is when they stop being about titles and job descriptions — and become about the life undern...
PRODUCING AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE: The Courage of Kateryna “Katya” Vyshnevska
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some stories don’t just stay with you — they change you.This conversation is one of them.Katya grew up in Mariupol, a city now synonymous with des...
Courage, Exile, and Writing Light Into Darkness — Ali May
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Iran after the Islamic Revolution. A childhood marked by the Iran–Iraq war. Growing up in a dictatorship where silence was survival.Ali May’...
Sylvia Yu Friedman | A Life of Fearlessness ✨
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sylvia Yu Friedman | A Life of Fearlessness ✨Born in South Korea, raised in Vancouver, shaped in Beijing, and now rooted in Hong Kong — Sylvia Yu ...
From Enugu to the Olympic Dream. Unwritten+ Live with Kaelo Iyizoba at Seriesly Berlin
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ Episode 10 of Unwritten+ — our first-ever LIVE recording in a SERIESLY BERLIN SPECIAL is now available!From Enugu to the Olympic Dream. Unwr...
It’s All About the Bass: The Force of Nature That Is Marike Muselaers
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fourteen books devoured on a single road trip. A teenage obsession with musicals and VHS horror films. An intern who borrowed money just to take her d...
Vision, Gut Instinct & the Making of a Showrunner - Fleur Winters on Leadership, Genre, and Stories That Refuse to Compromise
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go from a cinema seat in a Dutch small town, moved to tears by a Brazilian film - to selling stories across continents, backing an €11M v...
The Pitchologist Will See You Now: Agathe Berman on Storytelling, Survival, and the Power of a Great Pitch
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You have 5 minutes to convince a room full of strangers your story matters.What do you say? If you’re lucky, you’ll have Agathe Berman in your cor...
From Popcorn to Polle Hofmann Michael Polle on Starting Over, Producing Across Borders & the Power of Saying “I Don’t Know”
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some producers start with a screenplay. Michael Polle started with popcorn. 🍿What began behind the concession stand of a one-screen cinema turned i...
Curation, Chaos & the One That Got Away - Paolo Ciccarelli on Saying No, Regretting It, and What He’d Greenlight Today
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some careers begin with a degree. Paolo Ciccarelli’s began with a scam. (Yes, really.)What was meant to be a short trip to London turned into a five...
Dare to Be Cringe: Samya Hafsaoui’s Unapologetic Path from TikTok to Feature Film
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Unwritten+ Seriencamp Conference Special, Irina Ignatiew speaks with Samya Hafsaoui—a Dutch-Moroccan filmmaker, writer, cul...
From Crime Scenes to Sci-Fi Dreams — with a Side of Meditation and Tapenade
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest episode of Unwritten+, Irina Ignatiew talks to Piodor Gustafsson, the producer and creative force behind Black Spark and Rainy Days —...
Building a Career Between Worlds: Maria Valenzuela on Culture, Content & Change
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to lead global teams, speak five languages fluently, and navigate careers at companies like Sony Pictures, Huawei, BetaFilm, and Movi...
Andri Ómarsson, Glassriver, Iceland – From Cod to Cannes, and Everything in Between
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seriencamp Conference Special!In this episode, I talk to Andri Ómarsson, co-CEO of Glassriver and one of the driving forces behind Iceland’s global...
Trailer - Seriencamp Special
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unwritten+ brings you conversations with people working across cultures and borders in media and beyond. In this special series for Seriencamp Confere...