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Sara Heldt

Sara Heldt is one of the writers behind the Emmy Award nominated TV production The Crown Princess (2006). Together with Swedish screenwriter Johan Widerberg she wrote Death of a Pilgrim (2013) and Another Time, Another Life (2014), the popular series based on the best-selling and award-winning novels by Leif GW Persson, both of which were nominated for the prestigious Prix Europa in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

With a long and outstanding career in film and television, Heldt is one of Sweden’s most experienced and popular screenwriters. Her feature film credits include the popular children’s movie LasseMajas Detective Agency (2008), The Guy in the Grave Next Door (2002) directed by Kjell Sundvall and starring Michael Nyqvist, as well as Winter Bay (1996) directed by Harald Hamrell. The latter two were both nominated for a Guldbagge Award for ‘Best Script’.

Awards

Kristallen Awards Nominee (Best Television Drama) Sweden – En pilgrims död Death of a Pilgrim 2013
Guldbagge Awards Nominee (Best Screenplay) Sweden – Grabben i graven bredvid The Boy in the Grave Next to Me 2003
Guldbagge Award Nomination for “The Guy in the Grave Next Door” (Best Screenplay) – Grabben i graven bredvid The Boy in the Grave Next to Me 2003
Guldbagge Awards Nominee (Best Screenplay) Sweden – Vinterviken Vinterviken 1997
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Filmography

1222 Blind Spot
(TV Series)
 (CrimeDrama)
in-development
Writer
2024
Morden i Sandhamn säsong 9 The Sandhamn Murders Season 9
(TV Series)
 (CrimeDramaRomance)
Writer
2023
Morden i Sandhamn säsong 8 The Sandhamn Murders Season 8
(TV Series)
 (CrimeDramaRomance)
Writer
2022
Morden i Sandhamn säsong 7 The Sandhamn Murders Season 7
(TV Series)
 (CrimeDramaRomance)
Writer
2020
Väster om Friheten West of Liberty
(TV Series)
 (Thriller)
Writer
2019
Döende detektiven The Dying Detective
(TV Mini-Series)
 (CrimeDrama)
Writer
2018
Den fjärde mannen Another Time, Another Life
(TV Mini-Series)
 (CrimeDramaThriller)
Writer
2014 - 2015
En pilgrims död Death of a Pilgrim
(TV Mini-Series)
 (DramaThriller)
Writer
2013
Drottningoffret The Queen Sacrifice
(TV Mini-Series)
 (Drama)
Writer
2010 - 2011
Anno 1790 Anno 1790
(TV Series)
 (CrimeDrama)
Writer
2011
Morden i Sandhamn säsong 1 The Sandhamn Murders Season 1
(TV Series)
 (CrimeDramaThriller)
Writer
2010
LasseMajas Detektivbyrå - Kameleontens hämnd
(Feature film)
 (Children'sFamily)
Writer
2008
Kungamordet The King Murder
(TV Mini-Series)
 (Drama)
Writer
2008
Kronprinsessan The Crown Princess
(TV Mini-Series)
 (Drama)
Writer
2006
Vinnare och förlorare Winners And Losers
(Feature film)
 (Romantic comedy)
Writer
2004
Grabben i graven bredvid The Boy in the Grave Next to Me
(Feature film)
 (Romantic comedy)
Writer
2002
Sjätte dagen The Sixth Day
(TV Series)
 (DramaThrillerTV Series)
Writer
1999
Emma åklagare Emma Prosecutor
(TV Series)
 (Crime)
Writer
1997
Selma & Johanna - en roadmovie Selma & Johanna - A Roadmovie
(Feature film)
 (Family)
Writer
1997
Vinterviken Vinterviken
(Feature film)
 (CrimeDramaRomance)
Writer
1996

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Amazon Studios greenlights adaptation of Anne Holt’s ‘1222’

Anne Holt’s best-selling crime novel 1222, the eighth installment in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series, is being adapted for the screen by Amazon Studios, with filming currently taking place in Stockholm. The four-part mystery drama titled Blind Spot is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in early 2025.

The lead role of Hanne Wilhelmsen will be played by Ida Engvoll (Love and Anarchy). The ensemble cast includes Pål Sverre Hagen (Exit, Kon-Tiki), Kjell Bergqvist (Bäckström, 30 Degrees in February) and Sissela Kyle (Fröken Frimans krig).

The script is written by celebrated screenwriter Sara Heldt (Sandhamn Murders, The Death of a Pilgrim) together with the acclaimed writer/director Erik Skjoldberg (Occupied, Narvik). Skjoldberg is also directing all four episodes of the series.

During a heavy snowstorm, a train travelling from Stockholm to Narvik collides with an avalanche. All passengers must take shelter in an old, isolated hotel in the mountains nearby. Among them is the sharp and dark-minded police officer, Hanne Wilhelmsen (Ida Engvoll) and when mysterious murders start taking place at the hotel – despite being temporarily suspended from the police – Hanne begins to investigate.

Blind Spot is produced by Nordic Drama Queens in co-production with Amazon MGM Studios, and in association with FIFTH SEASON. Producer is Nordic Drama Queens’ Sandra Harms, and Executive Producers are Anne Holt, Niclas Salomonsson, Line Winther Skyum Funch and Josefine Tengblad.

‘The Sandhamn Murders’ renewed for season 8

C More and TV4 have ordered an eighth season of The Sandhamn Murders, with filming already underway. The series is one of TV4’s most successful crime dramas, and season 7 recently premiered on C More with outstanding viewer ratings.

As in season 7, the series is based on the characters of Viveca Sten’s crime novels, but the plots of the original books and the TV adaption diverge. Sara Heldt and Johan Widerberg are the writers for season 8, while Mattias Ohlsson and Niklas Ohlson direct. Alexandra Rapaport will reprise her lead role as Nora Linde.

There is currently no set release date for season eight.

Thomas Engström’s ‘West of Liberty’ to become TV series

Thomas Engström’s award-winning novel about Ludwig Licht, former Stasi agent and CIA informant, is to be made into a TV series for the international market.

West of Liberty, the title of both novel and TV series, takes place in among else Berlin, where the arrest of the corrupt leader of a whistleblowing site has thrown the city into turmoil. Clive Barner, chief of the CIA’s Berlin office and Ludwig Licht’s old contact when he worked as a double agent in the 1970s, calls in Licht. The former informant turned barkeep and freelance problem solver has to pray his old skills haven’t rusted as he’s pulled back into the shadow world of those who make a living finding – and killing for – intelligence.

The TV series will consist of six episodes of 45 minutes. Sara Heldt and Donna Sharp have written the script, and Barbara Eder will direct when shooting starts in spring 2018. Producers are Anagram Sverige AB and Network Movie (Germany). The TV series is already sold to YLE in Finland and TV2 in Norway.

‘Another Time, Another Life’ nominated for a Prix Europa 2015

The TV series Another Time, Another Life (2014), written by Sara Heldt and Johan Widerberg, has been nominated at the Prix Europa 2015 in the category ‘TV Fiction’. The series is based on the second installment in Leif GW Persson’s Story of a Crime trilogy.

Death of a Pilgrim (2013), the first part of the popular series, was also nominated for a prestigious Prix Europa in 2014. This too was written by Heldt and Widerberg, and was based on the best-selling novels by Leif GW Persson.

The award ceremony of this year’s Prix Europa will take place 23 October in Berlin, Germany.

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