Angel’s Trumpets
Angel’s Trumpets, a story idea from Katalin Besenyei won the big prize at Hypewriter Pitch Forum Season 3, created by Paprika Studios and RTL Magyarország. She has been awarded 10,000 EUR and the production budget for pilot development and filming.
Angel’s Trumpets is about Anna and Jázmin, former victims of sex trafficking who are now living in a shelter in Hungary. After they learn that Jázmin’s sister, the 15 y.o. Bella was most likely sold off to the same mafia as they were, the girls escape the shelter at night and embark on a journey to save her and to fight for their well-deserved freedom – even if that means revenge.
The international jury featured RTL Hungary deputy CEO and programming director Péter Kolosi, Oscar nominated film director Ildikó Enyedi, programming director of market leading Slovenian POP TV Branco Čakarmiš, Czech writer extraordinaire Petr Kolečko and Paprika Studios creative director Bence Trunkó.
The Bulgarian project ‘Gold War’ has been awarded the ‘Fast Track Award’ by Hypewriter’s Estonian festival partner TV Beats to participate at the finals of their next event in Tallinn. Sandra Becerril’s ‘Queens of Horror’ idea from Mexico and the Hungarian project ‘Superheroes on Mininum Wage’ each received a ‘Jury’s Special Mention Award’ for their outstanding story ideas.
Hypewriter wishes to thank all 450 writers from 38 countries who sent us submissions this year, and especially all Finalists who pitched their great stories to a jury and audience at the pitch forum on 5 October, 2021 in Budapest.
We are very proud that as announced by Péter Kolosi at the pitch forum, 2019 Hypewriter winner idea ‘Golden Age’ is becoming a full television series, to be produced by Paprika Studios for RTL Hungary.
Finalists
Angel’s
Trumpets
/ Winner
– Katalin Besenyei (Hungary)
Gold War
/ Winner ‘Fast Track Award’ by Hypewriter’s Estonian festival partner TV Beats to participate at the finals of their next event in Tallinn
– Teodora Markova, Martichka Bozhilova (Bulgaria)
ParaNorm
– Réka Dubinyák, Gábor Osváth (Hungary)
Pegasus
– Ádám Jakab (Hungary)
Queens of Horror
/ Winner of ‘Jury’s Special Mention Award’ for the outstanding story idea
– Sandra Becerril (Mexico)
Superheroes on Minimum Wage
/ Winner of ‘Jury’s Special Mention Award’ for the outstanding story idea
– Dóra Laky, György Szeli, Krisztián Streit (Hungary)
Tanti
– Gabriella Pados, Nóra Zsigmond (Hungary)
The Deep
– Lauri Lippmaa (Estonia)
Jury
Péter
Kolosi
Péter Kolosi is the Deputy CEO and the Director of Programming at RTL Hungary. In 1994 he graduated with a Doctor of Law from Eötvös Loránd University and two years later with a television presenter director degree from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. In 2007 he received his DLA. Kolosi launched his professional career in 1994 as a reporter, senior editor, and presenter on several programmes at Magyar Televízió. Since 1997 he has been lecturing at the University of Theatre and Film Arts and started to work for RTL when it launched its first channel in Hungary, RTL Klub. Kolosi joined the tv station as the editor-in-chief and presenter of the daily infotainment show Fókusz and he is Director of Programming since 2001. He has been the Deputy CEO at RTL Hungary since 2015.
Ildikó
Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi, awards winner and Oscar nominated film director, has won more than fifty international prizes. Her film, My 20th Century, was chosen as one of the 12 Best Hungarian Films of All Time and selected among the 10 best films of the year by The New York Times. In addition to prizes awarded to her as a filmmaker, she has also received recognition as a script writer (as winner of the Grand Prize of the Hartley Merrill International Screenwriting Prize). She lectures at European masterclasses (Switzerland, Poland) and was a prof. Habil of film directing at University of Film and Theatrical Arts in Budapest. After the university was deprived of it’s academic autonomy, she became founding member of the FreeSzFE, an independent creative hub, an assotiation for learning and teaching. She was member of the main jury at Berlin, Venice, Moscow and San Sebastian Film Festivals (among others). She was awarded the Balázs Béla and the Merited Artist Prizes, and has received the Republic President’s Order of Merit Cross. She is a member of the European and the American Film Academy. A mother of two, she lives in Budapest.
Bence
Trunkó
Bence Trunkó is a member of the Board and the Chief Creative Officer at Paprika Studios. As CCO of the company, Trunkó oversees the scripted development and adaptation in all of the Paprika regions. After graduating from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Hungary with a degree in broadcasting, he started out as scriptwriter, working as a freelance creative for various broadcasters before gaining experience as a writer for the stage, feature films, TV, and radio shows. He worked with major advertising and creative agencies and published several books about the TV business. His current job includes setting up, controlling, and supporting the international creative divisions within the company. Besides his corporate responsibilities, he still creates, writes, and pitches scripted concepts for major networks in the region. ln the past few years, he also has been acting as show runner in Slovenia, Slovakia, and in the Czech Republic for flagship drama series for the CME Network.
Branko
Cakarmis
Branko Cakarmis has more than 20 years expertise in television and multimedia content field. He has worked in pay-tv (HBO), in telco (Planet), in region (NovaTV, Croat ia,CEO) and in cable (Sport TV). Branko Cakarmis Programming Director at Pro Plus, Slovenia, operating S linear channels (Pop TV, Kanal A, Kino, Brio, Oto) and fast growing SVOOserviceVoyo. Local and original content development is key for Voyo success.
Petr
Kolecko
Finished his master degree in dramaturgy at theAcademy of PerformingArtsinPrague.Shortlyafterhisgraduationemerged quicklyasoneofthemost stagedplaywrightsinCzechRepublic. A Finalist at the first Hypewriter in 2018, Petr works a lot for televison,where a lot of his scripts has been produced.With Jan Prusinovsky he has co-written a short’series „Gnome” that won the Best internationalTVseriesawardat FestivaldelafictionLa Rochelle in 2017. Later he has written TV series Most” that was broadcastedwithimmensesuccessinCzechTVandnow isbeingremakedínHungaryby RTL. .Most” has won a national biggest audiovison award Czech Lion for best TVseries of 2019. Kolecko has started also to direct his movie screenplays recently.