New Icelandic prison drama selling well
The women's prison in Kópavogur which is the location for 'Prisoners'. Photo: Ásdís Ásgeirsdóttir
A new Icelandic prison drama to air in Iceland next winter has already been purchased by several other European countries.
The series – called ‘Prisoners’ (or ‘Fangar’ in Icelandic) – revolves around the lives and stories of inmates in a women’s prison in Iceland and is directed by Ragnar Bragason.
Final funding for the new series is currently being gathered and recording is due to begin in May. Icelanders will be able to see the series on national broadcaster RÚV this winter.
Rights to the series have already been sold to all of the other Nordic countries (DR in Denmark, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden and YLE in Finland) and to Canal+ in Poland. Producers are reportedly also in talks with other major television companies abroad.
Bragason also wrote the script, together with Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, and the story is based on research by Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir and Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir.
