Finland’s Vertigo is moving beyond Nordic Noir with an ambitious, six-part TV series about Europe’s migrant crisis which they’ll be presenting at Series Mania.Based on the book by best-selling Finnish novelist Jari Tervo, “Layla” is the story of a 15-year-old Kurdish girl who travels the perilous migrant route from Turkey to northern Europe, where she hopes to be reunited with her older sister.Vertigo’s Minna Virtanen and Sagafilm Nordic’s Kjartan Thor Thordarson will be looking for financing when they present the series at the Co-Pro Pitching Session in Lille.
“Layla” will be directed by the Kurdish-born, Swedish helmer Karzan Kader.Virtanen says she was immediately drawn to the acclaimed book, and bought the rights with an eye toward developing it into a feature film.
“But as a concept, it didn’t work really well,” she says.Following the eponymous heroine as she flees an
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