Here’s how SBS wound up getting the World Premiere screening of the television adaptation of Peter Høeg’s bestselling novel.
Smilla’s Sense of Snow is having its World Premere at SBS on Demand next week.
The television adaptation of Peter Høeg’s bestseller stars Filippa Coster-Waldau, Elyas M’Barek and Henry Lloyd-Hughes and is directed by BAFTA winner Amma Asante.
The six part series is a Constantin Film production in co-production with Viaplay, ARD Degeto Film and Baltic Film Services and in cooperation with Netflix DACH and in association with and distributed by ITV Studios.
So given this is not an Australia production, and SBS is not a co-commissioner, just how did Australia get the World Premiere?
An SBS spokesperson said,“SBS was interested from the outset and had a pre-sale agreement and a strategy to launch this intriguing series in the Australian winter and in synergy with the rollout of premium content launching around the title.”
Bonus!
Smilla’s Sense of Snow is a thrilling and genre-bending series set in 2040 where society is monitored through drones and body cams, energy is a privilege, and political tensions run high.
Smilla Jaspersen (Coster-Waldau), a smart and wealthy woman in her twenties, lives in a social housing complex in Copenhagen. She is alone and leads a solitary life until she meets a young Inuit boy who finds a way to her heart. When the boy suddenly dies in mysterious circumstances, Smilla wants to know why. Her search for answers leads her to the icy scenery of Greenland and right to the centre of dangerous political power games. Smilla’s extraordinary abilities are the key to the truth – about the boy and her own identity.
The series is directed by BAFTA Winner Amma Asante, who is also an executive producer alongside Oliver Berben, Robert Kulzer, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen and Tina Hastings. Produced by Alicia Remirez.
Wednesday, 30 July at 9.15pm on SBS