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‘All & Eva’: Creatives Behind Sperm Donor Series Detail How ‘Fleabag’-Inspired Dramedy Is Leading A New Wave Of Auteur-Driven Scandi Fare – Series Mania
Viaplay's 'All & Eva' team Johanna Runevad & Sofie Palage have talked 'Fleabag' & Series Mania
The era of The Killing and The Bridge dominating Scandi fare at events such as Series Mania is long gone, director Johanna Runevad and producer Sofie Palage told Deadline in the week leading up to All & Eva’s international competition screening at the Lille confab. The show covers the little-discussed societal topic of sperm donors in some depth but Runevad stressed that she was more keen to spotlight broad themes via a “weird series.” “It wasn’t a story I felt I wanted to tell [at first] to be honest. Runevad, who admits she has never watched The Bridge, said her desire was to make a “weird love story” between the two countries that laid bare the neighboring nations’ different approaches to sperm donation, amongst other things.
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