Camilla Hammerich gives public interview at DCU

Camilla Hammerich, the producer behind hit political drama series Borgen, gave a public interview in the Helix in DCU last Thursday 23rd January. The event was held as part of a partnership between the DCU MA in Film and Television Studies and the Digital Biscuit festival.

Digital Biscuit, an event of combined programmed talks and technology expositions held over three days from January 22-24, brought together national and global industry leaders to attempt to ignite the industry by focusing on Ireland's capabilities in the film and television sectors.

Ms. Hammerich, a producer at DR Fiction, Denmark's acclaimed television development and production studio behind other hit shows such as The Killing, gave a compelling and entertaining interview with Dr. Roddy Flynn, describing the creative process behind the making of Borgen and the various political debates which it has both reflected and inspired in Denmark. The event was attended by students, academics, film producers and Borgen fans, and included a lively Q+A session, in which former Fine Gael politician Mary Banotti drew some interesting parallels between Borgen's subplots and her own experiences in Irish politics. Borgen follows the exploits of Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), a fictional Danish politician, who rises through the political ranks to enter the office of Prime Minister while dealing with a range of personal battles.The programme also gives an insight in to the face-off between politics and the media. Before Christmas, its final season ended on BBC4 to wide critical acclaim.

The event was organised by Dr. Debbie Ging in the School of Communications and was funded by the DCU Educational Trust.