Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 53m
Activity Moderate
Since May 2025
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
47%
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About This Podcast

Unwritten+ is a podcast about building a career across cultures and borders. Hosted by Irina Ignatiew, each episode features honest, in-depth conversations with people navigating international paths in media and beyond. From creative sparks to personal turning points, Irina explores what drives her guests, what challenges them, and how they shape their own unique journeys.

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Recent Episodes

S2E6 From Casablanca, via San Francisco and Paris, to Addis Ababa: Mounia Aram on why African Animation Is About to Have Its Naruto Moment

Apr 16, 2026 1h 19m

Mounia Aram didn't arrive in the animation industry through a straight door. Born in Casablanca and raised outside Paris, she came through a betrayal, a depression, a phone call to her sister in San…

S2E5 Fred Pittoors d'Haveskercke: Seating Plans, Secret Dossiers & The Matchmaking Business

Apr 09, 2026 50m

Inside European TV Deals: Co-Productions, Financing & Industry Matchmaking:What if the real power in this industry isn’t on stage — but at the dinner table?In this episode of Unwritten+, Irina…

S2E4 Making Television Travel (Without Losing Its Passport) — Marc Lorber on producing TV formats across twenty countries

Mar 12, 2026 1h 31m

One of the biggest myths in television is that you can take a successful show from one country and simply reproduce it somewhere else.In reality, formats may travel — but they almost never work…

S2E3 Simone Baumann: Finding Your Voice Between Systems — with a Side of Leberkäse*

Feb 26, 2026 1h 1m

Simone Baumann was still a teenager when she left Eastern Germany to study philosophy in the Soviet Union.She arrived in Rostov-on-Don in the early 80s to empty supermarket shelves, ration coupons…

S2E2 Jarmo Lampela: Watching Before Belonging — with a Hint of Sisu

Feb 10, 2026 56m

The new Unwritten+ episode is with Jarmo Lampela, director, teacher, and Head of Drama at Finland’s public broadcaster.Jarmo talks about growing up between places, spending his childhood moving,…

S2E1 Pedro Lopes: Building Stories Across Time, Formats, and Borders
On history, conflict, and why stories sometimes refuse to stay on screen

Jan 23, 2026 1h 13m

Unwritten+ is back — and we’re starting the year with something new:our first-ever video episode. I’m excited. And yes, a little bit terrified. Which usually tells me it’s the right move… 🎙️ Pedro…

S1E15 From a Backpack, $1,500 and the Grateful Dead — to Cannes, the Oscars and a Life Built on Bold Decisions

Dec 04, 2025 59m

In the new episode of Unwritten+, I speak with Deborah Bayer Marlow — a producer whose entire life has been shaped by instinct, reinvention and the kind of courage you only discover when the ground…

S1E14 From Germany to Spain, Mexico, New York, and Dubai — and the Slap That Stopped a Film Set Cold

Nov 27, 2025 49m

What I love most about my conversations on UNWRITTEN+ is when they stop being about titles and job descriptions — and become about the life underneath.My new episode with Daniela Tully is exactly…

S1E13 PRODUCING AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE: The Courage of Kateryna “Katya” Vyshnevska

Nov 21, 2025 52m

Some stories don’t just stay with you — they change you.This conversation is one of them.Katya grew up in Mariupol, a city now synonymous with destruction and unimaginable loss.Before the war, she…

S1E12 Courage, Exile, and Writing Light Into Darkness — Ali May

Oct 09, 2025 58m

Born in Iran after the Islamic Revolution. A childhood marked by the Iran–Iraq war. Growing up in a dictatorship where silence was survival.Ali May’s journey took him from Iran to London, where he…

S1E11 Sylvia Yu Friedman | A Life of Fearlessness ✨

Sep 30, 2025 1h 1m

Sylvia Yu Friedman | A Life of Fearlessness ✨Born in South Korea, raised in Vancouver, shaped in Beijing, and now rooted in Hong Kong — Sylvia Yu Friedman has lived many lives in one.As a journalist,…

S1E10 From Enugu to the Olympic Dream. Unwritten+ Live with Kaelo Iyizoba at Seriesly Berlin

Sep 20, 2025 31m

🎙️ Episode 10 of Unwritten+ — our first-ever LIVE recording in a SERIESLY BERLIN SPECIAL is now available!From Enugu to the Olympic Dream. Unwritten+ Live with Kaelo Iyizoba at Seriesly…

S1E9 It’s All About the Bass: The Force of Nature That Is Marike Muselaers

Sep 04, 2025 58m

Fourteen books devoured on a single road trip. A teenage obsession with musicals and VHS horror films. An intern who borrowed money just to take her dream job at Fortissimo Films — and later helped…

S1E8 Vision, Gut Instinct & the Making of a Showrunner
- Fleur Winters on Leadership, Genre, and Stories That Refuse to Compromise

Jul 24, 2025 53m

How do you go from a cinema seat in a Dutch small town, moved to tears by a Brazilian film - to selling stories across continents, backing an €11M vampire series, and now showrunning a bold, romantic…

S1E7 The Pitchologist Will See You Now: Agathe Berman on Storytelling, Survival, and the Power of a Great Pitch

Jul 14, 2025 52m

You have 5 minutes to convince a room full of strangers your story matters.What do you say? If you’re lucky, you’ll have Agathe Berman in your corner.Known as The Pitchologist, she’s the go-to coach…

S1E6 From Popcorn to Polle Hofmann Michael Polle on Starting Over, Producing Across Borders & the Power of Saying “I Don’t Know”

Jun 26, 2025 52m

Some producers start with a screenplay. Michael Polle started with popcorn. 🍿What began behind the concession stand of a one-screen cinema turned into one of the most respected careers in European…

S1E5 Curation, Chaos & the One That Got Away - Paolo Ciccarelli on Saying No, Regretting It, and What He’d Greenlight Today

Jun 12, 2025 47m

Some careers begin with a degree. Paolo Ciccarelli’s began with a scam. (Yes, really.)What was meant to be a short trip to London turned into a five-year detour — retail jobs, canceled plans, and a…

S1E4 Dare to Be Cringe: Samya Hafsaoui’s Unapologetic Path from TikTok to Feature Film

Jun 02, 2025 49m

In this new episode of Unwritten+ Seriencamp Conference Special, Irina Ignatiew speaks with Samya Hafsaoui—a Dutch-Moroccan filmmaker, writer, cultural critic, and the kind of multi-hyphenate who…

S1E3 From Crime Scenes to Sci-Fi Dreams — with a Side of Meditation and Tapenade

May 29, 2025 43m

On the latest episode of Unwritten+, Irina Ignatiew talks to Piodor Gustafsson, the producer and creative force behind Black Spark and Rainy Days — and one of the key figures shaping the rise of…

S1E2 Building a Career Between Worlds: Maria Valenzuela on Culture, Content & Change

May 26, 2025 36m

What’s it like to lead global teams, speak five languages fluently, and navigate careers at companies like Sony Pictures, Huawei, BetaFilm, and Movistar?In this episode of Unwritten+, I speak…

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