Series Mania Co-Production Forum to Recognize Best TV Series Project

PARIS: The Series Mania Co-Production Forum will recognize the best series project in development at its upcoming event, drawn from the 2017 selection, with the winner to receive 50,000 euros.

The Co-Production Forum selects around 15 projects for series seeking additional financing (in 2016, 16 projects were selected from 193 submissions), which are then presented during the festival to more than 400 decision-makers from some of the leading production companies and broadcasters. The pitching sessions are followed by numerous individual meetings. The selected project will see financial aid of 50,000 euros given to the producer.

Laurence Herszberg, the managing director of Series Mania, said: “Since its beginnings, the Series Mania Co-Production Forum has set out to identify ambitious projects with international distribution potential. Through this prize, we want to make this aid more concrete by putting a spotlight on and giving a significant financial boost to the writing of the winning project.”

Series Mania will take place from April 13 to 23, 2017. The Co-Production Forum is set for April 18 to 21, 2017.