Series Mania Festival & Forum Open Calls for Entries

The Series Mania Festival—taking place March 20 to 28, 2020—has opened its call for series, while the industry arm of the Festival, the Series Mania Forum—set for March 25 to 27, 2020—has put out a call for projects.

On the Festival side, 70 series will be selected to be part of the Series Mania program. Last year, 31 world premieres were part of the program, including the ten rounds of international competition. Eleven prizes will be awarded by the various juries during the closing ceremony at the end of the nine-day Festival.

On the Forum side, producers can submit their projects for the Forum’s annual Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. From these submissions, 16 projects will be selected to participate and to be pitched in front of decision makers of the TV industry. The best project presented during the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions will be awarded a 50,000 euro ($55,000) prize.

Both have a deadline of January 10, 2020, to submit projects.

Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, added: “Our mission with Series Mania is to find the best emerging talents in Europe and beyond, link the best projects with the right people, and help to foster the next big hit in the series industry. Thanks to the Forum, we are offering industry professionals the best in development and co-production opportunities from both expected and unexpected countries.”