Series Mania Festival Unveils Co-Pro Pitching Sessions Selections

The 15 projects selected to be presented during the Series Mania Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions at the 2020 Series Mania Festival have been announced.

Chosen from over 400 projects from 50 different countries, the European and international drama projects will compete for a grand prize of €50,000 ($54,000) to help develop the winning show. Polly Williams, head of drama and scripted television for Entertainment One in the U.K., has been appointed jury president and will oversee a team of four other members who will determine the best project.

Among the titles to be pitched are A Marriage (Indigo Film, Italy), Casa Girls (The Film TV, France), Doppelgänger (AVI FILMS, Spain/Argentina), Frozen Land (Non-Stop Production, Russia), Good People (Hélicotronc, Belgium), Life and Fate (Cosmopolitan Pictures, U.K.), My First Family (Haut et Court TV, France/Israel), Play of Mirrors, Velázquez in Rome (Vertice 360, Spain), Submarine (The Mediapro Studio & Globo, Spain/Brazil), Tahrir (Artza Productions, Israel), The Abduction of Yossele Shumacher (Eran Riklis Productions, Israel), The Black Lady (AT-Production, France/Germany/Belgium), The Island (Producers At Work, Germany), Turbo (Sense Production, Serbia) and Underground (Anagram Norway, Norway).

A 16th title, out of competition, in partnership with CoPro Series of Berlinale Series Market and Conference, will be announced shortly.

Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, said: “At the heart of the Series Mania Forum, the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions continues to be the springboard for finding the best projects in development from around the world. With over 400 submissions this year, for the first year from all over the world, I can say that it was not an easy task to narrow the search to the top 15 series. With projects from Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Russia, as well as all the projects from Europe and Israel, our selection is more international than ever before. We are pleased to be offering a series from Serbia as the Balkan region definitely appears to be an up-and-coming creative hot spot.”