SeriesFest, Second City Film School and IFA Chicago are proud to present the 2nd Pitch-A-Thon! Roadshow: Chicago. (With additional support from United for Business, Littleton Road Productions, Wana Brands, and…
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Round of Applause to our 2023 Pitchers! Our Pitch-A-Thon! Roadshow took place on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at the Toronto International Film Festival! A talented group of content creators live…
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Sponsored by Canva SeriesFest is partnering with Canva to acknowledge the creativity and skill necessary to build the perfect Series Format Deck. In celebration of this unsung craft, we will award the most Outstanding Series Format Deck with a $5,000 cash prize. The Series Format Deck is an integral part to the pitch process and sale of your series. It introduces your project in a visually exciting and emotionally powerful way and captures the reader’s imagination—allowing them to see the full scope of the series and embrace the characters.
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With Ed Helms & Michael Falbo’s Pacific Electric Picture Co.—The Storytellers Initiative aims to discover and celebrate bold new series with a strong point of view and bold characters from the next generation of storytellers. This Initiative cultivates lasting relationships between emerging creatives and industry executives, focused specifically on supporting diverse voices, championing marketable, unique storytelling, and pushing independent projects into production. Writers are invited to submit their pilot script for a chance to participate in a writers workshop, a live read of their script with professional actors, and a year-long development deal.
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SeriesFest: Season 11—It’s the pilot program that started it all!
Headed into its eleventh season, SeriesFest’s Independent Pilot Competition provides a platform for the most innovative drama, comedy, and animated pilots out there ranging from 18 to 60 minutes.
Candid conversations with Kathryn Busby (President, Original Programming, STARZ), Wade Davis (Chief Executive Officer, Televisa Univision) speaking with Mike Fries (CEO, Liberty Global) and Adam Lewinson (Chief Content Officer, Tubi) will take place during the “Innovation Talks” event, TheWrap can exclusively reveal.
Read the ArticleChelsea Handler is headed to SeriesFest. The comedian, who just finished her stint as guest host for “The Daily Show,” will headline the annual event’s closing night festivities on May 10.
“We are ecstatic to announce a very special night of comedy at Red Rocks featuring the one-and-only Chelsea Handler,” SeriesFest CEO and co-founder Randi Kleiner said.
Read the ArticleIn partnership with Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, SeriesFest has awarded its 2022 Women Directing Mentorship to Gia-Rayne B. Harris.
The program first launched in 2018 and pairs rising female directors with established episodic directors on Shondaland-produced series.
Read the ArticleObservations about Netflix’s effort to right the ship after losing $200 billion in market value provided just one of several appetizing morsels of industry analysis and career reflection offered during an hour-long conversation [with Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer] at SeriesFest in Denver.
Read the ArticleIn the fourth year of the partnership, Shondaland’s commitment to expanding industry opportunities gains new ground.
Read the ArticleIs Chicago’s next great comedy television series right around the corner? The Pitch-A-Thon initiative, powered by Denver/West Coast-based SeriesFest, Second City, and IFA Chicago is dedicated to discovering and nurturing the most promising independent episodic creators. The winner of the inaugural Chicago Pitch-A-Thon has been announced.
Read the ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Janelle Monáe and her Wondaland Pictures have partnered with the non-profit SeriesFest on the ninth season of Storytellers, its Script Writing Competition spotlighting female-focused stories within the episodic arena.
Read the ArticleSeriesFest and National Geographic Documentary Films have selected A.K. Sandhu‘s docuseries We Beg Your Pardon, America as the winner of the “Spotlight Your Town” initiative which supports an inclusive group of unscripted storytellers creating authentic, community-driven stories that embody the breadth and diversity of the people and places they represent.
Read the ArticleWatch a special Q&A after a screening of Hulu’s Candy (starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey) at SeriesFest: Season 8. Candy is a limited series that follows Candy Montgomery, a 1980s housewife and mother.
Watch VideoYou may know W. Kamau Bell as a stand-up comedian or the host of the Emmy-winning CNN docuseries “United Shades of America”, but you should know him as a prolific activist and creator with the recent Showtime docuseries, “We Need to Talk About Cosby”.
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