Jacob Cummings, Author at SeriesFest

2022 SPOTLIGHT YOUR TOWN WINNER

In 2021, we partnered with National Geographic Documentary Films, known for showcasing timely, provocative, and impactful stories, and Visible [mobile] for our Spotlight Your Town Initiative to support an inclusive…

Breaking In: A SeriesFest Podcast

Breaking In is a weekly podcast designed to enlighten emerging voices as they get their foot in the door, and inspire those already there.

Each week our founders and hosts, Randi Kleiner and Kaily Smith Westbrook will be joined by guests at the forefront of episodic storytelling to give you the inside scoop on how they got there, their career highlights, and some wild stories along the way.

Storytellers Initiative

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.

TV Pilot Camp – Three Week

SeriesFest is bringing back its popular TV Pilot Academy for middle and high school students in summer 2022! For three weeks students will work as a virtual team to create an original independent TV pilot through a writers room, full on-location production and a post production workshop. Following the creation, the original pilot will screen publicly as part of SeriesFest.

National Mobile Cinema Lab

The National Mobile Cinema Lab brings film and television education programs into schools and community centers acros the United States. The program features full cinema packages, with instruction by professional filmmakers and educators, and a fully developed curriculum in writing, production, post-production and more. While the education mission of SeriesFest is to inspire the voice inside every student, the Mobile Cinema Lab brings real-world film and episodic storytelling technology to all schools in an effort to break down the barriers that limit access for students in under-resourced communities.