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Outstanding Series Format Deck Award

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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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. 

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Independent Pilot Competition: Drama

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.

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How Shondaland and SeriesFest Continue to Set Up Female Directors for Success
by Valentina Valentini (Shondaland) on Thursday January 26, 2023

In the fourth year of the partnership, Shondaland’s commitment to expanding industry opportunities gains new ground.

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‘Fat Jesus’ Wins Pitch-A-Thon
by Screen Magazine on Tuesday April 12, 2022

Is 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.

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Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Partners With SeriesFest
by Matt Grobar (Deadline) on Tuesday September 13, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: 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.

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Spotlight Your Town Winner Announcement
by The Diaspora Times on Tuesday August 16, 2022

SeriesFest 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.

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Candy Q&A | SeriesFest: Season 8
by SeriesFest on Wednesday August 10, 2022

Watch 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.

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Innovation Talk: W. Kamau Bell | SeriesFest: Season 8
by SeriesFest on Friday July 22, 2022

You 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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What you missed as SeriesFest: Season 8
by Lexi Donaldson (303 Magazine) on Friday May 13, 2022

After a two-year in-person hiatus, SeriesFest finally made its way back to the SIE Film Center for its much anticipated Season 8. The six-day festival, which took place from May 5 to 11, featured everything from exclusive screenings to panel discussions with some of the biggest names in entertainment.

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SeriesFest Sets Season 8 Lineup, Starz’s ‘Becoming Elizabeth’ To Kick Off In-Person Event
by Alexandra Del Rosario (Deadline) on Thursday April 14, 2022

SeriesFest, which returns for an in-person event, will kick off its Season 8 slate with a little bit of royalty.

On Thursday the annual television festival revealed the lineup, with Starz‘s new drama Becoming Elizabeth, set to get things started on May 5.

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SeriesFest Renews Partnership With Shondaland For Third Cycle Of Women Directing Mentorship Competition
by Alexandra Del Rosario (Deadline) on Wednesday May 12, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: SeriesFest and Shondaland have reunited to highlight a new generation of directors with the return of the Women Directing Mentorship competition.

First launched in 2018, the Women Directing Mentorship is a competition designed to discover aspiring female directors with a unique voice and provide them a launchpad for their career.

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SeriesFest And Shondaland Select Tamika Miller As Winner For Women Directing Mentorship
by Dino-Ray Ramos (Deadline) on Wednesday October 14, 2020

SeriesFest and Shondaland have announced Tamika Miller as the winner of their annual Women Directing Mentorship.

The Women Directing Mentorship was first launched in 2018 as a partnership between SeriesFest and Shondaland, founded by Shonda Rhimes who is a champion of inclusion in front of and behind the camera.

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