SeriesFest
A Celebration of Episodic Storytelling
It is our honor to announce, alongside our partners Cherokee Nation Film Office and Green Pastures Studio, the Finalist’s scripts for this iteration of the Storytellers Script Writing Competition. These Scripts are Liz Stephen’s “Rep,” Todd Fuller and Randi LeClair’s “Cross X Stitches,” and Jake Kelley and Wes Ward’s “Space Race.” For this season of The Storytellers Initiative, SeriesFest was searching…
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We are elated to announce, in partnership with our friends at Shondaland, that the winner of the 2022 Women Directing Mentorship competition is writer/director Gia-Rayne B. Harris. The Women Directing Mentorship, which first launched in 2018 in partnership with Shondaland — the prolific storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes and long known for inspiring inclusion in front of and behind the camera…
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Mark your calendars because we’ll be back for SeriesFest: Season 9 in Denver May 5—10, 2023! That means it’s our favorite time of year… Submissions for Season 9 are OPEN! Read on to learn all about our different competitions and submission requirements! INDEPENDENT PILOT COMPETITION Sponsored by Company 3 Provides a platform for the most innovative…
Read MoreCongratulations to the Recipient of the 2022 Jan Marino Scholarship: Gwen Ogle! Gwen Ogle is a storyteller, screenwriter, academic, mother, and wife. She has a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism, was a NASA Fellow, and received an M.A.Ed. and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. She ran an educational consulting business for 12+ years followed by several years in…
Read MorePitch-a-Thon Presented by SeriesFest
Friday, June 14 at 3:30 p.m. / Fermentation Hall at The Momentary
Five filmmakers with selections at the 2024 Bentonville Film Festival will participate in an exclusive live pitch session with top television, new media and digital professionals in hopes of moving their projects – and careers – forward. Panelists include Lisa Ann Walter (Actor/Producer/Comic), Sarah Minnie (Head of Artist Development + Production, OTV), Erich C. Smith (Agent, TCA), Elias Plagianos (Writer/Director), and moderator Claire Taylor (Director of Programming, SeriesFest). Filmmakers pitching include Sylvester Folks, Set Hernandez, Cynthia Kao, Liann Kaye and Gabriella Moses.
Shondaland was heavy in the house at SeriesFest, an immersive annual five-day festival in Denver, Colorado, devoted to celebrating television and the brilliant minds who make it. Now in its 10th year, SeriesFest showed a lot of love to Shondaland, a longtime supporter of the conference, with a big honor for executive producer Betsy Beers, as well as a very cool mentorship award to up-and-coming director Shelby Blake Bartelstein, who’ll now get to visit the set of an undisclosed Shondaland show to shadow a director.
Read the ArticleCheck out the recap from SeriesFest: Season 10! Now on YouTube.
Watch VideoSeriesFest, the non-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating innovation in episodic storytelling, proudly announces a new partnership with actor and producer Ed Helms and Pacific Electric Picture Co. This collaboration highlights the Storytellers Initiative, a premier competition designed to uncover and elevate emerging voices in comedy. Previous successful partnerships include Janelle Monae’s Wondaland, Ben Silverman’s Propagate, and Kyra Sedgwick’s Big Swing Productions.
Read the ArticleSeriesFest is proud to announce the 4 projects that will join us in Belize for our November writing workshop.
Read the ArticleThe Comedian, Actress, Writer and Producer Will Headline SeriesFest’s Opening Night at the Historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on April 29, 2025
Festival Badges, Including the Opening Night Event, are Now Available
Read the ArticleAdams City High School students had the opportunity to make their filmmaking and acting debut at the school’s SeriesFest Screening on Feb. 4 in front of friends, family and community members.
Adams City High School partnered with the nonprofit storytelling organization SeriesFest to help students learn how to produce films by using cameras, audio equipment and editing software. The partnership, which started in a Freshmen Foundations class, has now moved on to the high school’s digital media class and next year will be available to juniors.
Read the ArticleSeriesFest announced the competition lineup and juries for the festival’s 11th season, featuring the best in independent episodic content. A standout group of international pilots will be screened at the festival April 29 – May 4.
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