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Sponsored by Caz Matthews This fund supports independent television artists who are telling stories about diversity and inclusion, and whose creative teams support these values behind the scenes. Selected projects are presented with a donation from the Caz Matthews Fund. Caz seeks to identify and financially support independent filmmakers who have important stories to tell and the desire to both create work as well as find distribution opportunities that further promote tolerance, acceptance, and understanding of all cultures and persons.

SeriesFest: Season 11—Do you have a nonfiction story to tell?SeriesFest’s Unscripted Series Competition celebrates and showcases the remarkable impact in unscripted storytelling. Submissions from all formats of unscripted will be considered including limited series and reality series under 45 minutes in length.

SeriesFest: Season 11—This competition spotlights cutting-edge branded content whose mission is guided by a “story first” mindset. Unscripted series, pilots, and short films selected for this competition will showcase impactful partnerships between brands and filmmakers. Submissions from all formats of unscripted genre will be considered including limited series and reality series under 45 minutes in length.

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Presented by Julie Mordecai and Sarah Sellman New for SeriesFest: Season 11 (2025), this fund aims to support a creative, or team, who identifies across a spectrum of social categories that shape their experiences—and the stories they would like to tell through television.