SeriesFest
A Celebration of Episodic Storytelling
Sponsored by Company 3 This award presents four (4) “Best of” category winners with $25k each in in-kind post-production services. These awards intend to elevate a diverse group of independent storytellers by connecting them with industry-standard resources including finishing, color, sound, and visual effects.
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Sponsored by the Anna & John J. Sie and Global Down Syndrome Foundations This fund began in 2024 with a pledge of $10,000 to direct financial support toward television projects that include talent with intellectual disabilities in front of and/or behind the camera. The intent of the fund is to identify and elevate promising inclusive projects that showcase the contributions of individuals with intellectual disabilities to the process of creating innovative, new episodic storytelling.
Creators that meet the eligibility requirements, and wish to be considered for this opportunity, can simply indicate such when submitting their project to SeriesFest Season 11 and will automatically be considered for the Disabled Creators Fund.
Applicant’s projects will be reviewed by the Anna & John J. Sie & Global Down Syndrome Foundation and fund recipients will be announced at the SeriesFest Season 10 Awards Ceremony.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Read MoreSeriesFest: Season 9 celebrated epic independent episodic content.
Watch VideoSAG-AFTRA has been a part of the SeriesFest lineup since Season One, before the world had any idea of the future impact this festival would have on the landscape of television. For those of you who may not know, SeriesFest is a festival where television pilots go to be discovered. It is affectionately called the “Sundance of television,” attracting content creators from across the United States and around the globe.
Read the ArticleThe multifaceted partnership will connect entertainment creators with resources, education and opportunities to connect with industry visionaries Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Sue Ann Pien, Patrick Macmanus, and Kelly Funke
Read the ArticleSERIESFEST SEASON 10 GEARS UP FOR A MEMORABLE FIVE DAYS IN DENVER, COLORADO, MAY 1-5
JZ’S TOUR DJ, DJ YOUNG GURU, HEADLINES AT RED ROCKS FOR THE OFFICIAL COWBOY CARTER DANCE PARTY. SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE TIERA KENNEDY (FEATURED ON BEYONCE’S COWBOY CARTER “BLACKBIRD”) AND OTHERS TO BE ANNOUNCED.
SHONDALAND AND BETSY BEERS, SAG-AFTRA, ACCLAIMED ACTRESS MINNIE DRIVER TO RECEIVE INAUGURAL HONORS; PLUS THE CAST, SHOWRUNNER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF ‘GREY’S ANATOMY’ CELEBRATE 20 YEARS!
SeriesFest, the esteemed international festival and non-profit organization dedicated to championing emerging and underrepresented voices in episodic storytelling, today announced the 45 titles from all over the world participating in the International Independent Pilot Competition at SeriesFest: Season 10.
Read the ArticleSERIESFEST REVEALS ADDITIONAL EVENTS FOR SEASON 10 LINEUP FEATURING DAYMOND JOHN, LINDA POWELL, SHARI BELAFONTE, JODI LONG AND KICK GURRY, SCREENINGS FROM APPLE TV+, PEACOCK AND SYFY, PLUS MARK DUPLASS HONORED WITH ‘EXCELLENCE IN ACTING’ AWARD
BEYONCÉ’S “COWBOY CARTER” DANCE PARTY WITH GRAMMY-WINNING DJ YOUNG GURU AT ICONIC RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE FOR CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION
Read the ArticleRandi Kleiner felt like an 8-year-old at her birthday party as she fretted inside the Sie FilmCenter. It was 2015, the opening year of the SeriesFest TV festival and, as with a birthday party, there was no guarantee people were going to show up.
” ‘Is anyone actually coming?’ ” the festival co-creator recalled wondering as she unlocked the doors at the theater on East Colfax Avenue. “I was anxious.”
Not only did people show up that first year, they’ve also continued to blow past her expectations. Now in its 10th year, the nonprofit SeriesFest draws more than 12,000 attendees annually and commands a $2.7 million budget. Kleiner expects attendance to grow by another 2,000 this year, based on current ticket sales for the public event.
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BrewAbility was featured in SeriesFest: Season 10
Watch Video‘Unconventional’ Writer, Director and Star Kit Williamson premieres his new series at SeriesFest! Watch to learn more.
Watch VideoGet a sneak peek of S3 of Acapulco before it hits AppleTV Plus! Get a pass for the SeriesFest Premeire tonight at the Sie Film Center. Visit SeriesFest.com for more.
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