SeriesFest
A Celebration of Episodic Storytelling
SeriesFest and Shondaland are proud to announce the continuation of the Women Directing Mentorship for our milestone fifth partnership cycle. This rewarding competition is designed to discover aspiring female directors with a unique voice and provide a launchpad for their career. The Women Directing Mentorship is anchored with the prestigious opportunity to shadow a director for…
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Call To Adventure Media, launched at SeriesFest: Season 9, is excited to host their next Writers Retreat November 3—6 in the Florida Keys! During the Retreat, you’ll experience: Interested in the Writers Retreat but worried about the finances? Call To Adventure Media and SeriesFest are offering a scholarship to ensure cost is not a barrier…
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And the Winner Is… SeriesFest: Season 9 has officially come to a close, and what a successful edition it was! Between a historic performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre by the first female Headliner Chelsea Handler and our first party presented by Def Jam Records for the Official Grown Screening Afterparty, to hosting the festival in…
Read MoreWe are proud to share the Jury for SeriesFest: Season 9! Your work is immeasurable and invaluable to the process of uplifting new episodic creators to the forefront of the industry, and we couldn’t make this festival happen without you! INDEPENDENT PILOT COMPETITION: DRAMA INDEPENDENT PILOT COMPETITION: COMEDY INDEPENDENT PILOT COMPETITION: UNSCRIPTED DIGITAL SHORT SERIES…
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Congratulations to Randi LeClair and Todd Fuller for their winning script “Cross X Stitches!” Created by Todd Fuller and Randi LeClair, “Cross X Stitches” is the story of two rag-tag teams of Native baseball players as they travel across Oklahoma and the southwest, playing weekend tournaments, and causing chaos from town to town, and where…
Read MoreObservations about Netflix’s effort to right the ship after losing $200 billion in market value provided just one of several appetizing morsels of industry analysis and career reflection offered during an hour-long conversation [with Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer] at SeriesFest in Denver.
Read the ArticleIn the fourth year of the partnership, Shondaland’s commitment to expanding industry opportunities gains new ground.
Read the ArticleIs 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.
Read the ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 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.
Read the ArticleSeriesFest 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.
Read the ArticleWatch 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.
Watch VideoYou 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”.
Watch VideoAfter 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.
Read the ArticleSeriesFest, 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.
Read the ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 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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