SeriesFest
A Celebration of Episodic Storytelling
SeriesFest and Shondaland are honored to partner on our sixth cycle of the Women Directing Mentorship, a competition designed to discover aspiring female directors with a unique voice and provide a launchpad for their careers. Founded in 2019, The Women Directing Mentorship is anchored by the prestigious opportunity to shadow a director on an episode of a Shondaland original series.
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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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Submissions are closed. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified about upcoming opportunities. View selected projects here and the mentors below. SeriesFest is looking for emerging episodic writers to…
Read MoreFor the past five years, Beers, alongside Shondaland founder Shonda Rhimes and Head of Creative Production Tom Verica, have partnered with SeriesFest to offer on-the-rise female directors the opportunity to shadow Shondaland productions with the Women Directing Mentorship (…) As for the SeriesFest leadership team, they have nothing but praise for Beers and her Shondaland team, as they continue to work together with the Women Directing Mentorship program, which was awarded this year to writer/director Shelby Blake Bartelstein.
Read MoreAll weekend long tv-stars filled Denver for ‘SeriesFest!’
It’s a nonprofit and international festival celebrating the art of independent TV series creation.
It’s a chance to learn about and see new shows, meet the best talent in the tv industry and so much more.
This year, series fest celebrated 10 years and GDC’s Spencer Thomas had a chance to check it out over the weekend and chat with some of the iconic cast of Grey’s Anatomy.
