SeriesFest
A Celebration of Episodic Storytelling
Friday, May 8, 2026 – Support SeriesFest at the SeriesFest Soirée, our annual fundraiser that brings tv enthusiasts together with top talent, creators, and industry professionals for a night of celebration. Enjoy a red carpet welcome, cocktails, dinner, live entertainment, exclusive auction items, and more.
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SeriesFest, Second City Film School and IFA Chicago are proud to present the 2nd Pitch-A-Thon! Roadshow: Chicago. (With additional support from United for Business, Littleton Road Productions, Wana Brands, and Working Artist Group) Our Pitch-A-Thon! Roadshow: Chicago will take place at 6pm on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at Second City’s Danny’s Skybox Theater. This unique…
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Sponsored by Canva—This award acknowledges 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.
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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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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