SeriesFest

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Festival Submissions for SeriesFest: Season 11 (April 30–May 4, 2025) are open now!
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International Spotlight Competition

SeriesFest: Season 11—Presented in partnership with Liberty Global, SeriesFest’s annual International Spotlight invites viewers to discover some of today’s best television shows from around the world. Series in this category cannot have been released via…
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Unscripted Series Competition

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…
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Branded Content Competition

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…
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Late Night Competition

SeriesFest: Season 11—A category like no other…SeriesFest’s Late Night Competition is defined as live-action or animated programs with individual episodes with a run time of under 30 minutes featuring the strange, absurd, comedic, sketch, or…
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Digital Short Series Competition

SeriesFest: Season 11—This category is for the rule breakers! Each year, the Digital Short Series Competition exhibits creatives who are telling episodic stories without the restriction of traditional run times. SeriesFest is looking to find…
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Storytellers Initiative

With Ed Helms & Michael Falbo’s Pacific Electric Picture Co.—The Storytellers Initiative aims to discover and celebrate bold new series with a strong point of view and bold characters from the next generation of storytellers….
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Independent Pilot Competition: Drama

SeriesFest: Season 11—It’s the pilot program that started it all! Headed into its eleventh season, SeriesFest’s Independent Pilot Competition provides a platform for the most innovative drama, comedy, and animated pilots out there ranging from…
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Independent Pilot Competition: Comedy

SeriesFest: Season 11—It’s the pilot program that started it all! Comedy pilots that challenge television’s status quo are our bread and butter. This competition provides a platform for funny, irreverent, thought provoking, and playful episodic…
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Colorado Pilots In Progress

SeriesFest: Season 11—Colorado has so much to offer storytellers from mountains, cityscape, to a stand out creative community. For Season 11, SeriesFest is excited to focus the signature Pilots in Progress program to…
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Pitch-A-Thon!

SeriesFest: Season 11—Each season, the Pitch-A-Thon! highlights the art of the pitch with a live event* where content creators participate in an exclusive live and in person pitch session.  Selected Creators have 5 minutes to…
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Women Directing Mentorship

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….
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Other Programs

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Executive Elevation Mentorship

Since 2020, SeriesFest’s Executive Elevation Mentorship Program has fostered enriching connections between executive mentors and aspiring leaders—who are all people of color. The program aims to increase the diversity of…
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Women Writing Competition

In Partnership with Big Swing Productions Broadening its mission to cultivate opportunities for and about women, SeriesFest is proud to partner with Big Swing Productions (founded by Emmy®- and Golden…

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