Series Mania Festival announced Call for Series

Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, announced the Call for Series for the Series Mania Festival on March 20-28 and the Call for Projects for the industry arm of the festival, the Series Mania Forum on March 25-27. Both have a deadline of January 10, 2020 to submit projects.

On the Festival side, 70 series will be selected to be part of the Series Mania program. Last year, 31 world premieres were part of the program, including the 10 rounds of international competition.

On the Forum side, producers can submit their projects for the Forum’s annual Co-ProPitching Sessions. From these submissions, 16 projects will be selected to participate and to be pitched in front of decision makers of the TV industry.

“Our mission with Series Mania is to find the best emerging talents in Europe and beyond, link the best projects with the right people, and help to foster the next big hit in the series industry. Thanks to the Forum, we are offering industry professionals the best in development and co-production opportunities from both expected and unexpected countries,” mentioned Herszberg.