Led by Series Mania Forum and supported by Beta Group, SeriesMakers is a tailor-made program for feature film directors who venture into the world of series. The winner will be announced on March 26 during Series Mania.
For its third edition, the creative initiative SeriesMakers, led by the prestigious TV festival Series Mania Forum and supported by the European content powerhouse Beta Group, has announced the ten selected projects that emerged to participate in the tailor-made program for feature film directors who venture into the world of series.
The eligible director-producer or director-writer teams from all over the world have been closely mentored and guided by experienced and awarded creatives while working on their series and developing a full pitch deck.
On March 26, the winning team will be announced during Series Mania Forum (March 25 –27) and awarded with the Beta & Kirch Foundation Award in collaboration with HFF Munich, endowed with €50,000. The winning team will be working closely with Beta’s Content and Co-Production Division to develop a pilot script and a full package.
For the third edition of SeriesMakers, the following ten projects have been selected:
A Person of Interest, by director/writer Michael Kinirons and writer Fergal Rock (Ireland)
Cow’s Tongue, by director Aly Muritiba and by creator/writer Marc Bechar (Brazil)
Death Becomes Him, by director Joseph a. Adesunloye and writer Gabriel Winter (Nigeria)
Falke Motors, by director/writer Jens Dahl and producer Anders N.U. Berg (Denmark)
Le Bouton D’Or, by director Mika Kaurismäki and co-writers Anastasia Pashkevich and Anna Andersson (Finland)
Pigs’ Disco, by writer/director duo Joseph BULL and Luke Seomore (United Kingdom)
Stick’em Up by writer/director duo Gísli Örn Garðarsson and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Iceland)
The Interregnum by creator/director/writer Simón Casal and producer Mariela Besuievsky (Spain)
The Wonderful Golem, by director/writer Ofir Raul Graizer and producer David C. Barrot (UK)
Unequal by director/producer Carolina Jabor and writer Claudia Jouvin (Brazil)
The prolific four mentors of the third edition are award-winning German producer Janine Jackowski (Toni Erdmann, Skylines), Israeli writer and script doctor Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz (The Girl From Oslo, A Touch Away), the international development producer from France/Denmark, Isabelle Lindberg Pechou (Trom, Last Light), and Brazilian producer, director, and showrunner Felipe Braga (Sintonia, Lov3).
The speakers included showrunners, writers, and producers, such as creator Christian Schwochow (The Crown, Bad Banks), Quoc Dang Tran (Drops Of God, Call My Agent!), multiple award winner Frank Doelger (Game Of Thrones, The Swarm), showrunner Bryan Elsley (Skins), Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files, Medici), and Lila Byock (Watchmen, Castle Rock).
The creative initiative SeriesMakers is headed by Laurence Herszberg, General Director of Series Mania, and Ferdinand Dohna, Head of Content & Co-Production of Beta. SeriesMakers was initiated by Laurence Herszberg and Koby Gal Raday, CEO Janeiro Studios, and was first launched in 2022.
