Mumbai: Following a hugely successful 2022 edition, the festival's founder and general director, Laurence Herszberg, announced the 'Call for Series' for the 2023 edition, as well as the 'Call for Projects' for the festival's industry arm, the Series Mania Forum (21-23 March, 2023).
The 'Call for Series' for the festival has a submission deadline of 6 January, 2023, while the 'Call for Projects' for the forum has a deadline of 16 December, 2022.
"Today I am delighted to be announcing our ‘Call for Series’ and ‘Call for Projects,’ marking the beginning of Series Mania 2023. Our 2022 edition brought together more than 70,000 participants for the festival and 3,300 accredited professionals on-site from 64 countries for the Forum," commented Herszberg.
"Our festival continues to showcase top series from around the world, while the forum—including Lille Dialogues—is truly one of today’s premiere meeting places for showrunners, screenwriters, producers, broadcasters, key executives, and talent. I have no doubt Series Mania 2023 will be even larger," added Herszberg.
More than 60 series will be chosen to participate in the Series Mania programme on the festival side.
During the closing event of the eight-day festival, 14 prizes will be given out by the various juries. The Baby (HBO/SKY), We Own This City (HBO), Kamikaze (HBO Max), Unorthodox (Netflix), The Virtues (Channel 4), The Rain(Netflix), The Split (BBC1), I Love Dick (Prime Video), I'm Dying Up Here (Showtime), and Ride Upon the Storm are just a few of the prestigious series that have debuted as a result of the Series Mania international competition (DR).
Visit here to submit online proposals
https://film.series-mania.festicine.fr/en
Producers can submit their proposals for the annual co-pro pitching sessions, the Series Mania Forum's main event and the idea behind it in the first place. 15 concepts will be chosen from these entries to take part and present themselves to TV industry decision-makers.
The winning proposal will get a prize of 50,000 euros as chosen by a distinguished jury of top business leaders. The forum has served as the premiere location for a number of international television series, including No Man's Land(France), Banking District (Switzerland), Eden (France), Keeping Faith (Great Britain), Manor House (Czech Republic), Stella Blomkvist (Iceland), Tabula Rasa (Belgium), Trepalium (France), Warrior (Denmark), Devils (Italy), The Head(Spain), Ever After (Italy), The Last Socialist Artefact (Slovenia, Finland), We Got This (Sweden), Des Gens Bien (Belgium), The Dreamers (Israel), Off Season (Switzerland) and Blackport (Iceland).
To submit online, please go to
https://seriesmania.com/forum/en/co-pro-pitching-sessions-2023/
