Festival In Focus: Series Mania Forum Looks To The Future

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Beyond the festival element of Series Mania, one major draw for international industry professionals is the event’s industry strand, Series Mania Forum, which runs from March 21-23.

The popular event, which largely centers around its Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, panels and conferences, wraps up with its Lille Dialogues one-day summit on March 23.

This year, the Forum is expecting delegates from Europe, North America, South America and Asia to touch down with a number of top industry execs set to speak.

Notably, HBO’s Casey Bloys, will be doing an In Conversation keynote speech during the Lille Dialogues titles ‘How HBO and HBO Max Are Diving into The Future.”  The theme for this year’s Lille Dialogues is ‘Shaping the Future with the Audiovisual Sector’ and additional speakers at the summit include: Beta Group’s Jan Mojto; Prime Video’s James Farrell; Sky Studios’ Cécile Frot-Coutaz; and an In Conversation with TF1’s Rodolphe Belmer. (Belmer is the former President of Series Mania, who was replaced this year by Anne Bouverot). “We want to address the bigger issues about the industry as a whole and the challenges in the media and how to adapt,” says Series Mania Forum head Francesco Capurro, who notes this is a strand of the event that keeps getting bigger and bigger. “It’s great that we continue to be able to attract some of the most important names in the business to come and speak each year.”  The Forum’s popular Co-Pro Pitching Sessions will continue to lure in industry professionals as well.