Finland’s Juho Kuosmanen, Guatemala’s Cesar Díaz, Brazil’s Beatriz Seigner Win Seriesmakers, Which Is Renewed for a Second Edition
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LILLE, France — “Yours, Margot,” from “Compartment No 6’s” Juho Kuosmanen, Guatemalan Cannes Camera d’Or winner César Díaz (“Our Mothers”) and Brazil’s Beatriz Seigner (“Los Silencios”) have won the three prizes on offer at the first edition of Seriesmakers.
A mentoring program for filmmakers making their TV creator debut, after an inaugural edition delivering one of the most talent-packed project lineups at any festival, film or TV, in 2023, Seriesmakers backers Beta Group and Series Mania opened on Wednesday a call for admissions for a second edition.
Though all three series range hugely in setting and creators, all three see their protagonists go back to a recent past to explore events that have impacted their family (“Yours, Margot”), their modern-day country (“The Invisible Ink”), or traumas in the present (“Amigas”).
Doing so they form part of one of the biggest trends in current issue-driven series, through the resort to an alternative, future or recent past setting to talk with varying degrees of directness about the present. “Yours, Margot” and Diaz’s “The Invisible Ink” have both won €50,000 Beta Development Awards.
Read more on variety.com
