Juho Kuosmanen, Eva Husson, Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego Make Series Mania, Beta Group’s Seriesmakers (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Series Mania, Europe’s biggest TV fest, and German film-TV powerhouse Beta Group has revealed the 10 projects in the first edition of Seriesmakers, unveiling what must be one of the most talent-packed project lineups at any festival, film or TV, in 2023, A mentoring program for filmmakers making their TV creator debut, Series Mania features in development drama series from “Compartment No 6’s” Juho Kuosmanen, ‘Bang Gang’s’ Eva Husson and “Birds of a Passage’s” Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego.
Also in the mix is “Amigas,” the first TV project of Beatriz Seigner (“Los Silencios”), one of Brazil’s foremost young movie directors, “The Invisible Ink,” teaming Cannes best first feature winner César Díaz (“Our Mothers”)and New Uruguay Cinema founding father Fernando Epstein; and Indian arthouse filmmaker Pushpendra Singh, who scored with Berlin Encounters’ title “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs.” All in all, Seriesmakers, which is just wrapping its first training edition with its projects kept closely under wraps, features seven directors who have been selected for Cannes including Cannes Grand Prix winner Kuosmanen and Camera d’Or laureate Díaz.
Hungary’s Adam Császi and Singh played Berlin; Israel’s Elite Zexer scooped a a 2017 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for her feature debut, “Sand Storm.” Seriesmakers’ first edition concludes with the announcement of the three winning teams on March 22 at the Series Mania Forum, which runs March 21-23.
Two receive a €50,000 ($53,500) Beta Development Award for further development hand in hand with Beta’s content division to develop the pilot script and a full package.
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