Red Rainbow, a drama series with LGBTQIA+ elements set in 1979 Soviet Union, has been selected as the winner of the Series Mania Forum Best Project Award to kick off European TV confab’s annual Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.
A check for €50,000 was presented Monday to producer Alexander Rodnyansky of AR Content/Non-Stop Production and writer Matt Jones for the eight-episode series, which was selected by a jury who heard pitches from 15 projects.Based on a true story, Red Rainbow follows three young gay activists from West Berlin who are invited to the USSR for an official visit.
They are thrilled to see the country of their socialist dreams, not realizing that being gay is a crime there.“We were incredibly impressed with all of the pitches, yet
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