Marti Noxon & Frank Doegler Among Showrunner Speakers For Series Mania And Beta’s Seriesmakers Initiative As It Opens For SubmissionsSeries Mania Forum and European content powerhouse Beta Group have opened their €120,000 Seriesmakers initiative for submissions and unveiled several high-profile speakers for its inaugural event.
Marti Noxon (Sharp Objects, UnReal), Agnieszka Holland (House of Cards, Burning Bush), Michael Hirst (The Vikings, The Tudors and Frank Doegler (Game of Thrones, The Swarm) are among nine speakers unveiled for the initative’s first online edition.
Janine Jackowski (Toni Erdmann, Skylines), Israeli script doctor Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz (The Girl From Oslo), Isabelle Lindberg Pechou (Trom) and Brazil’s Felipe Braga (Sintonia, LOV3) are among the mentors.
Feature film directors who have had at least one movie screen in the official selection of a top film festival in the past five years who are looking to move into series production can now submit projects, with two selected for €50,000 ($52,500) awards from Beta or a new €20,000 award for emerging talent offered by the Kirch Foundation.
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