Are you ready?!
Mark your calendars because we’ll be back for SeriesFest: Season 9 in Denver May 5—10, 2023!
That means it’s our favorite time of year... Submissions for Season 9 open TODAY! Read on to learn all about our different competitions and submission requirements!
Sponsored by Company 3
Provides a platform for the most innovative drama, comedy, unscripted, and animated pilots ranging from 18 to 60 minutes. “Best of” category winners will be awarded $25,000 of in-kind post-production services from Company 3 to be applied to their episodic project.
DIGITAL SHORT SERIES COMPETITION
Some of the most innovative storytelling now resides in the digital space. SeriesFest is looking to honor exciting new digital dramas, comedies, and unscripted series with episodes under 15 minutes.
Live action or animated programs with a total run time of 4-15 minutes featuring the strange, absurd, comedic, sketch, or “what the hell?” that can run as a miniseries or extended seasons.
Sponsored by Dilettante Productions and Working Artist Group With Support from Royal Bank of Canada Emerging Artists
Independent content creators will have the opportunity to participate in virtual workshops with industry mentors to prepare for pitching in a live pitch session with top television, new media, and digital execs in hopes of moving their projects — and careers — forward. Pitched projects must be strictly in the script phase (unproduced).
Sponsored by Once Upon a Time Productions
Collegiate and university students nationwide compete to have their produced pilots (18-60 minute drama, comedy, unscripted, and animated) showcased at SeriesFest: Season 9.
Sponsored by Company 3 and Seed&Spark
An opportunity for creators to virtually and securely screen a rough cut of their pilot for constructive feedback from fellow creators and industry to help fine-tune and finalize their project. Winner will be awarded $25,000 of in-kind post-production services from Company 3 to be applied to their episodic project.
Our Early Bird Deadline is November 17, 2022! Browse through all of our open submissions here! Good luck!