EXCLUSIVE: A brand new series-focused competition is ready to hit the calendar this fall.
Described as an “worldwide competition for sequence tradition,” Seriesly Berlin will launch within the German capital this September and run throughout two days (Sept 26-27) at Fotografiska Berlin.
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the German Senate Division for Economics, Power, and Public Enterprises are each companions and monetary sponsors of the occasion, which can be run by German trade vet Eike Faecks and his newly based outfit Regime Media.
The competition program will happen in a number of rooms throughout Fotografiska Berlin, a multi-purpose arts and cultural venue in Berlin-Mitte. Organizers have mentioned there can be a aggressive competition strand for sequence tasks alongside an trade portion, together with conferences, panels, masterclass classes, and networking occasions akin to speed-date pitches for writers, producers, and trade professionals working in fiction and nonfiction. Competition screenings can be open to most of the people.
For the primary version, the trade strand will concentrate on the next subjects: the manufacturing of high-quality materials in instances of tight budgets, and the chances of worldwide co-production. Different central themes explored would be the new draft of the German Movie Subsidies Act and its affect on the manufacturing panorama, the inventive, authorized, and financial implications of synthetic intelligence on the trade, and variety and illustration in storytelling and casting.
Discussing the launch this morning with Deadline, Seriesly Berlin Managing Director Eike Faecks mentioned the occasion goals to ascertain an “modern sequence competition that creates a platform for enterprise and alternate, the place all gamers within the trade can take away helpful impulses and the related subjects are mentioned from the completely different views of the individuals on the top-class convention.”
“Attending the competition ought to encourage, create long-term networks, and set up Berlin as a powerhouse of the inventive trade in Europe,” he added.
Helge Jürgens, Managing Director of New Media Funding at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, added: “It’s nice information for Berlin, the situation for the sequence, {that a} new sequence competition with worldwide attraction is to be established right here. The Capital Area, with its inventive infrastructure of established and up-and-coming expertise and firms, is a well-liked location for worldwide productions, with award-winning sequence in addition to modern codecs being created right here. We want the makers of Seriesly Berlin each success for the primary version and sit up for seeing, discussing, and celebrating many sequence in September.”
Competition organizers will open a submissions window for sequence tasks later this yr. Seriesly Berlin will be a part of a wholesome calendar of TV occasions in Germany, which incorporates Seriencamp in Cologne, the nation’s largest series-focused occasion.
