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Series Mania, Beta Group Open Up Seriesmakers to Directors of Box Office Hits, Lesser Known Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)


Launched 2022, Seriesmakers is a project-based mentorship program for film directors aiming to become TV series creators.

Seriesmakers, twinning Series Mania, Europe’s biggest TV fest, and European film-TV powerhouse Beta Group, is opening up its selection criteria to embrace directors of box office smashes or hits at festivals beyond “A” list events. “Game of Thrones” producer-director Frank Doelger, “Babylon Berlin” producer Stefan Arndt, Ron Leshem (“Euphoria,” “No Man’s Land”) and “Narcos” creator Chris Brancato featured as speakers at its 2023-24 edition. Second edition mentors were German producer Janine Jackowski (“Toni Erdmann,” “Spencer”); Israeli writer-script doctor Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz (“The Girl From Oslo”); Isabelle Lindberg Pechou (“Trom”); and Brazilian producer-writer Felipe Braga (“Sintonia”).

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