Series Mania: Irish Crime, Nigerian Fantasy and Spanish Thriller Among Seriesmakers Highlights

An Irish crime drama, a Brazilian heist thriller and a Nigerian fantasy about a man reborn with the powers of Jesus Christ are among the projects at this year’s Seriesmakers, a pitching and mentoring session that runs as part of the international TV event Series Mania Forum, which runs March 25-27 in Lille.

10 international projects from director-producer and director-writer teams will take part in the event, pitching their series ideas, with the top project winning the Beta & Kirch Foundation Award, including a €50,000 ($55,000) grant that will help the winning team collaborate with European production and sales house Beta Group in developing a pilot script and a full project package for their show.

The selected projects span multiple genres and countries (see below), from the Finnish foodie comedy Le Bouton D’Or, from veteran arthouse director Mika Kaurismäki (L.A. Without a Map, Road North) to the Spanish political thriller The Interregnum from creator Simón Casal (Justicia artificial) to Death Becomes Him from British-Nigerian filmmaker Joseph a. Adesunloye (White Colour Black) in which a young hustler, after dying in an accident, is resurrected with the powers of Jesus Christ. READ MORE…