On May 10, the sixth edition of Serial Eyes finished with another successful Final Pitch. The event took place at Soho House Berlin with a full house of international producers, commissioners and agents. After a warm welcome from DFFB director Ben Gibon, Ms. Amandine Maudet of Vivendi Content held the opening keynote address and wished …
Serial Eyes, the Filmnetzwerk Berlin, DFFB and the Polish Cultural Institute Berlin (FilmPOLSKA) are delighted to invite you to a two-day focus on new TV-series from Poland. Fans of serialized storytelling have started looking all over Europe for new stories to binge-watch. And they have been rewarded handsomely. Recently, Poland has produced some of the …
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We are happy to announce that Serial Eyes is part of the “Detecting European Identity in Crime Fiction” (DETECt) Project, a pan-European research project that studies how crime fictions shape a transnational identity of Europe. This project involves universities, non-academic research institutions and industry partners from all over Europe, including University of Bologna, Catholic University …
The new ARD primetime show Die Heiland—Wir sind Anwalt about a blind lawyer and her assistant is currently airing on Tuesdays at 8:15 pm. The Serial Eyes participants of 2018/19 interviewed the head writer Jana Burbach and staff writer Niko Schulz-Dornburg (SE 2014/15) about the making of the show. Q: How did Die Heiland come …
On 3 September 2018 the sixth edition of Serial Eyes kicked off under a Berlin late summer sky. Since then, the twelve participants from Germany, UK, Italy, Macedonia, Russia, France and Sweden have experienced quite a lot already: brainstorming and idea-generating sessions for the individual projects with tutors Donna Sharpe, Nicola Lusuardi and Cyril Tysz. …
We are proud to announce the conclusion of another successful cycle of Serial Eyes! The fifth edition of the programme ended on May 17 with a brilliant pitch event at the Soho House Berlin. Almost 80 guests attended the session – producers, broadcasters and agents arrived from different parts of Europe to find out about …
This was the first year that we’ve attended Series Mania with Serial Eyes. This year’s edition in Lille was a great success by all accounts. Prior to the event, our participants had the assignment to reach out to producers and commissioning editors and set up individual meetings. All in all, this worked very well. The …
From March 4 to 10, Serial Eyes traveled to London to learn about the British TV industry. The week started with Abigail Gonda from the BBC Writers Room, a talent development programme for UK-based TV writers. Abigail gave the writers useful tips on how to approach producers and broadcasters. Later, The Agency’s Jonathan Kinnersley and …
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It was a very intense time for our participants: screenings, panels, meetings and parties (and that pilot outline deadline) … the Serial Eyes participants attended the fourth Berlinale Drama Series Days at the Zoo Palast Berlin. Serial Eyes core tutor Frank Spotnitz and Israeli writer-director Keren Margalit inaugurated the three-day programme, which encompassed market screenings, …
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