SERIAL EYES

Seri­al Eyes Shines at Seri­en Fest­iv­al Basel 2025: Pitch Vic­tory & Cre­at­ive High­lights from Our Alumni

News,

From Octo­ber 29–31, 2025, the Seri­en Fest­iv­al Basel once again cel­eb­rated storytelling, cre­ativ­ity, and innov­a­tion — and this year, the Seri­al Eyes com­munity took cen­ter stage. We’re espe­cially thrilled to announce that our alum­nae Kriti Kapoor and Kater­ina Papa­nastasatou (both SE#12) have won the pres­ti­gi­ous Filmschu­len Pitch­ing Prize with their pro­ject SHE IS A MON­STER — secur­ing an impress­ive 10,000 CHF!

Their pro­ject cap­tiv­ated the jury with its ori­gin­al­ity, strong concept, and bold storytelling vis­ion, per­fectly reflect­ing the spir­it of Seri­al Eyes. Win­ning at the Pitch Cir­cus — one of the festival’s most anti­cip­ated and com­pet­it­ive events — high­lights the inter­na­tion­al reach and cre­at­ive strength of our alumni.

But SHE IS A MON­STER wasn’t the only Seri­al Eyes pro­ject mak­ing waves in Basel. Sev­er­al alumni show­cased their excep­tion­al work at the festival:

  • SIN­GU­LAR­IT­IES by Adrien Mabile (SE#12) — a grip­ping sci-fi drama set bey­ond the event hori­zon of a black hole.
  • THE TRI­DENT by Kriti Kapoor (SE#12) — an ima­gin­at­ive story of divine muta­tion, iden­tity, and the fight over the future of human evolution.
  • SHE IS A MON­STER by Kriti Kapoor & Kater­ina Papa­nastasatou (SE#12) — the award-win­ning, power­ful tale of trans­form­a­tion, rage, and unex­pec­ted alliances.

Anoth­er high­light was guest speak­er Wieb­ke Mer­ci­er, who shared insights into storytelling, cre­at­ive pro­cesses, and the evolving inter­na­tion­al series land­scape. Con­grat­u­la­tions to all our alumni — your cre­ativ­ity, cour­age, and storytelling bril­liance con­tin­ue to push bound­ar­ies and make the Seri­al Eyes fam­ily incred­ibly proud. We can­’t wait to see where your stor­ies go next.