SERIAL EYES

Wel­come, SERI­AL EYES#13 cohort!

News,

Tomor­row, our tal­en­ted SE#13 par­ti­cipants will meet for the first time at the Seri­al Eyes Ori­ent­a­tion Week, by now in its 13th edition. 

Dur­ing our Ori­ent­a­tion Week, new par­ti­cipants get to know each oth­er, the SE team, and our way of work­ing. Through inter­act­ive work­shops, games, and shared activ­it­ies, we cre­ate a strong found­a­tion for col­lab­or­a­tion and com­munity. It’s the per­fect start to feel con­nec­ted, inspired, and ready for the SE jour­ney ahead. 

Here is a sneek peak of this prom­ising group of writers. Take a look at what they have already achieved !

SAM­ANTHA BIFFOT – FRANCE / GABON

  • Franco-Gabonese dir­ect­or, screen­writer & pro­du­cer based between Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire
  • Dir­ect­or of award-win­ning doc THE AFRIC­AN WHO WANTED TO FLY (2015), shot in Gabon & China
  • Cre­at­or, showrun­ner & co-dir­ect­or of MAMI WATA: LE MYS­TÈRE D’IVEZA (2021, Canal+Afrique)
  • Head-writer & dir­ect­or of PAR­ENTS MODE D’EMPLOI (4 sea­sons, TV5 Monde)
  • Dir­ec­ted L’ŒIL DE LA CITÉ (Best TV Series, FESPACO 2013)
  • Co-cre­at­or of 180-epis­ode saga LE FUTUR EST À NOUS (Canal+Afrique)

ADITYA KHANNA – INDIA 

  • Screen­writer, film­maker & pod­caster based in Mum­bai & Berlin
  • Cre­at­or of CLUTCH (Dice Media) – India’s first gam­ing show, 25M+ views
  • Writer of upcom­ing fea­ture film & series with dir­ect­or Atul Sabhar­w­al (in pre-production)
  • Co-dir­ect­or of indie fea­ture HANTU (Jagran Film Fest­iv­al 2025)
  • Writer-dir­ect­or of short films COW­MAN (Shor­ted 2022) & A HAPPY COUPLE (fest­iv­al run, 2025)
  • Host of pop cul­ture pod­cast Dis­sCon­tent (135+ episodes)

BERNIE FOR­STER – SWITZERLAND

  • Ver­sat­ile writer and film­maker spe­cial­iz­ing in com­edy and dramedy
  • 2024 pilot HOUSE OF SWITZER­LAND won Best Com­edy (Bil­bao Series­land), Best Web Series (Glob­al Lift-Off Lon­don), and com­peted for Best Pilot (Die Seriale)
  • Nearly worked on an Oscar-nom­in­ated film; planned 2nd unit shots for The Girl with the Dragon Tat­too with Dav­id Fincher
  • Recent col­lab­or­at­or on the Euro­vi­sion Song Con­test 2025 open­ing film

ANNETTE LOBER – GERMANY

  • Assist­ant to Head Writer on PAR­AL­LEL ME (Gaumont for Para­mount Plus)
  • Writer of TATORT: MIKE & NISHA (SWR) – show­cased at SWR Fest­iv­al 2025
  • Con­trib­uted two epis­odes to PUMPEN (ZDF Neo dram­edy series)
  • Writer of LIEBE​.JET​ZT (ZDF, Sea­sons 1 & 2) – Sea­son 2 nom­in­ated for Grimme Prize
  • Debut ZDF Herzkino pro­duc­tion aired in 2019

MINA MIL­EVA – BULGARIA

  • Bul­gari­an film­maker with back­ground in the Brit­ish anim­a­tion industry
  • Gained nation­al atten­tion with con­tro­ver­sial documentaries—dubbed “The Demon­ic Duo” in Bulgaria
  • Co-dir­ect­or of fic­tion fea­tures: CAT IN THE WALL (Loc­arno premiere, EFA selec­tion) and WOMEN DO CRY (Cannes Un Cer­tain Regard, EFA selection)

SHUBHANGI MISHRA – INDIA

  • Hindi screen­writer work­ing primar­ily in Bollywood
  • Staff writer on Net­flix series GUNS & GULAABS
  • Co-writer of PRIME­TIME WITH THE MURTHYS (Jio­star)
  • Co-writer & Cre­at­ive Pro­du­cer on KAR­ATE GIRLS (Amazon­MX)
  • Co-writer of ARRANGED PATCH UP – Sea­son 2 (You­Tube)

JONAS MOR­UZZI – ITALY / BRAZIL

  • Itali­an-Brazili­an screenwriter
  • Co-cre­at­or of TV series NATH­AN K. – win­ner of 2023 Soli­nas Exper­i­menta Award, in pro­duc­tion with Elsinore & Rai Fiction
  • Co-writer of fea­ture film optioned by Our Films (with col­lect­ive Grete Samsa)
  • Former Story Edit­or at Cine­film* (São Paulo)

IOAN­INA PAVEL – ROMANIA

  • Romani­an TV producer 
  • Pro­duced RUXX (rom-com), ONE TRUE SING­ER (hybrid real­ity), and spy thrill­er SPY/MASTER, which premiered at Ber­linale 2023 and aired on BBC4 (2024)
  • Former pro­du­cer at HBO Europe Romania
  • Co-founder and cre­at­ive pro­du­cer at May One pro­duc­tion company
  • Cre­at­ive pro­du­cer of SUB­TER­AN (6‑part Net­flix thrill­er, 2025)

CAR­LOS ROBISCO PEŇA – SPAIN

  • Writer & dir­ect­or based in Bar­celona, Spain
  • Screen­writer of SELFTAPE – nom­in­ated Best TV Drama at Feroz Awards 2024, premiered at SERIENCAMP
  • Dir­ec­ted fea­ture OVELLA, short A SPOT IN THE WORLD, and mid-length visu­al album I ALWAYS CRY FOR YOU LIKE PINK HONEY RAIN
  • Dir­ec­ted music videos for Sony, Primavera Labels, Vida Records
  • Devel­op­ing fea­ture DES­PER­TAR EN LA MUDARRA (USA-Spain coproduction)

FRANCESCA TAS­INI – ITALY 

  • Itali­an act­or & writer based in Ber­lin with mul­tidiscip­lin­ary back­ground (theatre, cir­cus, clown­ing, stand-up comedy)
  • Writer-dir­ect­or-pro­du­cer of short film LOLA (LGB­TQ+), selec­ted in 20+ fest­ivals, mul­tiple screen­writ­ing awards, broad­cast on Weshort & Shorts TV
  • Cre­at­or of series UNCLEAN (thrill­er with dark com­edy), selec­ted for Screen­writer Lab Europe (sup­por­ted by Meryl Streep & Nicole Kidman)
  • Won Best Pilot at UK Fil­mar­ket Hub 2023, Best Digit­al Series at Con­necta Fic­tion 2024, and Best Pitch at Fest Pitch­ing For­um 2024 for UNCLEAN
  • Cur­rently devel­op­ing STEAL­ING MON­AL­ISA (Italy-Ger­many cop­ro­duc­tion) with Indyca and Unknown Media

EVA TODICĂ – ROMANIA

  • Theatre & film­maker, who transitioned into TV writing
  • Co-writer & pro­du­cer of com­edy series IN THE CITY (2022, VOYO)
  • Writer of lim­ited series AS IF NOTH­ING HAD HAPPENED (in devel­op­ment, microFILM)
  • On-set work for WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES (2024, Hulu) & WED­NES­DAY (2022, Netflix)

SANDER VAN DIJK – NETHERLANDS

  • Dutch screen­writer & dir­ect­or based in Amsterdam
  • Writer & dir­ect­or of absurd­ist crime short CROSS­WORD (2012)
  • Co-writer of mid-length fea­ture DORMIS (2022, Video­land anthology)