The third version of the Seriesly Berlin confab will take a deep dive into what inventive freedom means in scripted storytelling, whereas including a creator strand and a brand new venue for premiere screenings.
The principle occasion returns to the Fotografiska, the museum, gallery and cultural hub in Berlin’s Mitte district with CineStar Kino in der KulturBrauerei serving as a further screening venue this time. The 2026 dates for Seriesly Berlin are September 14–17.
In addition to pitches and a contest, there can be an initiative referred to as Tales at Danger: Cultural Variety, Democracy and Debate on Display screen, analyzing inventive freedom inside scripted programming and co-funded by the Council of Europe.
It should convey collectively writers, producers, broadcasters, and pageant and market reps from throughout Europe to have a look at how storytelling contributes to democracy and variety, in addition to the challenges to inventive freedom. There can be a survey and a collection of trade discussions that can culminate in a public presentation and a report.
The initiative is supported by a community together with the European Writers Membership, Collection Mania Discussion board, Iberseries & Platino Industria, Göteborg Movie Competition, Sarajevo Movie Competition’s CineLink, Trade@Tallinn & Baltic Occasion, the German Producers Alliance (Produktionsallianz), the European Writers Desk and Artistic Europe MEDIA Desks Germany.
Additionally new for this yr is a tie-up with the Karlovy Differ Worldwide Movie Competition exploring the potential of drama co-productions between Western Europe and producers from Central and Jap Europe. By way of the creator economic system, a convention monitor referred to as Seriesly Creators can be devoted to creator IP and rising fashions for collection. Seriesly Creators takes place on September 16.
“Seriesly Berlin was created as a spot the place conversations can occur which can be typically lacking elsewhere within the trade,” says Competition Director Dennis Ruh.
“Conventional constructions and codecs are being redefined in actual time, and we see a transparent have to actively reply to those developments moderately than comply with them. This yr’s program, together with the launch of recent initiatives, is a direct response to this second of disruption and alternative.”
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