Three awards are presented to industry professionals during Series Mania Forum:
- Best Co-Pro Pitching Sessions Project
- Series Mania’s Best Marketing Initiative Award
- Woman in Series Award
CO-PRO PITCHING SESSIONS – BEST PROJECT
The 15 series projects in development presented at Series Mania Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions are evaluated by a jury of industry professionals. The winning project receives a prize of € 50,000.
In 2024, the project Our people (Slovakia) was chosen by the jury presided by Nina Lederman (USA), EVP, Global Scripted Development and Programming, Sony Pictures Television.
Our people is produced by Jakub Viktorín and Tomáš Hrubý for nutprodukcia. It is written by Miro Šifra.
More information on the project on the Series Mania + digital platform.
Jakub Viktorín, Tomáš Hrubý, and Miro Šifra, the winners of the Co Pro Pitching Sessions 2024 presided over by Nina Lederman (United States), EVP, Global Scripted Development and Programming, Sony Pictures Television
Series mania BEST MARKETING INITIATIVE award
Series exist, but they must be seen!
Regardless of a series quality, one of the biggest challenges any series faces is standing out in an overcrowded market.
Launched in 2023, the SERIES MANIA BEST MARKETING INITIATIVE AWARD is a prize designed to reward a particularly creative way of promoting a series to the general public and the professionals from the industry.
This first award was given to Phil Ball, Head of Creative, and Sarah Bold, Head of Brand and Marketing, Scripted, for “Doctor Who: Flux” (BBC Studios).
In 2024, the prize was given to Sarah Izbornicki, Senior Marketing Manager & Joo-Hyung Lee, Senior Marketing Manager for “Sex Education: Season 4” (Netflix).
In 2025, Marina Maslać, Brand and Content Marketing Director EMEA, Streaming, won the Best Marketing Initiative Award, for “House of the Dragon: Season 2” (HBO and Max).
woman in series AWARD
Created in 2021, the Woman in series Award is given to a remarkable woman from the audiovisual industry to honor her vision and leadership.
After Christina Sulebakk in 2021 (GM Nordics, Warner Bros. Discovery, Danemark), Mo Abudu in 2022 (CEO EbonyLife Group, Nigeria), Nicola Shindler (Executive Producer and Chief Executive of Quay Street Productions) in 2023, Francesca Orsi (EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films) in 2024, the recipient of the 2025 award is Isabelle Degeorges (President of Gaumont Television France).
Isabelle Degeorges (Gaumont Television France), winner of the 2025 edition
Francesca Orsi (HBO), winner of the 2024 edition
Nicola Shindler (Quay Street Productions), winner of the 2023 edition
Mo Abudu (EbonyLife Group),
winner of the 2022 edition
Christina Sulebakk (Warner Bros. Discovery), winner of the 2021 edition
Isabelle Degeorges gave a talk on her career: her working methods, inspirations, and insights on how to establish oneself as a leading European producer in an increasingly globalized market.
winner of the Woman in Series 2025 edition – ©Jérôme Gorin
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Visit Series Mania+ to discover the Co-pro Pitching Sessions projects, catch up the conferences on series marketing and watch the exclusive interview with Francesca Orsi.