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.
Series mania’s 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.
In 2023, Series Mania launched the SERIES MANIA’S BEST MARKETING INITIATIVE AWARD: a prize designed to reward a particularly creative way of promoting a series to the general public and the professionals from the industry. The 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 Series Mania’s Best Marketing Initiative Award was given to Sarah IZBORNICKI, Senior Marketing Manager& Joo-Hyung LEE, Senior Marketing Manager for “Sex Education: Season 4” (Netflix).
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, the recipient of the 2024 award is Francesca Orsi (EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films)
winner of the 2021 edition
winner of the 2022 edition
Attending Series Mania Forum to receive her award, Francesca Orsi gave a talk on her career: an opportunity to discuss Nicola Shindler gave a talk on her career: an opportunity to discuss her experience in developing original programs in the series industry.
SERIES MANIA +
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.