The DEENTAL Series Workshops for writers and producers from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries is back for a fourth edition, in a brand new form!
The DEENTAL Series Workshops is a professional workshop for writers and producers from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP), launched jointly by Series Mania, Dakar Series festivals and the CNC as part of the DEENTAL-ACP program (with the financial collaboration of the European Union and the Organization of ACP States), in partnership with the FESPACO, and the support of the French Institute and the french Ministry of Europe and International Affairs.
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A major new feature this year: the development of the workshop into a full, more ambitious programme, with the addition of online follow-up and a second workshop at Dakar Séries, pan-African series festival, for now 5 writer-producer duos from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
Five projects submitted by duos (made of a scriptwriter and a producer) will be selected to take part in a week of intensive workshops in Lille, from March 14 to 21, 2024, as part of Series Mania Forum and Series Mania Festival.
Accompanied by professional mentors, the teams will have the opportunity to attend conferences on the series industry, showcases, screenings, pitching sessions and meet the professionals accredited to Series Mania Forum.
From May 5 to 12, 2024, the project leaders selected will take part in a second training workshop in Dakar. They will then have the chance to take part in the Dakar Series festival, pan-African series festival, where they will pitch their project to the professionals present and meet them afterwards.
THE 5 SELECTED PROJECTS AND DUOS
- BONI, writer Kenrich CAIRO and producer Hennah DRAAIBAAR (The Back Lot)
- DAME SABOT, writer Samantha BIFFOT and producer Pierre-Adrien CECCALDI (On Est Ensemble Productions)
- NGAKI POWER, writer Junior ASSANI and producer Emmanuel LUPIAS ASSANI (Tosala Films)
- TAWI, writer Omar HAMZA and producer Margaret WACERA (Purple Cow Africa)
- THIS THING OF OURS, writer Richard Lukunku and producer Layla Swart (Yellowbone Entertainment)
Find these projects and talents on the Series Mania+ platform.
About DEENTAL
Since 2020, the DEENTAL programme, launched by the CNC with the financial collaboration of the European Union and the support of the ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) States organisation, awards financial bonuses to projects supported by the Aide aux cinémas du monde and/or the Fonds pour la jeune création francophone. It also provides for a support and strengthening of the sector.
About SERIES MANIA
Installed since 2018 in Lille, Séries Mania – Lille / Hauts-de-France has established itself as the largest European event entirely dedicated to series. Its festival offers previews of the best international series on the big screen, thus offering the public – up to 72,000 spectators – 9 days of discoveries, parties and meetings with some of the most renowned personalities in the world of series. At the same time, the event welcomes more than 4,000 professionals from the world’s serial industry during the Séries Mania Forum and the Lille Dialogues. Two meetings for exchange and work that have become essential, and which have been extended in an unprecedented way since 2020 thanks to the creation of the online platform Series Mania +.
About DAKAR SERIES
On an initiative of Burkinabe actor Issaka Sawadogo, Dakar Series is the first pan-African series festival, anchored in the heart of Dakar, where creative emulation knows no bounds. Dakar Series offers preview screenings, an African competition and the best international series, all on the big screen. The event offers the public 4 days of screenings, meetings and festivities with some of the most renowned figures in the world of African and international series. At the same time, the event welcomes industry professionals to the LabPro, where workshops, debates and masterclasses will offer perspectives on structuring the sector and networking pan-African and international professionals.
About fespaco
For more than 50 years, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, born from the initiative of a group of film lovers, has been a key event in the annual festival calendar. It has become a key player in promoting the distribution of all works of African cinema, enabling contacts and exchanges between cinema and audiovisual professionals, and contributing to the growth, development and safeguarding of African cinema as a tool of expression and education.
