Programs
Call for applications from June 2025
Upcoming
Extensive training
EUREKA SERIES
Step into a European writers' room to master serial and collaborative writing techniques.
- person Professional (European screenwriters)
- calendar_today Jan 6, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026
- pace 12 weeks
- language English
- location_on Lille and Online
3 500 €
Ongoing
Workshop
Serial bridges ASIA
Serial Bridges Asia is designed for producer-writer duos based in Asia with a series project in development.
- person Professional (Writer/producer duos driving a series (from Taiwan and other East Asian countries))
- calendar_today Mar 21, 2025 - Nov 8, 2025
- pace 16 jours
- language English
- location_on Online and Lille and Taipei
Ongoing
Workshop
WBD Access x Series Mania Institute Writers Programme
An intensive programme in two sessions, aimed at mid-level European screenwriters from France, Germany, Spain and the UK.
- person Professional (mid-level European screenwriters)
- calendar_today Mar 20, 2025 - Jun 27, 2025
- pace 2 weeks
- language English
- location_on Online and Lille and London
Free of charge
Call for applications from May 2025
Upcoming
APOLLO SERIES
Boost your series project by mastering the legal, financial, and artistic aspects of European co-productions, with participation in major industry events.
- person Professional (European producers)
- calendar_today Oct 6, 2025 - Mar 26, 2026
- pace 13 discontinuous days
- language English
- location_on Italy and Online and Sweden and France
Registrations from October 2025
Upcoming
Capsule training
IP ADAPTATION BOOTCAMP
Combine strategic and creative expertise on incoming or original IPs, to enhance their narrative, economic and legal potential.
- person Professional (Producers, Agents, Development executives, Business Affairs)
- calendar_today Jan 2026
- pace 3 discontinuous days
- language English
- location_on Online
Registrations from June 2025
Upcoming
Capsule training
AI STORYTELLING BOOTCAMP
Leverage generative AI to enhance storytelling by mastering the art of prompts and chatbots.
- person Professional (Screenwriters, Creative Producers, Development Executives)
- calendar_today Nov 2025
- pace 3 discontinuous days
- language English
- location_on Online
1 800 €
100% covered by AFDAS
Upcoming
Extensive training
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING
Master the accounting, social, and fiscal management of an audiovisual project and obtain the certification issued by the CPNEF of Audiovisual.
- person Professional (Professionals with a first experience in filming or in a production company)
- calendar_today Apr 7, 2026 - Jun 26, 2026
- pace 10 weeks
- language French
- location_on Lille
9 600 €
Call for applications from May 2025
Upcoming
Capsule training
Producing a documentary series
Enhance your expertise in the development and co-production of documentary series projects.
- person Professional (French-speaking producers)
- calendar_today Sep 15, 2025 - Sep 19, 2025
- pace 5 days
- language French
- location_on Lille
2 000 €
Finished
Workshop
Serial Bridges Rio de Janeiro
Serial Bridges Rio de Janeiro is an intensive one-week workshop taking place in Rio de Janeiro. It is aimed at Brazilian producer/showrunner duos with a series project
- person Professional (Producer/showrunner pairs with a series project)
- calendar_today Sep 30, 2024 - Oct 4, 2024
- pace 5 days
- language English
- location_on Rio de Janeiro
Free of charge
Finished
Workshop
Serial Bridges Istanbul
A 5-day intensive workshop held in Istanbul, Turkey. It is aimed at producer/scriptwriter duos with a series project.
- person Professional (Duos writer/producer pairs from Turkey, Georgia or Azerbaijan)
- calendar_today Nov 18, 2024 - Nov 22, 2024
- pace 1 week
- language English
- location_on Istanbul
Free of charge
Call for applications september 2025
Upcoming
Workshop
WRITERS CAMPUS 2026
Open to scriptwriters from all over the world, participants will spend a week in an intensive workshop and pitch their projects in Lille.
- person Professional (Professional scriptwriters from around the world)
- calendar_today Mar 19, 2026 - Mar 26, 2026
- pace 5-day
- language English
- location_on Lille and Online
650€