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Program

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The Writers Campus is an intensive week-long workshop for professional screenwriters with a live-action project in development. This programme focuses on :

Objectives:

  • Prepare participants to pitch their project to the audiovisual industry at the Series Mania Forum.
  • Acquire skills in project development, pitch preparation and networking.
  • Participate in intensive mentoring sessions, masterclasses and networking events.

Methods :

  • 4 days of intensive mentoring (group and individual sessions) with renowned experts.
  • Participation in masterclasses and networking events with renowned professionals (Charlotte Brandström, Ron Leshem, Bryan Elsley, etc.).
  • Preparation for the final pitch session at the Series Mania Forum.

Key dates

16 September 2025
Call for applications
27 October, 2025
Close applications
December 17, 2025
Selection results
January 2026
Remote session
March 19-23, 2026
Creative Bazaar
March 24-26, 2026
Series Mania Forum

Fees

960€
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*To help you finance your participation, we invite you to contact the funding organisations in your country or region.

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We can also put you in touch with our travel agency to help book your accommodation in Lille at a negotiated rate, from March 19 to 26

Registration process

The Writers Campus is aimed at professional scriptwriters with a live-action fiction project. The project must not be attached to a production company or television channel/broadcasting platform.

Eligibility criteria :

  • Have a fiction project in development. Documentary or animation projects will not be considered.

  • Episodes must have a duration between 20 and 60 minutes.

  • No production company or broadcaster should be attached to the project.

  • Provide proof of professional experience: having had a project broadcast on television, on a platform, online, in cinemas, or at a festival (whether a TV or digital series, a short film, or a feature film), or having a distribution agreement for a first work about to be released.

  • Work in English, with application materials in English.

  • Screenwriters from all over the world may apply.

Application procedure :

Submission of applications via the form at the end of the page.

Documents required for application (in English):

  • A pitch deck (max. 10 pages) including:

– Logline (max. 2 sentences).

-Detailed pitch (format, setting, narrative arcs, tone).

-Synopsis of the pilot episode and of subsequent episodes (if available).

-Profiles of the main characters.

-Writer’s statement / note of intent.

  • A short CV.
  • A motivation letter explaining how the program will help you develop your project.
  • (Optional) Proof of agreement with a broadcaster if the project is about to be released.

Key documents

SERIES MANIA INSTITUTE BROCHURE 2025

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Last update: 10/24/2024