SERIES MANIA Digital

Forum
PROFESSIONAL PLATFORM
MARCH 24-26 2026
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Grand Théâtre | Tuesday 24 March - 10.00 to 11.30
Meetings

CO-PRO PITCHING SESSIONS 1-8

  • Wednesday 25 March - 09.30 to 10.15
    Rencontre
    Wednesday 25 March - 09.30 to 10.15

    How can distributors stay relevant when broadcasters platforms forge alliances?

  • Wednesday 25 March - 10.30 to 11.15
    Rencontre
    Wednesday 25 March - 10.30 to 11.15

    Creation under pressure: towards a risk of (self-)censorship?

  • Wednesday 25 March - 11.30 to 12.15
    Rencontre
    Wednesday 25 March - 11.30 to 12.15

    Best Marketing Initiative for Series

  • Wednesday 25 March - 15.45 to 16.15
    Rencontre
    Wednesday 25 March - 15.45 to 16.15

    Talent Masterclass: Showrunner Russell T. Davies & Producer Nicola Shindler

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  • Monday 23 March - 12.45 - 14.30
    Monday 23 March - 12.45 to 14.30
    BETA BRUNCH
    Forum events
    CCI - Chambre de commerce et d'industrie

    BETA BRUNCH

  • Monday 23 March - 14.30 - 18.30
    Monday 23 March - 14.30 to 18.30
    BUYERS UPFRONT
    Forum events
    CCI - Chambre de commerce et d'industrie

    BUYERS UPFRONT

  • Monday 23 March - 18.00 - 20.00
    Monday 23 March - 18.00 to 20.00
    WELCOME DRINKS
    Forum events
    CCI - Chambre de commerce et d'industrie

    WELCOME DRINKS

  • Monday 23 March - 20.30 - 22.30
    Monday 23 March - 20.30 to 22.30
    Buyers Upfront Dinner
    Forum events
    L'Hermitage Gantois

    Buyers Upfront Dinner

  • Tuesday 24 March - 08.30 - 10.00
    Tuesday 24 March - 08.30 to 10.00
    International Horizons - Meet the Producers from Scotland, Northern Ireland & Wales.
    Forum events
    Salon Bleu

    International Horizons - Meet the Producers from Scotland, Northern Ireland & Wales.

  • Tuesday 24 March - 10.00 - 11.00
    Tuesday 24 March - 10.00 to 11.00
    Key trends in TV and VOD markets

    Théâtre Louis Pasteur

    Key trends in TV and VOD markets

  • Tuesday 24 March - 10.00 - 11.30
    Tuesday 24 March - 10.00 to 11.30
    CO-PRO PITCHING SESSIONS 1-8

    Grand Théâtre

    CO-PRO PITCHING SESSIONS 1-8

  • Tuesday 24 March - 11.15 - 11.45
    Tuesday 24 March - 11.15 to 11.45
    A year in series

    Théâtre Louis Pasteur

    A year in series

  • Tuesday 24 March - 11.30 - 12.15
    Tuesday 24 March - 11.30 to 12.15
    A New Generation of Tools for Series Development
    Showcases en
    Room 3.5 + 3.6

    A New Generation of Tools for Series Development

  • Tuesday 24 March - 11.45 - 13.00
    Tuesday 24 March - 11.45 to 13.00
    CO-PRO PITCHING SESSIONS 9-16

    Grand Théâtre

    CO-PRO PITCHING SESSIONS 9-16

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Discover our 2026 Projects

  • Alex is not Alex

    APOLLO SERIES

    Alex is not Alex

    2006, Romania. Sentenced to 12 years in prison for a violent crime he didn’t commit, 17-year-old Andrei flees and reinvents himself as “Alex”, living in exile across Europe. Based on a true story.

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  • Triptych

    Writers Campus by Series Mania Institute

    Triptych

    A young Spanish businessman was the last lover of the great painter Francis Bacon. When the businessman falls victim to the biggest contemporary art theft in Spain, their romance ceases to be a secret

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  • Fortune cookie

    Series Makers

    Fortune cookie

    When a delivery girl steps through a secret portal in the basement of a chinese
    restaurant in Madrid’s Chinatown and disappears, her mother begins a relentless search, uncovering a drug‑smuggling operation between Two families and two restaurants that are secretly linked by a basement portal.

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  • Konrad

    Co-Pro Pitching Sessions

    Konrad

    A retired Icelandic detective is pulled back into his dark past, confronting his own personal demons on a painful road to redemption

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who’s who

Producers, distributors, directors, content creators... Meet and exchange ideas with other series professionals attending the Forum!

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Discover the IPs 2026

  • Dry your tears

    Books

    Dry your tears

    In the streets of annemasse, Emma Delorme investigates a kidnapping that echoes her own past.

     

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  • Private property

    Books

    Private property

    Eva and Charles Caradec buy a house in the suburbs, but their dreams of peace and quiet shatter when they discover their neighbors. One misstep and things could take a turn for the worse…

     

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  • Atlantis Pasila

    Short Series

    Atlantis Pasila

    A heartwarming dramedy taking place in the concrete-gray neighborhood of Helsinki’s Itä-Pasila where the employees and customers of the bar Atlantis try to navigate life while struggling to deal with their feelings.

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  • My Sister's Secret

    Books

    My Sister's Secret

    Two estranged sisters are forced back together when a charismatic psychiatrist enters their lives, only to expose buried childhood trauma and a long-suppressed crime. As love turns toxic and memories fracture, they must confront their past before a manipulative man destroys them both. A psychological thriller about sisterhood, power and fractured memory, packed with bold twists, intimate[...]
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