5 PROJECTS SELECTED FOR DRAMA SERIES PITCHING

5 PROJECTS SELECTED FOR DRAMA SERIES PITCHING

News March 23, 2024

5 projects selected for Drama Series Pitching that will take place on March 27 th at the Radisson Blu hotel during Meeting – Point Vilnius. Representatives of the projects will pitch their series to the jury which this year will consist of a Swedish prizewinning fiction and documentary producer Helene Granqvist, a scriptwriter Valeria Richter, and a screenwriter and head writer for feature films and TV series Joachim Friedmann. The 3-member jury will give out prizes by our partners The ICDA, Filmmakers Europe, Creative Europe Media Desk Lithuania, No Problemo Music, Words Across Europe and Meeting Point – Vilnius.

GARBAGE (Czech Republic, Lithuania), adult animated comedy series
Written by Jaroslav Klimes
Directed by Jaroslav Klimes
Produced by Jindrich Trcka, Jiri Sadek. Co-producer Justė Michailinaitė

HIJACKED LIFE (Lithuania, Estonia), True crime mini-series
Written by Andrius Lekavičius
Directed by Andrius Lekavičius
Produced by Jurgita Rakauskaitė, Andrius Lekavičius

JELLYFISH IN THE MOON (Lithuania), drama series
Directed by Ernestas Jankauskas
Produced by Gabija Siurbytė, Viktorija Rimkutė

LOST TRACE (Croatia), drama, cozy-crim series
Created by Aleksandar Arsovski
Written by Nikolina Bogdanović, Maja Sviben
Directed by Filip Heraković
Produced by Tamara Babun, Matija Drniković

STRINGERS (Croatia, Ukraine, USA), thriller, political drama series
Created by Nikola Kuprešanin
Written by Nikola Kuprešanin
Directed by Danis Tanović

Produced by Dario Kirola

Drama Series awards:
The ICDA – Five debut project will receive short consultation with one of the ICDA (International Casting directors Association) casting directors, who will share and advise on how the project can benefit more from good casting and the choice of actors.
Filmmakers Europe will assist the five debut projects and their Casting Directors by conducting their casting process through Filmmakers.eu with the full support of the
Filmmakers team.
Words Across Europe – WAE Virtual Collaboration Award
MPV & Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Lithuania – Script Consultation with Joachim
Friedmann (incl. Concept consultation, 2 times Pilot Treatment, and the actual script)
No Problemo Music Licensing Award
MPV Award – Pitching consultation programme with Helene Granqvist and Valeria Richter

Time: March 26 th , 11:00–12:30
Location: Time: Radisson Blu hotel, hall GAMMA

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