ACE SERIES SPECIAL 5
A hands-on workshop for experienced producers who want to integrate a series division into their companies and/or deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience.
16-18 producers are selected for the workshop, each with a series in development. Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of TV series production, the ACE Series Special will also offer sessions on working with broadcasters and streamers, marketing, audiences, international approaches and business strategies. The workshop gives producers a chance to work on their projects through one to one meetings with experts and group sessions with their peers.
The core of the 2023 workshop will be held in Riga, Latvia with the support of the LIAA - Latvian Investment and Development Agency and Creative Europe MEDIA. Further sessions will be held online before the workshop. A partnership with Series Mania is also in place.
Topics covered include:
- The financing scheme of series in an international context;
- Discovering the market potential and finding an (international) audience;
- Strategically integrating a series department into an existing (film-)production company;
- Understanding the different production structures of series development
- Working with streamers and broadcasters
DEADLINE
6 June 2023
WORKSHOP DATES
30 October - 4 November 2023
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
- To be an owner, partner or associate of an independent film/TV production company;
- To be an ACE member or producer with a similar level of experience;
- To have a TV drama series in development that is at a relevant stage and suitable for co-production.
Producers from any country are welcome to apply, however, please note that the majority of spaces will be reserved for producers from MEDIA countries.
FEES
€2.500 (€2.250 for ACE Network Members). The fee covers full board, accommodation and training during the workshops. Travel costs are not included.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Based on our support from Creative Europe MEDIA, scholarships are available for producers from low-capacity production countries.
These scholarships are granted in priority to participants from low production capacity countries, group B or third countries considered as Group B*; participants from a country not providing scholarships for training or participants in any other proven situation of need for financial support.
Decisions to award scholarships are made by the selection committee. The scholarship is never more than half of the overall fee. We encourage participants to apply for financial support with their national/regional funding bodies first.
*Low-Capacity Countries: Group A: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Poland and Romania Group B: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia. Third countries considered as Group B, subject to the conditions being fulfilled for their participation in MEDIA: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Ukraine.
HOW TO APPLY
Email Iman Sanichar at [email protected] to request an application form.
Along with the form ACE will request:
- Motivation letter of the producer
- Biographies of the team
- Series bible including:
- Series pitch (including arena and season arc)
- Short synopses of pilot and all following episodes
- Main character profiles
- Budget, financing plan (including intended broadcaster/platform) and production plan
- An application fee of 40€