Berlinale Series Market Selects
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Berlinale Series Market
The Series Market Selects Label provides an exclusive preview of the most anticipated series from across the globe.
This label showcases 12-14 series with substantial market potential, offering enhanced visibility and support for connecting with buyers, distributors, and reaching international audiences.
Please make sure to read our guidelines and submission process below and submit your series until November 29.
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General Guidelines for Berlinale Series Market Selects 2025
To participate in Berlinale Series Market Selects, the submitted series have to meet the following conditions:
⦁ Submitted series must have world or international premiere status (european premieres are considered but not prioritised).
⦁ Only series completed within twelve months before the start of the Berlinale Series Market are eligible.
⦁ Series must consist of four or more episodes.
⦁ Berlinale Series Market generally presents first seasons only. Exceptions can be made in the cases of new seasons with independent stories from previous seasons.
⦁ Submission is free of charge. If selected, the Market Screening must be paid for as part of Berlinale Series Market Selects and benefits from the lower exhibitor rate.
Excluded from participation are:
⦁ Series already screened at the EFM or Berlinale in previous years or recently screened at an international market.
⦁ Series produced before 2024.
⦁ Series that promote violence, racism or sexism, as well as series that are pornographic, prone to disturb public order, or may be offensive to religion or any other form of discrimination.
Please also read our Code of Conduct.
For the selection process, please note the following:
⦁ For selection purposes, series that are submitted should at least have reached the stage of picture lock.
⦁ Declaration of Rights Upon Submission of the Series: The European Film Market will only accept the submission of a series if the submitter is the holder of all usage rights to the series necessary for the submission and use of the series within the context of participation in the European Film Market and if the submitter can also effectively grant the European Film Market these rights. The European Film Market reserves the right to demand appropriate proof of these rights and to reject the submission upon failure to provide it.
⦁ Deadline for sending the screener link is November 20, 2024. Please use the submission form to send us the basic information for the selection process.
⦁ At least two episodes or a minimum of 75 minutes should be made available. The submission of single episodes cannot be taken into consideration.
⦁ Series have to be submitted in their original version with English subtitles for the selection process (except if the series’ original version is English).
⦁ Please provide screener links with 7 access permissions available to watch for the duration of at least 2 weeks.
⦁ Every submitter will receive a written notification about the result of the selection screening. Due to the large number of submissions received, we are unable to provide individual feedback on selection decisions.
The European Film Market reserves the right to rule on any cases not provided for in these guidelines individually.
If a series is selected...
⦁ an additional registration for the Berlinale Series Market Selects Screenings becomes mandatory through the EFM website.
⦁ the exhibitor rate for screenings will be due. The prices are listed here.
⦁ Please make sure to deliver the presentation material (DCP or ProRes) until January 29, 2025 to our film office. For further details please read our technical requirements here.
⦁ All confirmed Berlinale Series Market Selects Screenings will be listed within the EFM Screening Schedule with all details including screening date, time and venue as well as contact details of the respective company. Furthermore printed schedules will be available at the market locations and screening venues. Please note that each title can only be linked to one sales contact company.
⦁ Press announcement and website publication: The press announcement including the Berlinale Series Market Selects will be released mid January, 2025 - the exact date and timing will be announced later. The decision on the selection should be kept confidential until the press release. Once the official press release is online the news should also be announced by the respective rightholder. For the press release additional material will be requested: Among other information: short synopsis in English (max. 230 characters including space characters), 1 high resolution still (1470x980 px). The still will not be used within the press release but gets published on the EFM website and
on our social media channels. Every selected series will get the Berlinale Series Market Selects Logo which we encourage to use in the promotional material.
⦁ Market Badge: Please purchase a Market Badge for the EFM as the EFM's participant's guide lists one contact for requests. Ideally, the respective contact person also registers the series.
⦁ Marketing and Advertising: The screening should be promoted accordingly. We do list the screening in the EFM screening schedule and on the Berlinale Series Market website, though the success of a market screening depends mainly on the marketing effort.
⦁ Access to Market Screenings is only allowed for Market Badge holders. Priority is given to Buyers Badge holders. Companies who booked a Market Screening can request a limited number of screening invitations. Invitations are required for invited guests without a Market Badge. Festival accreditations are not allowed to Market Screenings.
⦁ Rights holders may limit access to their screenings (e.g. specific groups or territories). Information on the limitations will be published in the EFM Screening Schedule.
⦁ EFM staff scans the Market Badges at the entrance of the screening venues in order to list all attendees of the respective screening with names, companies and their contact information.
⦁ Screening reports will be sent via mail after the screening and are also provided within the account of the applicant.
Déjate Ver (Show Yourself)
Spain
Creator: Álvaro Carmona
Showrunner: Álvaro Carmona
Director: Álvaro Carmona
with Macarena Sanz, Joan Amargós, Irene Minovas
Production company: Atresmedia Televisión
Broadcaster: atresplayer
DISKO 76
Germany/Hungary
Creators: Benjamin Benedict, Linda Brieda, Lars Montag, Sinah Swyter
Director: Florian Knittel, Lars Montag with Luise Aschenbrenner, Jannik Schümann
Production company: UFA Fiction GmbH
Broadcaster: RTL / RTL+
Elsbeth
USA
Creator: Robert King, Michelle King
Showrunner: Jonathan Tolins
Director: Robert King with Carrie Preston, Wendell Pierce, Carra Patterson
Production company: CBS Studios in association with King Size Productions
Broadcaster: CBS
World Sales: Paramount Global Content Distribution
Familia de Divàn (Family Therapy)
Argentina
Creator: Ariana Saiegh, Gonzalo Arias
Showrunner: Ariana Saiegh
Director: Alejandro Ciancio with Carola Reina, Boy Olmi, Nora Cárpena
Production company: GM Comunicacion / Tronito
Broadcaster: Personal FLOW
KAFKA
Austria
Creators: Daniel Kehlmann, David Schalko
Showrunner: David Schalko
Director: David Schalko with Joel Basman, David Kross, Liv Lisa Fries
Production company: Superfilm Filmproduktions GmbH
Broadcaster ARD/ORF
World Sales: ORF-Enterprise
Lost Boys & Fairies
United Kingdom
Creator: Daf James
Showrunner: Daf James
Regie: James Kent mit Sion Daniel Young, Fra Fee, Elizabeth Berrington
Produktionsfirma: Duck Soup Films
Broadcaster: BBC One. Credit is Duck Soup for BBC One, UK, in association with All3Media International
World Sales: All3Media International
Matilha (Dogpack)
Portugal
Creator: Edgar Medina
Showrunner: Edgar Medina
Director: João Maia with Afonso Pimentel, Margarida Vila-Nova, Ricardo Pereira
Production company: Arquipélago Filmes
Broadcaster: RTP, Amazon Prime Portugal
Betinho: No Fio da Navalha (Living on a Razor’s Edge)
Brazil
Creators: José Junior, Alex Medeiros, Daniela Busoli
Showrunner: José Junior
Director: Andre Felipe Binder e Júlio Andrade with Júlio Andrade, Leandra Leal, Ravel Andrade
Production company: AfroReggae Audiovisual, in partnership with the Formata Produções e Conteúdo and Globoplay
Broadcaster: Globoplay
Nudes
France
Creators: Nina M. Barbosa Blad, Erika Calmeyer, Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad
Showrunner: Julie-Albertine Simonney, David Fortems
Director: Andréa Bescond, Sylvie Verheyde, Lucie Borleteau with Baptiste Masseline, Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Nelligan
Production company: Wild Bunch TV / Alcatraz Films
Broadcaster: Prime Video France
OXEN
Denmark
Creators: Mai Brostrøm, Peter Thorsboe
Director: Jannik Johansen with Jacob Lohmann, Ellen Hillingsø, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Production company: SF Studios, SquareOne Productions
Broadcaster: TV 2 Denmark, ZDF
World Sales: REinvent Studios
Padomju džinsi (Soviet Jeans)
Latvia
Creators: Stanislavs Tokalovs, Teodora Markova, Waldemar Kalinowski
Showrunner: Stanislavs Tokalovs, Teodora Markova
Director: Stanislavs Tokalovs, Juris Kursietis with Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Aamu Milonoff, Igors Šelegovskis
Production company: TASSE FILM
World Sales: Beta Film
Soon Comes Night
South Africa
Creators: Paul S Rowlston, Robbie Thorpe
Director: Thabang Moleya, Sanele Zulu with Kwenzo Ngcobo, Albert Pretorius, Didintle Khunou
Production company: Ochre Moving Pictures
Broadcaster: Netflix (Africa) and SABC
World Sales: Red Arrow Studios International
We’re on it Comrades
Czech Republic
Creator: Miro Šifra
Director: Matěj Chlupáček, Michal Samir with Jiří Macháček, Jan Cina, Anna Fialová
Production company: Barletta, Network Movie
Broadcaster: ZDF, Czech TV
World Sales: ZDF Studios
While the Men Are Away
Australia
Creators: Kim Wilson, Alexandra Burke
Showrunner: Kim Wilson
Director: Elissa Down, Monica Zanetti with Michela De Rossi, Phoebe Grainer, Max McKenna
Production company: Arcadia
Broadcaster: SBS
World Sales: Red Arrow Studios International
Zorras (Tramps)
Spain
Director: Aritz Moreno, Ana Vázquez with Andrea Ros, Mirela Balic, Tai Fati
Production company: Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Morena Films
Broadcaster: Atresplayer
World Sales: Atresmedia