For its third edition, the creative initiative SERIESMAKERS, led by the prestigious TV festival Series Mania Forum and supported by the European content powerhouse Beta Group, has announced The Interregnum as this year’s winner to receive the Beta & Kirch Foundation Award in collaboration with HFF Munich for €50,000.  As a part of receiving the honorary award, the team from The Interregnum will have the opportunity to work closely with Beta’s Content and Co-Production Division to develop a pilot script and a full package.

 

SERIESMAKERS is headed by Laurence Herszberg, General Director of Series Mania, and Ferdinand Dohna, Head of Content & Co-Production of Beta. SERIESMAKERS was initiated by Laurence Herszberg and Koby Gal Raday, CEO Janeiro Studios, and was first launched in 2022.

 

Ferdinand Dohna said: "The creators of The Interregnum impressed with a political thriller that reflects the complexity of some of the most pressing issues of our time: artificial intelligence and justice. The multi-layered aspects of these issues are told in a gripping thriller that introduces the ticking clock of a fictional EU referendum where the viewer has to decide where they stand."

 

Laurence Herszberg said: “When we started SERIESMAKERS three years ago, our goal was to become the best mentoring program for filmmakers making their TV creator debut.  As evidenced by the ten projects part of this year’s event and with the prize going to The Interregnum we could not be more pleased with our results.”

 

The Interregnum by creator/director/writer Simón CASAL and producer Mariela BESUIEVSKY

(Spain, 6x50’, political thriller)

In 2031, the EU faces a decisive referendum to approve an A.I. system that would replace human judges. As Inma and Lyda, the Yes and No campaign managers, battle for victory, a dark secret surrounding the death of the A.I. system's creator, Alicia, threatens to revolutionize not only the campaign, but everything they believed themselves to be.