The third edition of EastSeries, a drama series pitching competition organized by the Odesa International Film Festival Film Industry Office Team, took place in Odesa on 18. – 19. July. It is powered by ScripTeast – a master training program for the best Eastern European scriptwriters, in partnership with Series Mania, a unique event entirely dedicated to series and supported by Star Media, the biggest international film company in Ukraine.

Six drama series projects from Eastern Europe with international potential were selected for participation:

Carpathia Marysia Nіkіtiuk, Maryna Stepanska, Nariman Aliev (Ukraine)

Dead And Married by Kristina Jilly (Hungary)

Disstaf by Nenad Antonovic (Croatia)

Happy Nation by Dmytro Hrypun (Ukraine)

Salvia by Stefan Peca (Romania)

The Gift by Olga Chajdas, Marta Konarzewska (Poland)

Following pitching training by the renowned tutor and producer Agathe Berman, the participating writers, directors and producers pitched their projects to a jury and public audience that included broadcasters, distributors and potential co-producers.

The jury consisted of Adrienne Frejacques Commissioning Editor Drama Department, ARTE (France), Mirela Nastase Director ZDF Enterprises (Germany), Francesco Capurro

Head of Series Mania Forum (France), Dariusz Jablonski, President, ScripTeast / Independent Film Foundation (Poland) and Vlad Ryashin, General Producer, Star Media (Ukraine).