02/11/2021 - The workshop, which will take place in Brussels in December, will help integrating a series division into the companies of the producers, who have all applied with a series in development

ACE Producers has selected 17 experienced independent producers for the 3rd edition of the ACE Series Special. The intensive workshop is designed to help integrating a series division into the producers’ companies and deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience. All selected producers have applied with a series in development. The Series Special will take place in Brussels in early December.

With an increasing demand for content and with a market that is changing daily, producers are looking for new ways of working and diversifying their output. Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of TV series production, the ACE Series Special offers sessions on working with broadcasters, marketing, audiences, international approaches, and business strategies. The workshop will give producers a chance to work on their projects through one-to-one meetings with experts and group sessions with their peers benefiting from good practices and advise with regards to different territories, specific legal and financing structures, and business insights.

Among the consultants of the 3rd edition are Christian Vesper (Fremantle) and Marc Lorber (Lionsgate). ACE director Jacobine van der Vloed: “The demand for series continues to increase and the landscape of series production is constantly developing. We’re glad to be able to offer these demonstrably talented producers a chance to gain further insight into the industry and to get their projects to where they need to be”. The ACE Series Special is supported by the VAF (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds) and CFAP (Cultureel Fonds Audiovisuele Producenten).

The selected producers:

Anthony Alleyne (UK), Born Wild
Project: Odessa Dating Club
Showrunner: Roman Rozengurt
Writers: Nick Grygorashchenko, Anna Bulatova

Francesca Andreoli (ACE Italy), Cinedora
Project: Dinners
Writers: Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Carlotta Corradi

Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium), Versus Production
Project: Chavirer
Showrunner: Delphine Girard
Writer: Delphine Girard

Ellen De Waele (Belgium), Serendipity Films
Project: Is a Woman
Writer: Maaike Neuville

Sophie Erbs (ACE France), Cinema Defacto/GAIJIN
Project: Whyte Lies
Writers: Pia Marais, Willem Droste

Nicole Gerhards (ACE Germany), NiKo Film
Project: Echoes
Writer: Kai Gero Lenke

Tudor Giurgiu (Romania), Libra Film
Project: Trixy
Writers: Cecilia Stefanescu, Tudor Giurgiu

Edyta Janczak-Hiriart (France), Kometa Films
Project: Judicaël
Writer: Julie Benegmos

Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece), Heretic
Project: The Thread
Writer: Alexi Campbell

Oliver Neumann (ACE Austria), FreibeuterFilm
Project: Purgatory
Showrunner: Oliver Neumann
Writers: Oliver Neumann, Malina Nwabuonwor, Thomas Reider

Arabella Page Croft (ACE UK), Black Camel
Project: Underneath
Writers: Steve Barker, Rae Brunton, Marcus Harben

Radim Procházka (ACE Czech Republic), Kuli Film
Project: Utopia Bata: Family Saga of a Dream
Writers: Magdaléna Bittnerová, Jan Bušta

Elias Ribeiro (South Africa), Urucu Media
Project: Zaddy
Writers: Silas Miami, Tshepo Moche

Xavier Rombaut (Belgium), Polar Bear
Project: White Noise
Writers: Thomas Ryckewaert, Marijn Ottenhof, Wannes Cappelle

Ada Solomon (ACE Romania), microfilm
Project: Export Only
Writer: Cristina Iliescu, Marcel Visbeen

Denis Vaslin (ACE Netherlands), Volya Films
Project: Staphorst 1971
Writer: Marcel Visbeen

Paul Zischler (ACE Germany), Zischlermann Filmproduktion
Project: Murder Squad M.U.K
Writers: Michael Henrichs, Max Annas
Additional producer: Michael Henrichs