Serial Killer (festival)

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SER!AL K!LLER
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Screening at the Serial Killer festival
Location Brno, Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Founded2018
Founded byKamila Zlatušková
Festival dateSeptember 24, 2024 (2024-09-24) - September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29)
Website https://www.serialkiller.tv/en

Serial Killer is an international festival of TV and online series. It is the first event of this kind in Central and Eastern Europe.

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The Festival is held annually in Brno, Czech Republic. It aims to offer current and high-quality European series. [1] [2] Most of the screenings, which take place in the cinemas or theaters, consist of the first two episodes of a series. [3] The festival also premiered the #martyisdead web series, which later won the International Emmy Award. [4]

The program of the Festival consists of several sections. In the Main competition section, an international jury announces the Best Central and Eastern European Series. [3] The International panorama section presents series mostly from Western Europe. The Focus section focuses on a series from a different country each year, for example, Denmark, Norway or Great Britain in the past. The Festival also offers industry section TV Days for film and television professionals. [5]

The seventh season of the festival will take place from 24 September to 29 September 2024. [6]

Festival Editions [7]

2018

The festival took place for the first time from 2 to 5 May in 2018 in Scala Cinema, Bolek Polívka Theater and Husa na Provázku Theater in Brno.

Winners of The Best CEE Series:

2019

The 2nd edition of Serial Killer took place from 24 to 29 September 2019 in Brno.

Winners of The Best CEE Series:

2020

The 3rd edition of Serial Killer took place in hybrid version from 22 to 27 September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival offered the series online for free and the physical event took place with limited capacity for three days in the Husa na Provázku Theater. [8]

Winners of The Best CEE Series:

2021

The 4th edition of Serial Killer took place form 21 to 26 September 2021 in Brno.

Winners of The Best CEE Series: [9]

2022

The 5th edition of Serial Killer took place form 20 to 25 September 2022 in Brno.

Winners of The Best CEE Series: [10]

2023

The 6th edition of Serial Killer took place form 19 to 24 September 2023 in Brno.

Winners of The Best CEE Series: [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (2020-02-25). "Berlinale Series Market Sets Spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  2. ↑ "Festival profile". Serial Killer — International Festival of TV and Web Series. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. 1 2 Horáková, Pavla (2018-05-09). "Brno's first Serial Killer festival showcases TV fiction from across Europe". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. ↑ "INHOPE | The Czech series about cyberbullying #martyisdead is nominated for the International Emmy award". inhope.org. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  5. ↑ Kudláč, Martin (2019-09-13). "The second edition of the Serial Killer festival approaches". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  6. ↑ "Serial Killer – International Festival of TV and Web Series". Serial Killer — International Festival of TV and Web Series. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  7. ↑ "Previous years". Serial Killer — International Festival of TV and Web Series. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  8. ↑ Bingel, Kim (2020-09-23). "Dare To Be Captivated by the Serial Killer Festival". Brno Daily. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  9. ↑ Maura, Giorgia (2021-09-27). "Winners Announced In 4th Annual Serial Killer Festival". Brno Daily. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  10. ↑ Richard, O'Meara (28 September 2022). "Serial Killer: The Czech-set drama fest strikes again – K7 Media". k7.media. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  11. ↑ "Serial Killer Festival 2023 knows its winners". Serial Killer — International Series Festival. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
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