SERIES FEST: Pitch-a-thon

SERIES FEST: PITCH-A-THON

Saturday, October 18th at 1:15 PM

SeriesFest’s Pitch-A-Thon! is bringing its dynamic live pitching competition to the Twin Cities Film Fest!

Selected creators will have five minutes to pitch their original series to a panel of top industry professionals, followed by seven minutes of live feedback.

Each participant also receives expert pitch coaching prior to the event to refine their presentation and make the most of this high-exposure opportunity.

Come watch and support Minnesota Creators as they pitch their 'dream' shows in this one of a kind event!

CELEBRITY PANELISTS:

Teri Weinberg is a highly accomplished producer and entertainment executive with over 20 years of industry experience. As the former Executive Vice President of NBC Entertainment, she oversaw all scripted development and primetime programming, shaping some of television’s most celebrated series. Before her time at NBC, Weinberg was Executive Vice President of Scripted Programming at Reveille, where she helped launch and produce hit shows such as The Biggest Loser, Nashville Star, and 30 Days. Her career began at ICM as a television talent agent, specializing in feature talent and literary representation. Weinberg also excels in Leadership, Keynote, Workshops and Coaching.
In 2010, she founded her production company, Yellow Brick Road, launching with a two-year first-look deal with NBC Universal, before transitioning to independent producing and consulting for MTV Network and National Geographic Channel. In 2016, Weinberg partnered with Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actor and producer America Ferrera under a four-year first-look deal with NBC Universal. Her distinguished producing career includes credits as Executive Producer of the
Peabody, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning The Office, as well as Executive Producer of Ugly Betty, winner of two Golden Globes, a Peabody Award, and multiple Emmy nominations. Weinberg also produced the critically acclaimed series The Tudors. She would earn dual Emmy nominations in 2007 for The Office and Ugly Betty. Additional notable projects include National Geographic’s Emmy-nominated event films
Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the Netflix Peabody-nominated dramedy series Gentefied, and the award-winning documentary Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story. Weinberg also served as Executive Producer on the Amazon pilot Hialeah, Dade Fkin County* and the feature documentary A Case for Kindness, which has received critical acclaim and multiple film festival Laurels, a Creative Coalition Humanitarian Award and a District of Columbia Proclamation for Kindness Day.

Christine Dávila is currently the Head of TV at Mucho Más Media, a media company backed by HarbourView Equity Partners. Previously she was the Head of Development and Production for Ojalá, a company founded by Tanya Saracho (Vida) with an overall deal at UCP/Universal Studios Group. Prior to that she was Director of Development at Warner Brothers Television where she developed and produced the Emmy nominated series It’s Bruno for Netflix, and Two Sentence Horror Stories for the CW. She has more than a decade of film programming experience at several film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival. She was the Executive Director of the 501c3 Ambulante California founded by Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal. Dávila is currently on the board of OTV a nonprofit streaming platform and media incubator, an Industry Advisory Board Member at SXSW, and is the founder of Latina Squad, a professional network of TV/Film Executives.

Kit Williamson is a trailblazing filmmaker, writer, and actor, hailed by People Magazine as “the future of LGBTQ storytelling.” He is best known for creating the Emmy-winning dark comedy EastSiders, which he wrote, directed, and starred in, earning six Daytime Emmy nominations and global acclaim on Netflix. Kit’s new series Unconventional premiered at SeriesFest and is now streaming on the LGBTQ+ streaming network Revry. Written, directed, and starring Kit alongside a star-studded ensemble including Beau Bridges and Kathy Griffin, the series follows two queer siblings navigating relationships, family, and self-discovery in the California desert. A Sundance Lab alumnus, Kit has written projects for Universal TV, CBS, Sony Screen Gems, Netflix and HBO. He is repped by Buchwald and More/Medavoy.

TCFF Educational programming is presented by RAYMOND J. CHRISTENSEN FOUNDATION and sponsored by Augsburg University, and St. Thomas University.

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