We made it after all! Sam Spiegel Series Lab in Series Mania!

For the second time our pitching event is taking place at the prestigious Series Mania festival in France. The presence of Sam Spiegel at the festival is a major achievement that demonstrates the real belief in Israeli content and the significance of the Series Lab as a creative launching pad. Because flights from Israel were cancelled this year, Series Mania and Sam Spiegel jointly decided to hold the pitching event online so that our participants can meet with industry leaders such as Thomas Schriber, managing director Degeto Film; Kane Sultan from Netflix; and Clarence Defontenay from Haute et Court. At the conclusion of their deliberations, the jury will declare a winner for the 2026 Series Lab and grant a prize of $25,000.

Dana Blankstein Cohen, executive director of the Sam Spiegel Institute said: building cultural bridges and collaborations between Israeli and international industry is a critical task. At Sam Spiegel, we make tremendous efforts to build alternatives to international collaborations from a liberal and humanistic perspective, and a belief in the power of creative undertaking to bring complex concepts to the screen with the ability to bring about change.

Best of luck to our participants! And may we all know calmer days.