Our first virtual festival! Featuring 5 days of screenings, workshops, panels, our inaugural Creator Achievement Award and more.
• Stareable Fest's Official Selections get access to our industry marketplace, which connects them to 1:1 meetings with an expanding list of production companies, studios, networks, streamers, and more. In 2022, we set up 200 meetings with 60 execs from AMC Networks, Macro, MGM, Untitled, Disney, Blumhouse, Comedy Central, CBS Studios, VIZIO, Roku, and more.
Stareable Fest will feature:
• Panel discussions on the pulse of culture.
• In-depth creator workshops, and the latest filmmaking tech demos for our Selections and fans.
• Our 90-Second Pitch Competition with industry exec judges.
• Daily happy hours, parties, and opportunities for filmmaker networking.
Scripted live-action comedy
Scripted live-action drama
Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror
Documentary/Non-fiction
Animation
Kids
Reality/Lifestyle
True crime
Game show/Competition
Best in Category
Best Female Creator, sponsored by AMC Networks
Writing
Acting
Editing
Cinematography
Directing
Innovation in storytellingWriting
Acting
Editing
Cinematography
Directing
Innovation in storytelling
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Ansemble Cast
Best Directing
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best writing
• February 9, 2024 - Early Deadline
• May 10, 2024 - Regular Deadline
• August 2, 2024 - Late Deadline
• September 9, 2024 - Notification Date
Our first virtual festival! Featuring 5 days of screenings, workshops, panels, our inaugural Creator Achievement Award and more.
Buy TicketsJoin us for a 3-day celebration of groundbreaking new shows and the next wave of iconic creators.
Screen our extraordinary selection of genre-redefining indie projects from around the world, party with your fellow creators, and learn what major TV organizations are doing.
View our official selections.
Our action-packed schedule includes:
• Workshops and panels led by industry pros
• “Meet the Showrunner” - learn how top TV creators built their careers
• Our live 90-Second ‘Elevator Pitch’ competition
• The Stareable Fest award ceremony
Stareable Fest is the premier indie TV and web series festival and the new home for digital creative talent in the TV industry. We honor the year’s best content and provide a space for the next generation of creators to:
Get actionable advice from industry experts on making, marketing and monetizing your show.
Participate in several networking opportunities including Filmmaker Speed Networking, Daily Happy Hours and Creator Parties.
Meet with Official Selections and your fellow creators from around the world.
Stareable Fest provides various educational opportunities, from Virtual Production tech demos to interactive pitch workshops.
Our industry panels allow creators to join the conversation and share their thoughts on Hollywood's most relevant hot-button topics.
Past instructors and speakers include:
• Bernie Su, 3x Emmy Winning Creator, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
• Brandon Arolfo, Emmy Winning Producer, Prideland, Self-Evident
• Jeff Rake, Creator and Showrunner, Manifest on Netflix
• Chris Brancato, Creator and Writer, Narcos on Netflix
• Ellen Rapaport, Creator and Showrunner, MINX on Starz
• Lisa Fragner, VP, Animation Development, Disney TV Animation
Be a part of the largest community of series creators. Stareable Fest fosters a supportive, uplifting and diverse environment that continues far beyond the festival days.
Once you've attended our L.A. festival, you'll be a part of a highly active collective of creators hungry for collaboration and sharing strategies for success.
Check out what your peers have to say about Stareable's Creator Community HERE.
We hold Stareable Fest twice a year - spring in Los Angeles and fall in New York City. Each event includes a new class of Official Selections, who are offered curated 1:1 meetings at our industry marketplace. This year we will set up 250+ meetings across 60+ industry executives at places like:
Our first virtual festival! Featuring 5 days of screenings, workshops, panels, our inaugural Creator Achievement Award and more.
More meetings than the previous year in 2019.
Market place meetings taken place with industry partners and creatives.
Industry participants interacting with the Stareable Fest market place.
In our first virtual event, this year's festival featured talks from sWooZie, Mel Eslyn, and Shannon Lee; an award presentation for Katja Blichfeld; a thrilling 90-sec pitch competition; and an awards ceremony to honor the best web series shows of 2020.
Download PDF"Every year we are taking on people that are talented but outside of the industry and giving them the structure and support they need."
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