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Stareable Fest LA 2022

Stareable Fest, the premier annual indie T.V. and web series festival, is expanding to L.A. in April 2022, and tickets are on sale!

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Festival Agenda

Join 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.

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‍Our action-packed schedule includes:
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• Workshops and panels led by industry pros
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• “Meet the Showrunner” - learn how top TV creators built their careers
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• Our live 90-Second ‘Elevator Pitch’ competition
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• The Stareable Fest award ceremony

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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:

connect with industry executives

Get actionable advice from industry experts on making, marketing and monetizing your show.

grow their network

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.

learn new skills

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:
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• Bernie Su, 3x Emmy Winning Creator, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
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• Brandon Arolfo, Emmy Winning Producer, Prideland, Self-Evident

• Jeff Rake, Creator and Showrunner, Manifest on Netflix
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• Chris Brancato, Creator and Writer, Narcos on Netflix
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• Ellen Rapaport, Creator and Showrunner, MINX on Starz
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• Lisa Fragner, VP, Animation Development, Disney TV Animation

Build community

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.

Market place Attendees

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:

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Current festival opportunities include:

Best Virtual Filmmaking Prize, Sponsored by Dell Technologies & NVIDIA

Best Culinary Adventure Show, Sponsored by VIZIO

Best Female Creator Prize, Sponsored by AMC Networks

The Stareable Awards Ceremony

90-Second Pitch Competition with Top TV Exec Judges

Curated 1:1 Meetings with Major Networks and Studios

Creator Networking and Parties

upcoming events

Stareable Fest 2024

Last year, Stareable got our creators offers from 4 massive studios: Sony Pictures Television, CBS Studios, MACRO, and Skybound. Are you next?

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Stareable Fest NYC 2023

Stareable Fest NYC is the premier indie TV & web series festival that brings together all levels of the industry — TV fans, creators, and industry execs! At each Stareable Fest, we connect our Official Selections to 1:1 meetings with an expanding list of production companies, studios, distributors, and more. Last year we set up 200 meetings with 60 execs from AMC Networks, Macro, MGM, Untitled, Disney, Blumhouse, CNN Originals, Conde Nast, Group Nine, Roku, Stampede, Tubi, and Topic.

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Stareable Fest LA 2023

Stareable Fest L.A. is the premier indie TV & web series festival that brings together all levels of the industry — TV fans, creators, and industry execs!

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Stareable Fest NYC 2022

After a triumphant return from virtual to in-person event with April's Stareable Fest LA, we're bringing the #1 indie TV and web series Festival back to where the story began. Stareable Fest will take over New York City once again this October! Join us in building the new home for digital creative talent in the TV industry.

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