Eighteen international producers will join ACE for the sixth edition of the ACE Series Special, taking place in Madrid, Spain this coming November.
The week-long workshop offers producers the opportunity to expand their understanding of the series production landscape and internationalise their network within the industry. Professionals from companies such as Fremantle and Banijay regularly attend as consultants, along with producers and showrunners offering no-holds-barred case studies and discussions.
The ACE Series Special will take place in Madrid thanks to support from Creative Europe MEDIA and the collaboration of ICEX Spain Trade & Investment, as well as on-site support from the Madrid Film Office. The selected 18 participants represent 14 countries and include a number of highly experienced producers venturing into series production for the first time. Each producer will attend the workshop with a series project in the early stages of development which will serve as a vehicle for their learning.
Of the workshop, ACE director Jacobine van der Vloed says “We are delighted to be taking the ACE Series Special to Spain, a country which has been at the forefront of series production in Europe. We’re glad to be able to offer the selected producers a chance to gain further insight into the drama series landscape and to get their projects to where they need to be.”
The workshop will take place from the 4th till the 9th of November 2024 and will include an afternoon open to local Spanish producers.
ACE SERIES SPECIAL 6 PRODUCERS
Peter Badač — Slovakia / Czechia — BFILM
“Velvet Fall”
Writers: Zuzana Dzurindova, Peter Nagy
Director: Michal Blaško
Lamia Chraibi — Morocco / France — La Prod/Moon a Deal films
“Noor”
Showrunner: Mohcine Besri
Co-Writers / Co-Directors: Sofia Alaoui, Mohcine Besri
Jean-Laurent Csinidis — France — Films de Force Majeure
“Mater”
Writer: Laurine Estrade
Mairtín de Barra — Ireland — Tailored Films
“The Collective”
Writer: Glenn Montgomery
Clement Duboin — France — Good Fortune Films
“The Tree”
Showrunner: Akihiro Hata
Writer & director: Akihiro Hata
Harry Flöter — Germany — 2Pilots Filmproduction
“Semis Trail”
Showrunner: Julia Klier
Writer: Julia Klier
Aleksi Hyvärinen – Finland — Don Films
“Doctor’s Oath“
Writer: Mikko Myllylahti
Directors: Mikko Myllylahti, Taneli Mustonen
Anda Ionescu – Romania – Tangaj Production
“Angelmaker”
Showrunners: Cristina Groșan, Anda Ionescu
Writer & director: Cristina Groșan
Rajko Jazbec — Switzerland — Catpics
“The Guard”
Writers: Stéphane Mitchell, Bernardo Pellegrini, Christian Johannes Koch
Director: Christian Johannes Koch
Kathryn Kennedy — Ireland — Kennedy Films
“Nest of Heretics”
Writer: John Morton
Sabina Kodra — Albania — Erafilm
“The Invisible Successor”
Writers: Dorutina Basha, Robert Budina
Director: Robert Budina
Alejandra Mora — Spain — Quatre Films Audiovisuales
“I Love Spain”
Writer: Begoña Soler
Silvia Panakova — Slovakia — Dayhey
“Murders in the Valleys”
Writer: Martin Jaroš
Director: Braňo Mišík
Roman Paul — Germany — Razor Film
“Afterlives”
Writer: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurna
Maja Popović Milojević — Serbia — Sense Production
“Brain Drain”
Showrunner: Matija Dragojevic
Writers: Matija Dragojevic, Ljubica Lukovic
Pavel Strnad — Czechia — Negativ
“The Last Goddess”
Writers: Sára Zeithammerová, Hana Neničková
Director: Damián Vondrášek
Gudrun Edda Thorhannesdottir — Iceland — Snow Drift Films
“Climate”
Writers: Gísli Rafn Ólafsson, Axel Ólafur Thorhannesson
Katya Trichkova — Bulgaria — Contrast Films
“Judgement of Solomon”
Showrunner: Teodora Markova
Writers: Teodora Markova, Nevena Kertova
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
Since 2019, when the workshop was devised, over 80 producers have attended the Series Special programme from companies such as Komplizen Film, Lemming Film, Heretic and The Match Factory Productions. Attending consultants have included Christian Vesper (Fremantle), Ed Guiney (Element Pictures), Piv Bernth (Apple Tree Productions), Davide Nardini (Amazon Italy), Alexandre Piel (ARTE), Frank Spotnitz (Big Light Productions), Philipp Kreuzer (maze productions), Reno Antoniades (Lee & Thompson), Mario Gianani (Wildside) and Caroline Benjo (Haut et Court).
ACE PRODUCERS
Strengthening independent producers, ACE Producers uses the power of the ACE Network’s collective knowledge to tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities in an everchanging industry.
ACE Producers is Europe’s premier network of successful producers from Europe and beyond. Membership is based on professionalism, mutual trust, collaboration and forward thinking.
Each year, 18 new experienced independent producers are accepted into the ACE Network after completing the ACE Annual Programme of executive education. It consists of three workshops emphasising the key position and unique responsibilities of the producer throughout the whole process of making a film. Producers apply with a film-project in development that is suitable for co-production and aimed at the international market.
With an understanding of the industry’s needs, the ACE Specials are additional workshops focusing on series production, animation production and leadership skills, all for experienced producers, while the ACE Springboard offers emerging producers the chance to benefit from training and mentorship from within the ACE Network.
Founded in 1993, ACE Producers is proud to count more than 280 active producers from more than 52 countries to the ACE Network. ACE producers regularly unite to update their knowledge, share information and initiate collaboration in a safe space at reunions and professional events at all major festivals and markets during the year.
