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TFL Next – TV Series 2025

Call for applications closed!

Concept-based online workshop divided into 2 development sessions.

Main info

The workshop is concept-based, which means that participants exclusively work on the concept of the TV series project (In this regard concept means the series premise, overall plot, and the specifications of the main characters). In case of projects based on novels, short stories or other literary works, applicants must present a secured option for the work they wish to adapt.

The workshop is divided into 2 development sessions:

- a first 5 day-long session, where participants discuss their work in group sessions and one-on-one meetings with their tutors
- then, participants have 3 weeks to rework their materials
- a second 2 day-long session, where participants share and discuss their work again in individual meetings with their mentors and group sessions with other participants.

 

20 TV Series project at an early development stage presented by international scriptwriters or writers/directors together with a producer (if on board) will be selected and divided into 5 groups.

The participants will work on their concept alongside peers and a tutor with a substantial international experience as a script consultant, implementing the fundamental techniques and skills necessary to develop and produce successful TV Series.

Thanks to the TFL Next's global experience, the participants will have the chance to develop a strong international network: on top of the script sessions and meeting with industry representatives, participants will gather during special online events aimed at exchanging skills and finding productive collaborations.

Who can apply

The online workshop is open to international professional scriptwriters, directors and producers. The application can be submitted individually or in team (maximum 2 participants per team) and must be linked to a TV Series project at early development stage, which will be developed during the workshop.

The working language of all workshops, meetings and events is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential to participate.

PARTICIPATION FEE

1,700 Euro (+ VAT, if due) per team of participants (max 2 participants).

Upon selection, participants must send a proof of the payment within the following 2 days, to confirm their seat.

TorinoFilmLab doesn’t foresee any scholarships for this workshop. In many countries, public institutions provide scholarships for this kind of training, and TorinoFilmLab can provide a selection letter to facilitate the request.

WORKSHOP ONLINE SESSIONS

1st session: from 6th to 10th October 2025
2nd session: from  3rd to  7th  November 2025

HOW TO APPLY

The requested application materials – to be submitted all together in one PDF and all in English – are:

- Project logline (2 lines max, font dimension 14, no specific font or space is requested) - please note that this logline will be used for communication purpose and to announce the eventual selection of the project in the programme;

- Concept presentation (7,500 characters spaces included, font dimension 14, no specific font or space is requested);

- 3 pages max with: the CV of all project team members, a link (with NO password) to previous work (30’ max), a link (with NO password) to 1’ video presentation (it must include the project team members who would attend the workshop in case of selection; in this video you are asked to present yourself/yourselves and explain why you’re interested in applying to TFL Next)

- Materials informing about the audio-visual approach (still pictures, video mood board, etc. – optional).


Please note that applicants based in the Flemish Region are eligible for a partial scholarship covering 50% of the total fee, thanks to the support of our partner VAF (Flanders Audiovisual Fund). More information will be provided upon selection.

  

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
4th July 2025, 11.59pm CET.

 

Click on "APPLY NOW!" to access the application form and submit your candidature (before starting the application process, you need to create an account on the TFL platform).
In the application form, candidates will also be asked to fill out a questionnaire about the status of their project. 

Applications that don’t respect the above-listed criteria will be rejected!

 

For more information please contact: fiore@museocinema.it

THE SELECTION

THE PROJECTS


7 NIGHTS ON THE DANUBE
- Romania
Tudor Petremarin (creative producer), Stefania Maftei (writer)
An idealistic German woman. An old Afghan guerrilla fighter. One lost a lover. One lost a son. Worlds collide in this unexpected alliance to retrace his final journey along the Danube.


BOY BAND -
 USA
Mike Kunze (writer, creator)
Fighting age, the world, and each other, three best friends chase their dream of boy band superstardom … in their mid thirties. A musical comedy about failure.


CODE / BLUE -
 UK/Germany
Craig Young (creator/writer), Franziska Lindner (producer)
When a cyberattack cripples a rural hospital, a nurse and a system admin must survive the chaos, confronting politics and pasts they can’t escape.

FAKE STARS OF PANAMA - Belgium
Aleksandr M. Vinogradov (author, creator, scriptwriter)
A satirical dark comedy series about a group of European friends who stage a fake film festival in Panama chasing easy cash. All might work well, except that the famous stars on their red carpet hide a hilarious and dangerous secret.


GREY MARKET
 - Belgium
Elena Reynaert (producer), Domien Huyghe (director)
A group of rebellious elderly fight back against financial hardship by renting themselves out as ‘grans-for-hire’, leading to unexpected friendships, and a second chance at life.

KARBO C.F - Spain
Lidia Fraga (writer), Sonia Méndez (author, creative producer)
To start a revolution, all you need is your friends.

 
KISSING+CRYING - Belgium
Jaap van Veen (writer, director)
A mother dies. A relationship begins. KISSING+CRYING is an unfiltered tragicomedy about grief, lust, and losing yourself in someone else - just when everything else falls apart.


LISTEN TO MY LIPS - Portugal
Sofia Mirpuri (creator), Leonor Batista (producer)
A millennial with progressive hearing loss moves to Lisbon to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker - racing against time before silence takes over. Sharing a flat with foreigners, they navigate friendship, cultural clashes, and self-discovery.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (WT) - Germany
Svenja Heinrichs (creator/writer)
A secret brothel, a network full of dependencies - and a young woman who risks everything to find out the truth.

MELANINA - Brazil
Raul Perez (creator, scriptwriter), Jessica Queiroz (creator, co-writer, director)
At Melanina, a lively beauty salon for curly-haired women, clients find more than hair care — they find healing, gossip, and sisterhood. But when the salon is put up for sale, the community they've built is suddenly at risk.


MOSTLY VIRGIN -
 Iceland, Serbia, USA
Ana Lazarević (co-writer), Baldvin Kári (co-writer)
In 1300s Eastern Europe, Judita, 16, is sent to the Alcatraz of convents after going half way with Ranko, the medieval fuccboi in town. Desperate to escape her cloistered fate, she embarks on a wild quest to get back to Ranko and finish what they started.


MUMMY, DADDY & OTHER ISSUES  - 
Spain
Núria Frías Corrius (writer), Amparo Hidalgo Gadea (producer)
A delusional Catalan in her 20s moves to Berlin chasing a life plan. Spoiler: she spends a decade managing issues.


OFF SIDE -
 Belgium
Hilde Van Malderen (screenwriter)
A rational financial journalist enters the emotional world of football reporting, where the return of her estranged father triggers a moral spiral between truth, loyalty, and ambition. How far will she go to be seen, in a world she despises but secretly craves?

REPEAT TO FADE - Ireland
Nick Kelly (writer/producer)
Raymond failed to become a rock star 25 years ago. But, having failed even worse at everything else since, he’s going to try again.


SALAMANDER
- Spain
Wagner Cardeña Gómez (writer)
When a Spanish child is abducted by a mysterious cult hiding in the south of France, police teams from both countries must join forces to find him.
 

SHAFTED - Australia
Isaac Elliott (writer/director), Lucy Knox (writer/director)
When a mining accident leaves 28-year-old Jim paralysed, he’s dumped in a rundown aged care home full of death, mystery smells, and forced introspection - his worst nightmare.


SUF
- Kazakhstan
Alina Mustafina (writer, director), Assel Kadyrseit (co-writer)
A family of hereditary female shamans in Almaty, Kazakhstan help others confront deep emotional wounds — but they cannot heal themselves, because their gift vanishes the moment they choose their own path.

THE 5B CARTEL - Sweden
Kalle Fransson (creator, screenwriter)
When their primary school goes sugar-free, three 10-year-olds build a secret sugar cartel, turning the playground into a miniature drug empire.

THE COVER STORY - Brazil
Felipe Lopes (producer), Felipe Novaes (writer, director)
The true story behind one of the most controversial magazine covers in Brazilian history, in which the famous singer Cazuza comes out as HIV+ during the Aids crisis in the 80's.

 
THE GREAT ENSOR HEIST - Belgium
Ruben Vermeersch (writer, director), Ruben Vandenborre (producer)
Ostend, 1978. A neo-noir tragicomedy about two gendarmes in existential crisis who, through their investigation of three stolen Ensor paintings, find themselves in a surreal cat-and-mouse game with a cunning thief.

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