The 9 projects have been selected after TorinoFilmLab have received 96 applications from 50 countries; besides 43 more submissions from 21 countries as one of the 3 story editor trainees – that will join the tutor and the projects’ teams of each group during the sessions –. In total, the 2026 edition welcomes 27 participants: writers/directors, co-writers, creators, producers and aspiring story editors coming from 16 different countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Philippines, Switzerland, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Ukraine).
The Head of Studies Eszter Angyalosy (Hungary) can count on Eilon Ratzkovsky (Israel), Curator of the programme, and on three international tutors, that will support the three groups in which participants are divided during the workshops: the TFL alumnus György Baráthy (Hungary), Kirsten Ittershagen (Germany), and Cyril Tysz (France). Completing the pedagogical team, the Austrian screenwriter Jacob Groll, mentor of the story editor trainees.
Participants will gather in 3 one-week long residential workshops in Poland, Spain and Italy, plus some online sessions in between, starting from June 2026. The lab culminates with the TFL Meeting Event – our co-production market in Turin, in November – during which teams will present their projects and story editors will network with an audience of producers, sales agents, and other industry professionals, invited by TFL from all over the world.
A big welcome to the 2026 SeriesLab class!
THE PROJECTS
ANATTA
Writer: Markus Ziegler (Germany)
Writer and director: Samuel Perriard (Switzerland)
Producer: Lea Gürtler (Switzerland/Czech Republic)
Production Company: C-FILMS AG / Switzerland
BODIES
Creator and writer: Vicky Van Hemelrijck (Belgium)
Producer: Monica De Bock (Belgium)
Production Company: Le bon film / Belgium
DANNY BOY PATCHES IT UP!
Lead writer: Liam Creighton (United Kingdom)
Writer: Svitlana Topor (Poland/Ukraine)
Executive Producer: Lamar Hawkins (Switzerland/France)
Production Company: MYGOSH GmbH / Switzerland
MASH UP
Writer: Lilian Sijbesma (The Netherlands)
Writer: Floor Paul (The Netherlands)
Producer: Zoë Niezen (The Netherlands)
Production Company: IJswater Films / The Netherlands
NEVER THE BRIDE
Creator and writer: Mary Liza Diño (Philippines)
Producer: Stefano Centini (Italy/Taiwan)
Director: Ice Seguerra (Philippines)
Production Company: Fire and Ice Media / Philippines; Volos Films / Italy
PEACH BLOSSOM
Creator and writer: Viktor Oszkar Nagy (Hungary)
Producer: Anna Maria Zavorszky (Hungary)
Production Company: Campfilm / Hungary
REMATCH
Writer: Alicja Czepli (Poland)
Writer and director: Anna Pawluczuk (Poland)
Producer: Michał Wasilewski (Poland)
Production Company: Now or Never Pictures / United Kingdom, Poland
RENT A GRAN
Scriptwriter: Camille Ghekiere (Belgium)
Creative producer: Elena Reynaert (Belgium)
Director: Domien Huyghe (Belgium)
Production Company: Quilombo / Belgium
TOMORROW I WILL
Writer: Laura Leon Varea (Spain)
Writer, producer and director: Eva Vázquez de Reoyo (Spain)
Production Company: Love Monster Films / Spain
THE STORY EDITOR TRAINEES: Mille Bjørke (Denmark), Andrea Ferran (Ireland) and Jan Smutný (Czech Republic).
Read the dedicated article on C21.
SeriesLab is organised by TorinoFilmLab – Museo Nazionale del Cinema with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union. SeriesLab 2026 is realised in partnership with Polish Film Institute, hosting the 1st workshop in Poland and supporting the participation of one Polish project or story editor trainee; with VAF - Flanders Audiovisual Fund supporting the participation of one Flemish project and with Comunidad de Madrid, hosting the 2nd workshop in Madrid, Spain, and supporting the participation of one project from Madrid area. SeriesLab Story Editing 2026 is realised in partnership with Polish Film Institute, hosting the 1st workshop in Poland and supporting the participation of one Polish project or story editor trainee and with Comunidad de Madrid, hosting the 2nd workshop in Madrid, Spain.