Serial Killer is an international festival of TV and online series. It is the first event of this kind in Central and Eastern

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. The Festival is held annually in

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. It aims to offer current and high-quality European series. Most of the screenings, which take place in the cinemas or theaters, consist of the first two episodes of a series. The festival also premiered the ''#martyisdead''

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, which later won the

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. The program of the Festival consists of several sections. In the Main competition section, an international jury announces the Best

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an Series. The International panorama section presents series mostly from

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. The Focus section focuses on a series from a different country each year, for example,

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in the past. The Festival also offers industry section TV Days for film and television professionals. The fourth season of the festival will take place from 20 September to 25 September 2022.

Festival Editions

2018

The festival took place for the first time from 2 to 5 May in 2018 in ''Scala Cinema, Bolek Polívka Theater'' and ''Husa na Provázku Theater'' in

. Winners of The Best CEE Series: * Best TV Series: '' Cuvar Dvorca (Guardian of the Castle) -'' * Special Jury Mention: '' Pank (The Bank) -'' * Best Web Series: '' Lajna (The Line) -''

2019

The 2nd edition of Serial Killer took place from 24 to 29 September 2019 in

. Winners of The Best CEE Series: * Best TV Series: '' Nenaste'' ''(Blackout)'' - * Special Jury Mention: '' Bez vědomí (The Sleepers)'' - * Best Web Series: #martyisdead -

2020

The 3rd edition of Serial Killer took place in hybrid version from 22 to 27 September 2020. Due to the

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, the festival offered the series online for free and the physical event took place with limited capacity for three days in the ''Husa na Provázku Theater''. Winners of The Best CEE Series: * Best TV Series: '' Polet (Six Empty Seats)'' - * Special Jury Mention: '' Reetur (Traitor)'' - * Best Web Series: '' Terapie Sdílením (Therapy by Sharing)'' -

2021

The 4th edition of Serial Killer took place form 21 to 26 September 2021 in Brno. Winners of The Best CEE Series: * Best TV Series: '' Porodica (The Family)'' - * Special Jury Mention:

Klára Melíšková Klára Melíšková (born 29 November 1971, in Roudnice nad Labem) is a Czech stage and film actress. She is the wife of actor Lukáš Hlavica, daughter-in-law of actor and painter Miloš Hlavica and actress Růžena Merunková and sister-in- ...

for her performance in a leading role in the series ''

Podezření Podezření (English: ''Suspicion'') is 2022 Czech-French drama television series by Czech Television. Before its broadcast, it was shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and at the Serial Killer (festival), Serial Killer festival, where ...

(Suspicion)'' - * Best Web Series: TBH -

References

External links

* * * *{{IMDb event, id=0025578 Festivals in the Czech Republic Television festivals