EPI.LAB: The First Forum Exploring the Future of Episodic Content and Inviting Screenwriters to Submit Ideas

March 26–29, the LMTA National Film School (KIMO) and the association AVAKA are organizing the episodic content creators’ forum EPI.LAB. Audiovisual content creators are invited to attend the forum’s open presentations and discussions, while screenwriters are invited to participate in a script development workshop.

The new initiative “EPI.LAB” aims to bring together screenwriters, dramaturgs, producers, and broadcasters and to encourage the growth of episodic content in Lithuania. During the EPI.LAB forum, organized for the first time in Lithuania, representatives of the audiovisual industry will discuss trends in episodic content, share insights, strengthen professional connections important for the future development of episodic content. The program includes discussions and presentations by Lithuanian and international experts in episodic content.

The head of the LMTA National Film School (KIMO), Vytautas Dambrauskas, emphasizes that EPI.LAB seeks to respond to the growing needs of the industry: “As new generations of creators emerge, we aim to address the needs of the entire audiovisual industry, and this is how the idea was born to create a platform that nurtures screenwriters in Lithuania by drawing on both Lithuanian and international practices. The ‘EPI.LAB’ forum and laboratory will provide screenwriters with a unique opportunity to work with renowned professionals such as Susan Stanton and Philip Shelley. We are pleased that the new spaces of the LMTA National Film School open up additional opportunities not only for students but also for the entire film industry. In this way, we become a place where new connections are formed and directions for collaboration are developed.”

During the forum, the EPI.LAB script development laboratory will also take place, during which the authors of selected series ideas will develop their projects with mentors: Susan Stanton (USA), screenwriter and producer of the HBO series “Succession,” and Philip Shelley (UK), head of the Channel 4 screenwriting course.

At the end of the forum, a presentation (“pitching”) of new series ideas will take place. Screenwriters will have the opportunity to gain visibility for their projects, receive mentors’ insights and recommendations for creating series, and gain valuable contacts in the field of episodic content creators. Registration for the laboratory selection has already begun – screenwriters are invited to submit series ideas until March 15: https://forms.gle/5JA2ZQGiu2VamMpR9

The organizers hope that the forum will become an important meeting platform for audiovisual industry professionals seeking creative impulses, partners, and new ideas:

“It is encouraging to see the partnership between the LMTA National Film School and the association AVAKA, focused on industry growth and strengthening the series creation process. Both the National Film School and AVAKA bring together and nurture film and television creators, therefore ‘EPI.LAB’ becomes an important platform that provides creators with opportunities to purposefully improve professionally,” says Darius Vaitiekūnas, director of the AVAKA association.

The event is organized by the LMTA National Film School (KIMO) together with the association AVAKA. The event partner is the Creative Europe Desk Lithuania.

More information and registration: kinas.lmta.lt/epilab.
The full forum program and registration will be announced soon.

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