Ms. Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, and professional jury president Caroline Hollick (United Kingdom), Head of Drama, Channel 4, announced the winning project of Series Mania Forum’s annual Co-Pro Pitching Sessions last night. Of the 15 projects selected and pitched on the first day of Series Mania Forum, the industry arm of the Series Mania Festival, the jury team selected the Ukraine/Poland war thriller drama Unspoken (6 X 30’) as winner of the Series Mania Forum Best Project Award.

A check for €50.000 euros was presented to Dmytro Sukhanov, Natalia Libet and Anna Rożalska.

“The winning project united the judges unanimously with the raw, emotional intensity of the storytelling. The powerful, relatable tale of a father prepared to go to any lengths to save his family was a bold and original take on the most urgent subject matter of our time,” commented Hollick.

Unspoken is produced by Dmytro Sukhanov, Toy Cinema (Ukraine), Natalia Libet, 2Brave Productions (Ukraine) and Anna Rożalska, Match&Spark (Poland). Written by Zhanna Ozirna and Filip Syczyński.

“The Co-Pro Pitching Sessions are one of the most anticipated part of the Series Mania Forum and we are delighted to be giving the €50,000 prize to Unspoken. We are extremely pleased that our illustrious jury chose to give the award to a Ukrainian project which is very much connected with what is going on in Ukraine today. And despite this war, Ukraine, its creators, and its culture, is still very much alive and another reason to admire the courage of the Ukrainian people,” commented Herszberg.
Unspoken is a war thriller series based on current events in Ukraine. It tells the heart-rending story of a man who is trying to save his family from the grave danger of the Russian invasion.

On his way from Poland to the heart of darkness in Ukraine, Evgenyi, 42, has only one thing in mind: to pull his wife and three kids out from the grave danger of the Russian invasion. His time and tools are limited: the Kyiv siege is getting tighter every hour, and the only connection he has with his family is the phone. Inspired by a true story, the 6 x 30’ series takes place over the course of first 6 days of the full-scale war in Ukraine.