Here’s one of the most notable award wins in a minute: Kyrgyzstan drama Red Pants has won the influential Co-Pro Pitching Sessions event at Series Mania.
The show, from Studio Oymo and Human Films, will receive a €50,000 ($58,000) prize after defeating 15 other projects for the award, which was the founding premise of the entire Series Mania conference.
Also landing wins at Series Mania are French series R91, which won the Series Mania Buyers Upfront yesterday, and Canada’s Chachachá!, which took home the SeriesMakers Award, which is handed out in association with Series Mania Institute.
Ten-part series Red Pants is an action drama set in late 1970s Soviet Kyrgyzstan. It follows Aisha, a military officer’s daughter, who forms the notorious ‘Red Pants’ first female criminal gang to avenge her father’s death and challenge the oppressive regime.
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