Polish film festival Camerimage will launch a TV strand for pilots and first episodes. The Polish festival, taking place from 14 – 21 November plans to host around eight pilots and first episodes from international and US broadcasters, with the festival’s international jury selecting a winning cinematographer and potentially series producers.

The First Look strand will initially focus on series that have already been broadcast, with applications this year including Fargo, 1864, Sirens, An Bronntanas, Manhattan, Salem and Black Sails.

Festival organizers are hoping to stir up local interest for series still hunting regional deals.

“We’ve been thinking about it for a while with the growing power of TV series and the amount of talented filmmakers crossing over today,” said Camerimage executive Kazik Suwala. “We hope to have series from all over the world. We’ve had applications from the UK, US, Israel, Poland and other European countries”.

The event, which takes place in Bydgoszcz and regularly draws in leading lights of the film industry, is also due to host a series of panels featuring showrunners and TV executives who will discuss the growing crossover between film and TV.

Earlier this year Berlin hosted premieres of TV series including Netflix’s Better Call Saul, RTL’s Deutschland 83 and DR’s Scandinavian drama Follow the Money.