2021 pilot WINNERS
We proudly highlighted a diverse group of creators from around the world who are telling compelling stories in every genre with unique voices and perspectives. Our 2021 selections represent the very best of independent television in every genre.
HALF LIFE
Best Pilot: Comedy
Created by Patty Carey
Patty struggles with turning 39, but with a little help from Thelma, Louise and Virginia Woolf, she reconnects with her writing and herself.
TIMBERWOOD
Best Pilot: Comedy
Created by Blake McWilliam
When our long-term counselors return for the summer of their lives, they think they’ll be picking up right where they left off last year. But when their fearless leader is kicked out before the kids even arrive they’re suddenly left to fend for themselves.With new challenges, adventures, friends and enemies (we’re looking at you William) around every corner, this isn’t the summer they planned, but maybe it will end up being their best one yet!
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Best Pilot: Drama
Created by Michele Palermo
Lisa Giordano-Navarro is in a bind. Middle aged, mid-divorce, and “between jobs,” she is the very definition of stuck. While trying to figure out how to do what’s best for everyone around her and preserve her own sanity, she finds herself parenting Aldo & Ella, her crazy mother and father, arguing with her dysfunctional brothers Tano & Marco, and wishing she could finally find true love. Is she really 50 years old if nothing has changed since she was 12? This single-camera dramedy tells the story of one family’s wide emotional rifts, deeply ingrained roles, hidden secrets, terrible habits, and fierce love — in other words, it tells the story of every family. At its center, our show is a deep dive into the life of a woman who should be in her second act, but seems perpetually trapped in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
LOST IN TRAPLANTA
Best Pilot: Web Series
Created by Mathieu Rochet
Larry, an offbeat daydreamer, is appointed by the God of Rap to save the world from an epidemic of Trap Music. How? By finding OutKast, the mythical group from Atlanta. On his quest, he meets major players of the city's Hip-Hop scene, and ends up doing an accidental portrait of today’s stronghold of the world Rap Industry.
2021 official pilot selections