Over 8 years, ScripTeast (ST) has developed a brand that has become widely respected across the audio-visual world, and particularly amongst the filmmakers, state founders, broadcasters, and VoD platforms in East Europe. The scheme was created, and is still managed, by experienced East European film and programme makers who have been active in the industry for over 20 years. Their philosophy has been to invite advisors from outside East Europe, and put them together with the very best writers from the countries we serve. This formula has proved very successful, as the ratio of films produced is one of the highest of any training scheme, and a testament to the quality of the people involved in it. Having secured its reputation, the ST team is now determined to consolidate its activities in developing the best East European feature film projects with a view to attracting international sales and extensive critical kudos. As well as this though, the time is right to extend and expand our operation to serve the burgeoning format of drama series, hence the inclusion of a second activity, STSeries, to complement the primary Film program. This is not just a whimsical attempt to jump on a bandwagon, but a carefully considered move to adapt to an evolving audio-visual landscape. It is clear that the old barriers between film and series have been broken down, with A list talent happily working in both formats, and audiences for foreign product rising dramatically in many countries. Indeed it is fair to say that the most challenging and sophisticated screenwriting is now to be found in the best adult oriented series, for TV and, increasingly, VoD. In order to serve the industry effectively, it is apposite for SE to ensure that Eastern Europe is able to participate in this burgeoning format constructively, by offering the best talent from the region the tools and support to develop innovative new series that will attract audiences locally and internationally.