Serial Killer festival of TV and online series kicks off in Brno

The sixth edition of Serial Killer, an international competition festival of television and web series, got underway in Brno on Tuesday night. The annual event was launched with the screening of a new Czech comedy series called Bananas, based on the discovery of a haul of cocaine in crates of bananas in a Czech supermarket, produced by Prima TV.

This year’s edition of Serial Killer focuses on series produced in Finland, bringing in more than three dozen Finnish TV professionals, along with key personalities of the local TV market.

For the first time this year, a TV series from Slovakia – The Winner – directed by Czech director Jan Hřebejk for SkyShowtime will compete for the title of Best Series from Central and Eastern Europe.