Write it → Make it → Show it
Channel 101 is a community-driven non-profit film festival where the audience decides what gets made. Create a 5-minute pilot. Submit it. Let the audience vote. If they love it, you make more episodes. If they don't, you come back stronger.
Everyone in the world is invited to submit a Channel 101 pilot. Make the first episode of any kind of show you want—comedy, drama, horror, animation, documentary, whatever.
No longer than 5 MINUTES. Do not strive to fill 5 minutes. It can be five seconds long. 5 minutes is the absolute maximum.
Channel 101 is a monthly short film festival where filmmakers compete for a spot on our primetime lineup. But here's the twist: the audience decides everything.
Each month, a panel of current showrunners watches all submissions and selects their top five favorites. These five new pilots screen alongside new episodes of existing primetime shows at our live event (also livestreamed globally). Then the audience votes.
The top five shows with the most votes become the new primetime. That's it. No network executives. No focus groups. Just you, your show, and an audience that loves (or doesn't love) what you made.
Here's what you learn: How to fail. How to succeed. And finally, how there is no difference between the two. The only thing as bad as being told your pilot failed is being told your third episode was worse than your second. And the only thing as good as having the number one show is having a chance to come back with something new.
Based in Los Angeles but open to the world. Monthly screenings. Total creative freedom. Absolute audience accountability.