The North Fork TV Festival celebrates the craft of television with top industry panels, artist development workshops, networking parties, and highly curated programming. The team behind the festival is dedicated to highlighting the best in independent TV from around the world for well-known industry talent, professionals, and engaged local audiences. The festival has had over 4,000 attendees, 60 million media impressions, and has been consistently featured in Variety Magazine.
Stars and showrunners in attendance in past festivals include: Kelsey Grammer, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher Meloni, Carrie Preston, Constance Wu, Aasif Mandvi, Bridget Moynahan, Richard Schiff, Jeremy Sisto, Chris McDonald, Abigail Hawk, Julie Klausner, Cat Greenleaf, Aida Turturro, Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling, Sarah Treem and Janine Sherman Barrois.
About the 2025 Independent TV Pilot & Script Competition
This year we are accepting submissions for independently produced TV pilots and scripts in all genres (drama, comedy, thriller, etc) . Our celebrated judges and selection committee will select projects that best reflect the spirit of independent storytelling to celebrate at the 2025 North Fork TV Festival. Winning pilots and scripts will be honored during the festival programming.
THE 2025 COMPETITION JUDGES & READERS
* JT Tsou, Producer | Writer, Producer & Director
* Kristine Patnugot | Screenwriter & TV Producer
* Todd Lituchy | Founder & CEO, New Media Vision
* Devin DiGonno | Producer
* Lindsay Alexa Maizel | Media & Entertainment Executive
* David Campbell | Executive Producer, Writer
* Mike Stern | Film and TV Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Actor
* Brooke Lubarsky | Producer, Content Creator
* Nick Lambrou | Producer, Writer
* Gabrielle Nicole Woods | Playwright, Screenwriter
* Cricket Leigh Alexander | Actor, Writer