Arte receives four awards at the renowned series festival “Séries Mania” in Lille, including the two main prices “Great Prize” in the international competition for the Spanish series “Querer” by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa and the “Best French series” for “only 37 seconds” by Anne Landois and Sophie Kovess-Brun.
The series “The Deal” from Jean-Stéphane Bron and Alice Winocour, which was also represented in international competition, received a special mention for the “Best Screenplay”. In the competition of the short formats, the series El’sardines “was awarded a special mention by Zoulikha Tahar and Kaouther Adimi.
French competition – best French series
Only 37 seconds
A series by Anne Landois and Sophie Kovess-Brun /Frei True Events of the affair about the demise of the “Bugaled Breizh” /Director: Laure de Butler /With Nina Meurisse, Mathieu Demy, Jonas Bloquet, Anna Cervinka, Antonia Buresi, Pauline Briand, Pauline Serieys, Eric Pucheu, Marc, Marc Bodnar, Jonathan Turnbull, Léonie Simaga, Laurent Poitreneaux, Camille Japy /France 2024 /Arte France, Alba, Colette Productions and Shoot Again Productions
6×52 min
Already online arte.tv and on April 3rd and 10th at 9:40 p.m. in Arte
On January 15, 2004, the “Bugaled Breizh”, a Breton Trawler, dropped within 37 seconds south of the English coast – all five seafarers died. The sudden and inexplicable downfall is a shock for the environment of the seafarers. Families have the feeling that the authorities were toast the real background of the tragedy-on that day NATO submarines were on an exercise in the English Channel. Marie, the sister -in -law of a victim, becomes her spokeswoman and is looking for the long search for the truth. A series, according to the Bugaled Breiz case with Nina Meurisse and Mathieu Demy.
International competition – Grand Price
TO WANT
Probably in June 2025 on Arte and arte.tv
Serie von Alauda Ruiz de Azúa /Ideas und Drehbuch: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Eduard Sola, Júlia de Paz /Regie: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa /Mit: Nagore Aranburu, Pedro Casablanc, Miguel Bernardeau, Iván Pellicer, Loreto Mauleón /Spanien, 2024/Koprodukzione: Movistar Plus+ in Zusammenarbeit Mit Feelgood Media und Kowalski Films
4×50 min.
The 53-year-old Miren leaves the marital apartment without notice. She submits the divorce and sues her husband Inigo for sexual violence. Your two sons, Aitor, 31, and Jon, 20, are shocked, but do not take the same party. How can agreement be used in a relationship that has existed for over 30 years?
International competition – special mention “script”
THE DEAL
Eine Serie von Stéphane Bron und Alice Winocour/Autoren: Jean-Stéphane Bron, Eugène Rousse, Alice Winocour, Julien Lacombe, Stéphane Mitchell, Valentine Monteil/Regie: Jean-Stéphane Bron/Mit: Veerle Baetens, Juliet Stevenson, Arash Marandi, Anthony Azizi, Fenella Woolgar Alexander Behrang Keshtkar, Sam Crane, André Marcon, Unter Mitwirkung von Marthe Keller; Schweiz/ Frankreich 2024/ RTS- Radio Television Swiss, Arte France, Band apart films, Les Films Pelleas, Gaumont Television, Bidibul Productions, versus Production
6×46 min
Geneva, April 2015. Between the USA and Iran, which is suspected of secretly developing nuclear weapons, international negotiations begin under high tension. Alexandra Weiss, head of Switzerland’s diplomatic mission, tries to maintain the fragile balance between the parties tactating behind the scenes. The unexpected appearance of her past love Payam Sanjabi, an Iranian engineer whose life is threatened, makes her task even more difficult …
The series The Deal also received the “Buyers Choice Award” of the new program offer “Buyers Upfront” was awarded.
Competition short formats – special mention
The sardines
Expected in June 2025 arte.tvYouTube and Instagram
Author: Kaouther Adimi and Zoulikha Tahar/Director: Zoulikha Tahar/with: Meriem Amar, Dalila Nouar, Rabie Ouadjaout, Marwa Bakir, Lina Boumedine, Meriem Medjkane; France/Algeria 2024; Arte France, Fablabchannel and 2horloges
6 x 10 min.
Trouville at Oran. Six days before the wedding of her younger sister, the 30-year-old, unmarried marine biologist Zouzou does not manage to tell her family that she wants to go to a long expedition to pursue the hike of the sardines, who inexplicably left the Algerian waters. Will Zouzou between gossip over her single life, friendship crises, meetings at a psychotherapist hairdresser, family secrets and wedding preparations still start?
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