September 2,2021 “Given the fantastic response we have received the last few days, we can say with certainty Series Mania was a tremendous success and far exceeded our expectations. Our numbers speak for themselves: we had over 54,000 participants as part of the Series Mania Festival, and for the Series Mania Forum, the in-person event had a total of 2,100 participants, with over 400 online registrations, which combined for a total 2500 participants from 66 different countries, and 50,000 visits on the platform,” commented Herszberg. “Additionally, we are delighted to announce that two of our big winners tonight, ‘Blackport’ and ‘The Last Socialist Artefact’, were originally pitched at our Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, once again reinforcing the fact that Series Mania is the place ‘where series begin’.” INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION > Grand prize: BLACKPORT (Iceland) > Best Actress: MARIE REUTHER for Kamikaze (Denmark) > Best Actor: an ensemble prize to ITAMAR ROTSCHILD, ORR AMRAMI and SHMUEL VILOZNI for The Echo of your Voice (Israel) INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA > Best Series: THE LAST SOCIALIST ARTEFACT (Croatia) > Special Jury Prize: VIDA DE COLORES (Colombia) > Best Series - Student Award: WE ARE LADY PARTS (United Kingdom) FRENCH COMPETITION > Best Series: JEUNE ET GOLRI > Best Actress : ARIANE LABED for L'Opéra > Best Actor : DANIEL NJO LOBÉ for The Code > Best Music : PIERRE LEROUX (Pierre III) for Jeune et Golri COMEDY COMPETITION > Best Series: FISK (Australia) SHORT FORMS COMPETITION. > Best Series: SOMETHING UNDONE (Canada) AUDIENCE AWARD > GERMINAL (France)
