The 23rd edition of the La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival has closed its doors.
The jury, chaired by Guillaume de Tonquédec, awarded 15 prizes on Saturday, among the 42 works in official competition, during a closing ceremony presented by actor and humorist Mathieu Madénian.
The jury awarded the prize for best TV movie to
The Child of Person
of France Televisions, with Isabelle Carré.
It traces the story of Lyes, a child torn from his foster mother who welcomed him as a baby.
The child finds himself delivered to the violence of the homes.
The prize for the best 52-minute series was awarded to
Mon ange
de TF1, worn by Muriel Robin and Marilou Berry, which tells the story of a mother's fight to find her daughter who disappeared several years ago.
Season 2 of
Stalk
, which will soon be available on France.tv Slash, on the world of hacking, was distinguished as the best 26-minute series.
“Season 2 is even better than Season 1,” commented the jury.
The prize for best comedy goes to
La vengeance au triple gallop
from Canal +, the hilarious parody of the soap
La Vengeance aux 2 visages
by Alex Lutz and Arthur Sanigou, with Audrey Lamy, Leïla Bekhti, Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Gallienne to name one than them.
The prize for best European fiction went to
You don't die between friends
, a German adaptation of an Israeli black comedy.
Actress Marie Gillain won the prize for best female interpretation in
A la folie
, broadcast on M6, and that for best male interpretation went to Vincent Deniard for
What are we going to do with Jacques?
on Arte.
After a 2020 edition relocated to Paris due to the health crisis, the great meeting place for fans of fiction and professionals has returned to the city of La Rochelle.
On the sidelines of the competition, the festival offered anticipated previews, such as the big cartridge of TF1, A French Affair on the Grégory Affair or Elementary Particles (France Télévisions), an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Michel Houellebecq.
The complete list
Best unitary:
Person's Child
(France 2)
Best 52 minutes series:
Mon Ange
(TF1)
Best 26 minutes series:
Stalk
season 2 (France.tv Slash)
Best series under 20 minutes:
Patience mon amour
(Arte)
Best Comedy:
La Vengeance au triple gallop
(Canal +)
Best European Fiction:
You Don't Die Among Friends
(Germany)
Best Foreign Francophone Fiction:
Après
(Quebec)
Best Direction: Rodolphe Tissot for
Clèves
(Arte)
Best screenplay: Eléonore Bauer and Guillaume Labbé for
A la folie
(M6)
Best Music: Paul Sabin for
Stalk
(France tv slash)
Best female interpretation: Marie Gillain for
A la folie
(M6)
Best male interpretation: Vincent Deniard for
What are we going to do with Jacques?
(Arte)
Young female hope Adami: Louisiana Governor for
Clèves
(Arte)
Young male hope Adami: Moncef Farfar, Yassine Chorfa, and Abdelmadjid Guemri for
The Child of Person
(France 2)
Charente-Maritime college student
prize
:
Détox
(France Télévisions)
Telestar Award for Best Fiction:
Learning to Love You
(M6)
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