"The Lesson", crowned best series at the CannesSeries festival

Season 05 of the Cannes International Series Festival closed its doors on Wednesday.

The long format jury, chaired by Fanny Herrero, and the short series jury, chaired by Anthony Horrovitz, have delivered their verdict.

“This list reflects our desire to promote the inventiveness and diversity of series and that they exploit all formats and all genres.

“, comments the artistic director of the festival, Albin Lewi

As for long series, the Israeli series

, one of

won two prizes, that of the best series and the interpretation prize for Maya Landsmann for her role as Lian, an impetuous 17-year-old high school student. years.

Two well-deserved awards for this series, which shows how, beyond depicting the explosive political reality in Israel, it is difficult to debate in the era of fake news and social networks.

“

was screened on the first day and we felt a craze in the room”, says the artistic director of CanneSeries.

I am particularly delighted for Maya Landsmann who is the first actress to return two editions in a row.

I hope this award will be a springboard for international because she is extremely talented, with crazy energy.

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The Quebec drama

, another favorite of

, also leaves with two prizes, that of the Grand Prix Dior and the special interpretation prize.

“These two prizes are awarded by the jury of the long format competition.

It's a crush given to an innovative series,” explains Albin Lewi.

The German production

, a high-end concept series where several temporalities collide, also won two prizes, that of the best screenplay and the best music.

The Belgian series "Hacked", crowned best short series

As for short series, the Belgian production

, a generational series that tells us intelligently and realistically about cyberbullying in schools, won the prize for best short series.

Rosalie Vaillancourt wins the Dior prize for revelation for her role in the French series

an offbeat parody of ultra-cliched teen shows.

The overwhelming Norwegian series

won the high school student prize for best long series, while

took home the student prize for best short series.

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