After six days of screenings and meetings, the festival, for its 5th edition, also crowned best short series the Belgian production "Hacked" which addresses the theme of cyber-harassment in schools.
The juries rewarded very different works, proving, according to the artistic director of the festival, Albin Lewi, the "great variety" of the selected series.
“The Lesson”, a “societal phenomenon” in Israel according to Mr. Lewi, traces the repercussions of a political discussion which degenerates between a professor and his student, at a time when social networks and disinformation exacerbate tensions.
Maya Landsmann, who plays the heroine, received the prize for best performance.
In 2018, another Israeli series was crowned, "When heroes fly".
The touching Quebec "dramedy" "Audrey is back", about a woman emerging from a 16-year-old coma, received the Dior Grand Prix and the special interpretation prize.
The German science fiction series "Souls", where several temporalities collide, won the prizes for best screenplay, notably by Alex Eslam, and for best music.
The prize for high school students was finally awarded to the Norwegian series "Afterglow", a favorite of many festival-goers.
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