Dominated by the charisma of Swedish-Lebanese lead Fares Fares, a “Westworld” co-star, “Partisan,” a Warner Bros.- production for Scandinavia’s Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) walked off Wednesday evening with best series at the 3rd Canneseries TV festival.
Due to play on Nent’s SVOD service Viaplay, the slow burning and unsettling Nordic Noir sees Fares Fares’ character, Johnny, accept a job at an closed gate organic food farm which is some kind of front for far more sinister activities.
Co-created by Amir Chandin and Fares and sold by Federation Entertainment, “Partisan” was part of a 10-title Canneseries competition which painted this year a fairly disturbing portrait of contemporary world.
“Although all the shows at Canneseries were made before Covid-19, they are still often very dark and often treat weighty social issues,” Albin Levi, Canneseries artistic director, told Variety.
Cannes’ special interpretation prize and student award went to the ensemble cast of “Red Light,...
Due to play on Nent’s SVOD service Viaplay, the slow burning and unsettling Nordic Noir sees Fares Fares’ character, Johnny, accept a job at an closed gate organic food farm which is some kind of front for far more sinister activities.
Co-created by Amir Chandin and Fares and sold by Federation Entertainment, “Partisan” was part of a 10-title Canneseries competition which painted this year a fairly disturbing portrait of contemporary world.
“Although all the shows at Canneseries were made before Covid-19, they are still often very dark and often treat weighty social issues,” Albin Levi, Canneseries artistic director, told Variety.
Cannes’ special interpretation prize and student award went to the ensemble cast of “Red Light,...
- 10/14/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The winners from the 5th annual Marseille Web Fest are in. The largest international event in Europe dedicated to digital series, which took place on October 8 and 9, 2015, ultimately saw a variety of French-based creators and titles steal the show.
Led by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, the professional jury for Marseille Web Fest 2015 considered 25 different series hailing from ten different countries, including England, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, and Italy. Director and producer Brieuc de Goussencourt won the best director award for his work on the Belgian series Euh, which also received an award for best production thanks to Grizzly Films and Rtbf Interactive. Charles Grenier won best editing for the French-Canadian series Feminin/Feminin. France’s Voix de Garage took home two awards for best original score and best actor (Patrick Azam), and another French series Paris, Un Jour De… won for best screenplay and for best actress (Baya Rehaz).
In addition to these seven awards,...
Led by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, the professional jury for Marseille Web Fest 2015 considered 25 different series hailing from ten different countries, including England, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, and Italy. Director and producer Brieuc de Goussencourt won the best director award for his work on the Belgian series Euh, which also received an award for best production thanks to Grizzly Films and Rtbf Interactive. Charles Grenier won best editing for the French-Canadian series Feminin/Feminin. France’s Voix de Garage took home two awards for best original score and best actor (Patrick Azam), and another French series Paris, Un Jour De… won for best screenplay and for best actress (Baya Rehaz).
In addition to these seven awards,...
- 10/27/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
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