The Lille festival created Les Éclats, an event intended to reward the revelations of the past year. Both professionals and the public can vote. Verdict on December 13.
Faithful to its ambition to promote the series, Mania Series also focuses on the future by shining a spotlight on the work of young French talents. Beyond the awards awarded each year to the fictions in competition at the festival, it broadens the field of possibilities by encouraging professionals and the public to vote for the revelations of the year as part of the Éclats, an awards ceremony which will take place on December 13 in Paris.
Like Greek salad – where we recognize the talent of Cédric Klapisch in highlighting new generations of actors -, Bardot, Under control Or The Drops of God, cSome fiction was presented during the event last March. Others were shown at CanneSéries or La Rochelle. In all cases, the young talents selected represent, with a welcome eclecticism, traditional channels and platforms.
Online votes until November 30
In the Revelation actress category, are nominated Julia de Nunez For bardot (France 2), Fleur Geffrier, for Drops of God (Apple TV+), Ness Merad for Toulouse-Lautrec High School (TF1) and Megan Northam for Greek salad (Prime Video). Category Revelation actors, Sofian Khammes for BIS (Canal+), Théo Navarro Mussy for Irresistible (Disney+), Alyosha Schneider for Greek salad (Prime Video), Abraham Wapler for Caro Nostra (France.tv Slash).
On the other side of the camera, the scenario Revelations are: Judith Godinot and Hadrien Cousin for Aspergirl (OCS), Duong Dang-Thai and Corinne Garfin for Black Hearts (Prime Video), Maïté Sonnet and Giulia Volli for Daughters of Fire (France 2) and Charly Delwart for Under control (Arte). Revelations finally made with Louis Farge for Internal Kitchen (13th Street), Nikola Lange for Killer Coaster (Prime Video), Fanny Riedberger for Toulouse-Lautrec High School (TF1), and Mohamed Chabane and Théo Jourdain for ReuSSS (France.tv Slash).
Flower Geffrier in The Spies of Terror
Selected by the festival programming team and the editorial staff of the professional magazine French Film«the sixteen nominees, chosen for their promising career, were revealed in a French series whose first season was launched between November 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023», explains Séries Mania. The vote is therefore then distributed between audiovisual professionals and the public who will be able to make your choice online until November 30.
Many of these young talents have already been recognized by the industry for their current projects. Julia de Nunez received the Golden Nymph for the best international hopeful of the 62nd edition of the Monte Carlo Television Festival in June. Alyosha Schneider is in the credits of Everything is fine, the series by Camille de Castelnau (The Legends Office), alongside Virginie Efira and Sara Giraudeau, on Disney + on November 15. We are waiting for seasons 2 of Black hearts, BRI Or Toulouse Lautrec. After The Spies of Terror, with Rachida Brakhni and Vincent Elbaz for M6, Fleur Geffrier is filming Shores, with Thierry Godard, Guillaume Labbé and Jean-Marc Barr, a series for France 2… All hopes are already on their side!