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 the actor and humorist Mathieu Madénian.
The jury awarded the prize for best TV movie to Nobody’s child by France Télévisions, 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 went to My angel from 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 best 26-minute series. “Season 2 is even better than Season 1,” commented the jury.
The prize for the best comedy goes to Revenge at the triple gallop from Canal +, the hilarious parody of the soap Revenge with 2 faces by Alex Lutz and Arthur Sanigou, with Audrey Lamy, Leïla Bekhti, Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Gallienne to name a few.
The prize for the best European fiction was awarded to You don’t die between friends, a German adaptation of an Israeli black comedy.
Actress Marie Gillain wins the award for best female performance in To insanity, broadcast on M6, and that of the 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 unit: Nobody’s Child (France 2)
Best 52 minute series: My angel (TF1)
Best 26 minute series: Stalk season 2 (France.tv Slash)
Best series under 20 minutes: Patience my love (Arte)
Best Comedy: Vengeance at the Triple Gallop (Canal +)
Best European Fiction: You Don’t Die Among Friends (Germany)
Best Foreign Francophone Fiction: After (Quebec)
Best Direction: Rodolphe Tissot for Cleves (Arte)
Best screenplay: Eléonore Bauer and Guillaume Labbé for To insanity (M6)
Best Music: Paul Sabin for Stalk (France tv slash)
Best female interpretation: Marie Gillain for To insanity (M6)
Best Male Interpretation: Vincent Deniard for What are we going to do with Jacques? (Arte)
Young female hope Adami: Louisiana Governor for Cleves (Arte)
Young male hope Adami: Moncef Farfar, Yassine Chorfa, and Abdelmadjid Guemri for Nobody’s Child (France 2)
Charente-Maritime college student price: Detox (France Televisions)
Telestar Award for Best Fiction: Learn to love you (M6)