Series Mania Awards: Lili Reinhart Takes Best Actress as Spain Scores Historic Double With ‘Querer,’ ‘Celeste’
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LILLE, France — Lili Reinhart scored best actress for “Hal & Harper” at France’s Series Mania, Europe’s biggest TV festival, as its attendance figures went through the roof.
Meanwhile, Spain’s Movistar Plus+ scored a historic double, winning the top Grand Prize in main competition for Alauda Ruiz de Azua’s “Querer” and best series for Diego San José’s “Celeste,” co-produced with The Mediapro Studio, in the fest’s major sidebar.
Further top honors in main competition recognised a second series from a major female talent, Quebec’s Florence Longpré whose “Empathy” won Series Mania’s prestigious Audience Award.
Presided by Pamela Adlon, the main competition jury recognized most of the competition favourites also prizing veteran Israeli writers Moshe Zonder and Ronit Weiss Berkowitz for the screenplay of “The German” and Luca Marinelli for his tearaway performance as Benito Mussolini Joe Wright’s “M: Son Of The Century.” Festival attendance spiked 10,000 to already over 108,000 spectators by Friday afternoon.
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