The 2025 Series Mania is a television festival that took place from 21 to 28 March 2025 in Lille, France. The festival opened with French drama series Carême and closed with the fifth season of crime-comedy series HPI.[1]
The most prestigious award, Grand Prix, was presented to Spanish drama series Querer.[2]
Juries
The following juries were named for the festival.[3]
International Competition
French Competition
- Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese journalist, Jury President
- Ariane Kandilaptis, Belgian journalist
- Héctor Llanos Martinez, Spanish journalist
- Emil L. Mohr, Swedish journalist
- Joanna Orzechowska-Bonis, Polish journalist
International Panorama
- Lola Lafon, French writer, Jury President
- Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Latvian actor
- Casey Baron, American programmer
- Marie Colomb, French actress
- Kate Harwood, British television producer
- Camélia Jordana, French actress, Jury President
- Aaron Altaras, German actor
- Lisa Ambjörn, Swedish showrunner
- Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, French filmmaker
- Enora Hope, French actress
Official selection
Opening and closing series
| Title
|
Original title
|
Creator(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
Network
|
| Carême (opening series)
|
Ian Kelly, Davide Serino
|
France
|
Apple TV+
|
| HPI (season 5) (closing series)
|
Stéphane Carrié, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, Nicolas Jean
|
France
|
TF1
|
International Competition
The following series were selected to compete:[4]
| Title
|
Original title
|
Creator(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
Network
|
| The Deal
|
Jean-Stéphane Bron, Alice Winocour
|
Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg
|
RTS
|
| Empathy
|
Empathie
|
Florence Longpre
|
Canada
|
Crave
|
| Generations
|
Generationer
|
Anna Emma Haudal
|
Denmark
|
DR
|
| The German
|
Moshe Zonder, Assaf Gil, Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz
|
United States
|
Yes TV
|
| Hal & Harper
|
Cooper Raiff
|
United States
|
|
| Kabul
|
Olivier Demangel, Thomas Finkielkraut, Joé Lavy
|
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece
|
France Télévisions
|
| Long Bright River
|
Nikki Toscano, Liz Moore
|
United States
|
Peacock
|
| Mussolini: Son of the Century
|
M. Il figlio del secolo
|
—
|
France, Italy
|
Sky Atlantic
|
| Querer
|
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Eduard Sola, Júlia de Paz
|
Spain
|
Movistar Plus+
|
French Competition
| Title
|
Original title
|
Creator(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
Network
|
| 37 Seconds
|
37 secondes
|
Anne Landois, Sophie Kovess-Brun
|
France
|
Arte
|
| Annwyn – The Otherworld
|
Anaon
|
Bastien Dartois, Sylvain Caron, Elsa Vasseur
|
France
|
Prime Video, France Télévisions
|
| Clean
|
Claire Lemaréchal, Franck Philippon
|
France
|
M6
|
| Log Out
|
Intraçables
|
Ami Cohen, Raphaël Meyer
|
Switzerland, France
|
RTS
|
| Reformed
|
Le sens des choses
|
Noé Debré, Benjamin Charbit
|
France
|
Max
|
| The Rose Family
|
La famille rose
|
Tigran Rosine
|
France
|
Ciné+ OCS
|
International Panorama
| Title
|
Original title
|
Creator(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
Network
|
| Chef d'orchestre
|
Stéphane Lafleur, Joseph Marchand
|
Canada
|
Ici TOU.TV
|
| The Deep Dark Hole
|
Au fond du trou
|
Maxime Chamoux, Sylvain Gouverneur
|
France
|
Arte
|
| El'Sardines
|
—
|
Algeria, France
|
Arte.tv, TV5MondePlus
|
| Friendcast
|
Raphaël Marriq
|
France
|
|
| Moonbird
|
Adam Thompson, Nathan Maynard, Catherine Pettman
|
Australia
|
SBS
|
| One of Us Is Trembling
|
En af os ryster
|
—
|
Denmark
|
|
| T-Rex
|
Louis-Philippe Vachon
|
Canada
|
Télé-Québec
|
| Wingspan
|
Pedro Harres
|
Germany
|
|
Special Screenings
| Title
|
Original title
|
Creator(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
Network
|
| Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight
|
Astérix & Obélix: Le Combat des Chefs
|
Alain Chabat
|
France
|
Netflix
|
| Bref (season 2)
|
Kyan Khojandi
|
France
|
Disney+
|
| Charmed (1998)
|
Constance M. Burge
|
United States
|
The WB
|
| The Costa-Gavras Century
|
Le Siècle de Costa-Gavras
|
Edwy Plenel, Yannick Kergoat
|
France
|
|
| Fag Hag
|
Mariliendre
|
Javier Ferreiro
|
Spain
|
Atresplayer
|
| Fighter
|
Sunniva Sundby, Mari Bakke Riise
|
Norway
|
TV 2 Direkte
|
| Ghosts
|
Ghosts : Fantômes en héritage
|
—
|
France
|
Disney+, TF1
|
| Los Años Nuevos
|
Sara Cano, Paula Fabra, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
|
France, Spain
|
Movistar Plus+
|
| The Nanny (1993)
|
Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher
|
United States
|
CBS
|
| Parlement (season 4)
|
Parliement
|
Noé Debré
|
France, Belgium, Germany
|
France Télévisions
|
| Small Town, Big Story
|
Chris O'Dowd
|
United Kingdom
|
Sky Atlantic, Sky Max
|
| State of Alert
|
Menace Imminente
|
Leora Kamenetzky, David Dusa, Négar Djavadi
|
France
|
TF1
|
| Twin Peaks (1990)
|
Mark Frost, David Lynch
|
United States
|
ABC
|
| Regional Screenings
|
| Alma
|
Maud Carpentier, Fred Castadot, François Touwaide
|
Belgium
|
RTBF
|
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
|
David Lynch
|
United States
|
Awards
The following awards were presented at the festival:[5]
International Competition
French Competition
- Best Series: 37 Seconds
- Best Actress: Elsa Guedj for Reformed
- Best Actor: Arthur Dupont for The Rose Family
- Best Original Score: Log Out
International Panorama
- Best Series: One of Us Is Trembling
- High School Students from the Hauts-de-France Region Award: Wingspan
- Special Mention: El'Sardines
Audience Award
References
- ^ Leffler, Rebecca (13 February 2025). "Series Mania 2025 to open with France's 'Carême'; includes 26 world premieres". Screen International. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (8 April 2025). "Spain's Series Mania Winner 'Querer' Poses Terrifying Questions Around Consent & Justice". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (13 February 2025). "Amanda Seyfried, Pamela Adlon, James Norton & Sally Wainwright Set For Series Mania". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Balaga, Marta (13 February 2025). "Series Mania Reveals Lineup, Welcomes Pamela Adlon, Amanda Seyfried and 'Bold, Complex' Female Protagonists'". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (28 March 2025). "Spanish Marital Drama 'Querer' Wins Series Mania". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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