2025 Series Mania
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| Location | Lille, France |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Festival date | 21–28 March 2025 |
| Website | seriesmania |
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]
International Competition
The following juries were named for the festival.[3]
- Pamela Adlon, American actress, Jury President
- Victor Le Masne, French composer
- Ignacio Serricchio, Argentinian-American actor
- Minkie Spiro, British director
- Karin Viard, French actress
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
Short Forms Competition
- 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 | N/a | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At the End of the Night | در انتهای شب | Ida Panahandeh, Arsalan Amiri | Iran | Filmnet |
| Celeste | Diego San José | Spain | Movistar Plus+ | |
| The Danish Woman | Danska konan | Benedikt Erlingsson | Iceland, France | RÚV |
| Family Matters | 가족계획 | Kim Jung-min | South Korea | Coupang Play |
| A Life's Worth | N/a | Sweden, France | Viaplay | |
| Putain | Zwangere Guy, Frederik Daem | Belgium | Streamz | |
| Raul Seixas: Let Me Sing | Raul Seixas: Eu sou | Paulo Morelli, Pedro Morelli | Brazil | Globoplay |
| Requiem for Selina | Rekviem for Selina | Emmeline Berglund | Norway | NRK |
| Reunion | William Mager | United Kingdom | BBC | |
| What It Feels Like for a Girl | Paris Lees | United Kingdom | BBC | |
Short Forms Competition
| 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 | N/a | 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 | N/a | 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 | N/a | 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 | ||