The 2025

Series Mania Series Mania () is an international festival dedicated to television series, held annually in Lille, France. It is the largest TV series event in Europe and an important premiere platform. ''Series Mania'' comprises an institute of the same name ...

is a television festival that took place from 21 to 28 March 2025 in

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

, France. The festival opened with French drama series '' Carême'' and closed with the fifth season of crime-comedy series '' HPI''. The most prestigious award, Grand Prix, was presented to Spanish drama series ''

Querer ''Querer'' is a 2024 Spanish drama television miniseries co-created, co-written, and directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa. It stars Nagore Aranburu, Pedro Casablanc, Miguel Bernardeau, Iván Pellicer, and Loreto Mauleón. Plot After thirty years o ...

''.

Juries

The following juries were named for the festival.

International Competition

Pamela Adlon Pamela Adlon ( ; ; born July 9, 1966) is an American-British actress. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in '' Ju ...

, American actress, Jury President * Victor Le Masne, French composer *

Ignacio Serricchio Ignacio Ariel Serricchio (born April 19, 1982) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar on ''General Hospital'' and as Alejandro "Alex" Chavez on ''The Young and the Restless''. Other roles include Lifetime's '' Witches ...

, Argentinian-American actor *

Minkie Spiro Minkie Spiro is a British cinema and TV Director and Executive Producer. Career Minkie Spiro is the daughter of Robin and Nitza Spiro. Her father is an ex-member of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. The spouses co-founded the Spiro Ark, a reno ...

, British director *

Karin Viard Karin Viard (; born 24 January 1966) is a French actress. She made her film debut in '' Tatie Danielle'' in 1990. She has appeared in films such as ''Delicatessen'', '' L'Emploi du temps'', ''Adultère, mode d'emploi'' and ''La parenthèse encha ...

, 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 Kate Harwood is a British television producer. She became managing director of the revived Euston Films in summer 2014. Early life Kate graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts in 1981 before becoming an ...

, British television producer

Short Forms Competition

Camélia Jordana Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French pop singer. She rose to fame after participating in the television show ''Nouvelle Star'', the French version of ''Pop Idol'', in 2009, where she placed Nouvelle Star#Awards by season ...

, French actress, Jury President *

Aaron Altaras Aaron Altaras (born 21 November 1995) is a German actor. Altaras was born in Berlin, the son of Adriana Altaras and Wolfgang Böhmer. Altaras' mother, a Croatian Jew, was forced to escape Croatia with her parents, Jakob and Thea Altaras, beca ...

, German actor *Lisa Ambjörn, Swedish showrunner *Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, French filmmaker *Enora Hope, French actress

Official selection

Opening and closing series

International Competition

The following series were selected to compete:

French Competition

International Panorama

Short Forms Competition

Special Screenings

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:

International Competition

*Grand Prix: ''

'' *Best Actress:

Lili Reinhart Lili Pauline Reinhart (born September 13, 1996) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Betty Cooper on the CW teen drama series '' Riverdale'' (2017–2023). She has also starred in the crime drama film '' Hustlers'' (2019) a ...

for ''

Hal & Harper ''Hal & Harper'' is a 2025 American comedy drama television series created, written, and directed by Cooper Raiff and starring Raiff, Mark Ruffalo, and Lili Reinhart. It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2 ...

'' *Best Actor:

Luca Marinelli Luca Marinelli (born 22 October 1984) is an Italian actor. He is best known for the roles of Mattia in '' The Solitude of Prime Numbers'' (2010), Guido in '' Every Blessed Day'' (2012), Andrea in '' The Great Beauty'' (2013), Cesare in '' Don't ...

for '' Mussolini: Son of the Century'' *Best Writing: ''The German'' **Special Mention – Writing: ''The Deal''

French Competition

*Best Series: ''37 Seconds'' *Best Actress: Elsa Guedj for ''Reformed'' *Best Actor:

Arthur Dupont Arthur Dupont (born 1985) is a French actor. He was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France. Career In 2006, he starred in ''Chacun sa nuit'' (One to another) directed by Jean Marc Barr, alongside Lizzie Brocheré and Karl E. Landler. ...

for ''The Rose Family'' *Best Original Score: ''Log Out''

International Panorama

*Best Series: ''

Celeste Celeste may refer to: Geography * Mount Celeste, unofficial name of a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada * Celeste, Texas, a rural city in North Texas ** Celeste High School, public high school located in the city of Celes ...

'' *Best Actress:

Carmen Machi María del Carmen Machi Arroyo (born 7 January 1963) is a Spanish actress. She become popular for her role as Aída in the television series ''7 vidas'' and ''Aída''. Biography María del Carmen Machi Arroyo was born on 7 January 1963 in Madr ...

for ''

'' *Best Actor: Matthew Gurney for '' Reunion'' *Best Directing: ''

At the End of the Night ''At the End of the Night'' () is a 2003 Italian drama film directed by Salvatore Piscicelli. Cast *Ennio Fantastichini: Bruno *Ida Di Benedetto: Aunt Celeste *Stefania Orsola Garello: Fiamma * Anna Ammirati: Bruno's lover *Roberto Herlitzka: ...

'' *Student Award: ''Requiem for Selina'' *Special Mention: ''Putain''

Short Forms Competition

*Best Series: ''One of Us Is Trembling'' *High School Students from the Hauts-de-France Region Award: ''Wingspan'' *Special Mention: ''El'Sardines''

Audience Award

*Audience Award: ''Empathy''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Series Mania, 2025 2025 in French television 2025 festivals in Europe