French Creators, Series Win Big At 5th Annual Marseille Web Fest

The winners from the 5th annual Marseille Web Fest are in. The largest international event in Europe dedicated to digital series, which took place on October 8 and 9, 2015, ultimately saw a variety of French-based creators and titles steal the show.

Led by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, the professional jury for Marseille Web Fest 2015 considered 25 different series hailing from ten different countries, including England, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, and Italy. Director and producer Brieuc de Goussencourt won the best director award for his work on the Belgian series Euh, which also received an award for best production thanks to Grizzly Films and RTBF Interactive. Charles Grenier won best editing for the French-Canadian series Feminin/Feminin. France’s Voix de Garage took home two awards for best original score and best actor (Patrick Azam), and another French series Paris, Un Jour De… won for best screenplay and for best actress (Baya Rehaz).

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In addition to these seven awards, the Marseille Web Fest also bestowed three special awards dubbed the Grand Jury Prize, the Coup de Coeur, and an innovation prize to three lucky web series. The Grand Jury Prize was given to Paris, Un Jour De…, which went home with three out of the ten total Marseille Web Fest awards this year. Festival partner and French SVOD company Canalplay awarded the Coup de Coeur award to Australia’s Low Life series. Finally, digital production company TreeCircle Media recognized the Italian series ELBA – Napoleon’s Legacy with the innovation prize and will provide the creators guidance on developing what a release calls a “dedicated platform” for the series’ distribution.

You can learn more about the Marseille Web Fest by visiting the event’s website.