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Carmen Curlers voted best European Series at La
Rochelle
WRITTEN BY:
ANNIKA PHAM
Carmen
Curlers voted best European Series at La Rochelle
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SEPTEMBER 2023
DR Drama’s
hit series is the first Nordic show to receive the top prize from the European
competition of the French TV drama festival which closed September 16.
Nordic
series were out in force at the 25th Festival de la Fiction de la Rochelle,
with five out of 10 titles vying for best European series - see our story -
Nordic series make up half of La Rochelle TV Festival European competition.
Carmen
Curlers’ coveted award from the oldest French TV drama festival, comes on top
of a flurry of national kudos at the Robert awards (including best series),
TVprisen, and a nomination at the 2023 Nordisk Film & TV Prize for writer
Mette Heeno.
DR Sales’
Camilla Maria Saasbye said due to the strong interest from French speaking
territories, her company is creating a French dub for Tele Quebec, RTBF &
BETV in Canada and Belgium. In France the AVOD platform 6Play from M6 Group
will be showing the series, but DR Sales is hope to close a deal with a major
French broadcaster, on the back of the top prize in La Rochelle.
DR Drama is
due to unveil season 2 of the Carmen Curlers’ saga mid-October.
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According
to Heeno, the returning season focuses on the booming business of the 60s
electric hair curlers, under the aegis of entrepreneur Axel Byvang and his
dynamic partner Birthe, and Axel’s dream to conquer America.
A total of
59 series were showcased at the 25th Festival de la Fiction de la Rochelle
where French industry delegates discussed the need to regulate the use of AI,
to both support the technology while protecting the rights of content creators.
The French TV industry celebrated the new signing of minimum salaries for
directors of drama series.
Among the
five Nordic series selected for the European competition, The Orchestra
produced by SAM Productions for DR received strong reviews in the French press
and is available on French pubcaster France Television's platform France.tv
from September 18.
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