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Canneseries Awards: ’The Zweiflers,’ ‘Rather Burn’ Take Top Prizes


‘The Zweiflers,’ ‘Rather Burn,’ ‘Dumbsday’ and ‘DJ Mehdi: Made in France’ triumph at Canneseries

Created and showrun by David Hadda, the show picked up multiple awards at the French TV fest on Wednesday, including best series and music. Jurors Sofie Gråbøl, Amine Bouhafa, Alix Poisson, Olivier Abbou, Macarena García and Alice Braga also embraced their inner silliness, however, granting Norway another win following last year’s success of “Power Play.” In “Dumbsday,” awarded for Christopher Pahle’s screenplay, the zombie apocalypse is upon us. As for the rest [of results], I think they represent the diversity of the series that we have,” noted artistic director Albin Lewi, praising “The Zweiflers,” but also opening up about the edition that welcomed the likes of Kyle Maclachlan, Michael Douglas or Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, a Golden Globe winner for “Pose.”

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