Danish drama The Uniform won Best Series and Italian prequel show Gomorrah – The Origins won Best Creation as the Monte Carlo TV Festival came to a close with this year’s Golden Nymphs awards and Kurt Russell being presented with his Crystal Nymph, the event’s highest honor.
Fadia was a big winner with a trio of awards spanning Best Film, Special Jury Prize and Best Actress for Yara Jarrar. Johannes Hegemann landed Best Actor for his role in German drag queen series Olivia. Lesley Manville, fresh off collecting her own award in the shape of a Tony for Oedipus, headed the Fiction Jury this time. U.S. drama PONIES, starring Emilia Clarke, landed the Public Prize.
All The Empty Rooms filmmaker Joshua Seftel was Chair of the jury for the factual categories. Into the Void: Putin’s Foreign Fighters, from UK pubcaster the BBC, won the Jury Special Prize.
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Former YouTube Originals topper Susanne Daniels was in town as chair of the Digital Jury, a whole new category at the Festival. South Korean project Next-Door Families – What Makes a Family? from broadcaster KBS & Yoo Kyung-Hyun landed Best Original Digital Creation.
Elsewhere, the Prince Rainier III Special Prize was won by Franco-Belgian doc PFAS, Our Forever Poisons.
The awards and Closing Ceremony brought the 65th edition of the Festival to a close. There was the usual mix of U.S. and European projects and talent in the principality, with Russell and Kristin Scott Thomas both being feted with a Crystal Nymph.
Over the course of proceedings, Scott Thomas told Deadline she is lining up her second directing project, Russell gave his take on The Madison and SEAL Team alum David Boreanaz told us about starring alongside his son in The Rockford Files reboot.
The third season of The Walking Dead: Dead City had opened proceedings, with showrunner and cast in town. Matthew Broome, star of My Fault: London, the UK remake of Culpa Mia, told us about the pressure of remaking the Spanish hit. Susanne Daniels dished on Cobra Kai and tipped YouTube, her former employer, to get back into original programming.
Check out the full list of award winners below.
FICTION
Best Film: Fadia — Cinema Virgin (Palestine & Israel)
Best Series: The Uniform — Miso Film (Denmark)
Best Creation: Gomorrah – The Origins — Sky Studios And Cattleya – Part Of ITV Studios (Italy)
Best Actress: Yara Jarrar — Fadia (Palestine & Israel)
Best Actor: Johannes Hegemann — Olivia (Germany)
Jury Special Prize: Fadia — Cinema Virgin (Palestine & Israel)
Public Prize: Ponies — Universal Television, A Division Of Universal Studio Group (USA)
FEATURE REPORTS & NEWS
Best Social or Cultural Feature Report: Mission Investigate: The Hunt — Sveriges Television (Sweden)
Best Geopolitical or Conflict Feature Report: La Guerre, Donald Trump et nous — Une Coproduction Elephant Et Mile Production in Coproduction with France Télévisions (France)
Jury Special Prize: Into the Void: Putin’s Foreign Fighters — BBC (United Kingdom)
DIGITAL
Best Original Digital Creation: Next-Door Families – What Makes a Family? — KBS & Yoo Kyung-Hyun (Republic of Korea)
Best Documentary Digital Format: La face cachée de l’aéroport CDG la nuit — OK Charlotte (France)
SPECIAL PRIZES
PRINCE RAINIER III SPECIAL PRIZE: PFAS, Our Forever Poisons — Brotherfilms & Dancing Dog Productions (France & Belgium)
AMADE Prize: Child Protection: The Scandal of Minors in Prostitution — Dreamway (France)
Monaco Red Cross Prize: The Voice of Hind Rajab — Mime Films & Tanit Films (Tunisia & France)
