rewrite this title Korea’s ‘Doubt’ & Spain’s ‘Celeste’ Win Big at Italian Global Series Festival

Korean drama Doubt and Spanish comedy Celeste were the big winners at the inaugural Italian Global Series Festival‘s Maximo Awards last night.

Held under the stars at an outdoor closing ceremony in Riccione, Italy, the awards brought together shows and stars from around the world following a week of screenings and talks.

MBC drama Doubt, written by Han Ah-Young and starring Han Suk-Kyu, Chae Won-Bin, Han Ye-Ri, Roh Jae-Won, Yoon Kyung-Ho and Oh Yeon-Soo, took home the Best Series – International Competition, Drama award. Han Suk-kyu also won Best Actor in the drama competition.

Movistar Plus+ Spanish comedy thriller Celeste, from Diego San Josè and starring Carmen Machi, Andrea Bayardo, Manolo Solo and Clara Sansa, won Best Series – International Competition, Comedy. Marchi also won Best Actress in the comedy competition.

Ukrainian war drama The Train was awarded Best Series – International Competition, Limited Series.

IGSF is an updated incarnation of the Roma Fiction Fest, which ran annually for ten years until 2016. The Maximos, which IGSF Artistic Director Marco Spagnoli wants to establish as the Italian version of the Emmys, advocate for stronger recognition for the small screen. There have been ten world premieres over the eight-day event, which ended with the closing ceremony.

Other winners in the the drama competition category included a Best Director prize for Lisa Mulcahy for UK drama The Assassin, and a Best Actress award going to British actress Phyllis Logan for The Puzzle Lady.

The Special Jury Award in drama went Hidden Island, which is from showrunner and creator Paco Díaz del Río, and written by Felipe Carmona.

In the comedy competition Jury, Best Director went to Christopher Smith for UK, Ireland and Germany co-pro Video Nasty. Best Actor was handed to Ahmet Kural for Turkey’s Gassal and the comedy Special Jury Award went to UK series Douglas Is Cancelled, which was created, written and executive-produced by Steven Moffat and starring Hugh Bonneville, Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston and Ben Miles.

For the Limited Series Competition, Best Director went Lucy Gaffy for Australian, Canadian and Irish series Mix Tape, with Laure Calamy for French drama The Confidante and Matthew Gurney for UK series Reunion taking home the best Best Actress and Best Actor awards, respectively. The Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast was handed to Kabul,which has partners from France, Germany, Greece, Belgium and Italy and stars Gianmarco Saurino, Valentina Cervi, Shervin Alenabi and Eric Dane; written by Olivier Demangel, Thomas Finkelkraut and Joey Lavy.

The Italian winners of the Maximo SIAE series competition for best screenplays include L’Amica Geniale Season 4, which won Best Drama Script; Hanno Ucciso l’Uomo Ragno – La Leggendaria Storia Degli 883 for Best Comedy Script and Best Comedy Series; Storia Della Mia Famiglia’ for Best Mini Series Script; Questi Fantasmi! for Best TV Movie Screenplay; The Bad Guy Season 2 for Best Drama Series; L’arte della Gioia for Best Mini Series and Il Treno dei Bambini for Best TV Movie.

This year’s festival took place from June 23-28, with some special screenings taking place last weekend in Riccione and Rimini, Italy. The festival hosted a total of 61 series with productions from over 35 countries, including 33 series in the competitive strands, and presented the world premieres of 10 new shows.

It was organized and conceived by the APA (Audiovisual Producers Association) with support from the Ministry of Culture, Cinecittà, the Emilia-Romagna Region and the municipalities of Riccione and Rimini, with the contribution of SIAE, the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers and AGIS, providing the country with an ambitious new benchmark for contemporary television series.

Here’s a full list of the winners.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION – DRAMA BEST SERIES‘Doubt’ (South Korea), produced by Ascendio and Woodside, distributed by MBC.

BEST DIRECTORLisa Mulcahy for ‘The Assassin’ (UK, Germany, Australia, Greece), produced by All3Media International, Amazon Prime Video, Stan, Two Brothers Pictures, ZDF Mediathek, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Distributed by Amazon Prime Video.

BEST ACTRESSPhyllis Logan for ‘The Puzzle Lady’ (Germany, UK), produced by Channel Zero, December Films, Factual Fiction, Five Down Films, ZDF Studios. Distributed by Channel 5 Television, PBS Distribution, ZDF Enterprises.

BEST ACTORHan Suk-kyu for ‘Doubt’ (South Korea), produced by Ascendio e Woodside, distributed by MBC.

SPECIAL JURY AWARD‘Hidden Island’ (Cile), produced by Río Estudios and Filmo Estudios, distributed by Mega Global Entertainment.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION – COMEDYBEST SERIES‘Celeste’ (Spain), produced by 100 Balas and Movistar Plus+, distributed by Movistar Plus+.

BEST DIRECTORChristopher Smith for ‘Video Nasty’ (Ireland, UK, Germany), produced by Deadpan Pictures, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Three, Boat Rocker Studio, Coimisiún na Meán, Fis Éireann / Screen Ireland, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Northern Ireland Screen Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Virgin Media Television, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Distributed by ARD Mediathek, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Three, BBC iPlayer, Das Erste, NDR Fernsehen, Radio Bremen, SR Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen.

BEST ACTRESSCarmen Machi for ‘Celeste’ (Spain), produced by 100 Balas and Movistar Plus+, distributed by Movistar Plus+.

BEST ACTORAhmet Kural for ‘Gassal’ (Turkey), produced by Zera Medya, distributed by TRT for Tabii Platform.

SPECIAL JURY AWARD‘Douglas Is Cancelled’ (UK), produced by Hartswood Films and distributed by ITVX.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION – LIMITED SERIES BEST SERIES‘The Train’ (Ukraine), produced and distributed by Ukrainian Producers Hub

BEST DIRECTORLucy Gaffy for ‘Mix Tape’ (Australia, Canada, Ireland), produced by Subotica and Aquarius Films and distributed by Binge.

BEST ACTRESSLaure Calamy for ‘The Confidante’ (French), produced by Max, StudioFact Stories and June Films and distributed by Max.

BEST ACTORMatthew Gurney for ‘Reunion’ (UK), produced by BBC and Warp Films, distributed by BBC Studios.

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST ENSEMBLE CAST‘Kabul’ (France, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Italy), produced by Rai Fiction (in association with), Cinétévé, 2425 Films, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, New8, Blonde Audiovisual Productions, Cosmote TV, Panache Productions, LaCompagnie Cinématographique, Wallimage, France Télévisions, European Union – Production. Distributed by Mediawan Rights.

MAXIMO AWARDS – ITALIAN

BEST DRAMA SCRIPTElena Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci, Saverio Costanzo for L’Amica Geniale – Season 4Production: Fandango, The Apartment, Fremantle Italy, Wildside and Mowe, with support of Rai Fiction and HBO EntertainmentBroadcaster: RAI

BEST COMEDY SCRIPTChiara Laudani, Sydney Sibilia, Francesco Agostini, Giorgio Nerone for Hanno Ucciso l’Uomo Ragno – La Leggendaria Storia degli 883Production: Sky Studios and GreenlandBroadcaster: SKY

BEST MINI-SERIES SCRIPTFilippo Gravino, Elisa Dondi for Storia della Mia Famiglia Production: PalomarBroadcaster: NETFLIX

BEST TV MOVIE SCREENPLAYMassimo Gaudioso, Filippo Gili for Questi Fantasmi! Production: Picomedia in collaboration with Rai Fiction Broadcaster: RAI

BEST DRAMA SERIESThe Bad Guy – Season 2Production: Indigo Film, in co-production with Amazon MGM Studios Broadcaster: AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

BEST COMEDY SERIESHanno Ucciso l’Uomo Ragno – La Leggendaria Storia degli 883 Production: Sky Studios and GreenlandBroadcaster: SKY

BEST MINI-SERIESL’arte della GioiaProduction: HT Film, Sky Studios Broadcaster: SKY

BEST TV MOVIEIl Treno dei Bambini Production: Palomar Broadcaster: NETFLIX

BEST DRAMA DIRECTORLaura Bispuri for L’Amica Geniale – Season 4Production: Fandango, The Apartment, Fremantle Italy, Wildside and Mowe, with support of Rai Fiction and HBO EntertainmentBroadcaster: RAI

BEST COMEDY DIRECTORAlice Filippi, Francesco Capaldo, Sydney Sibilia for Hanno Ucciso l’Uomo Ragno – La Leggendaria Storia degli 883Production: Sky Studios and GreenlandBroadcaster: SKY

BEST DIRECTOR MINI-SERIESNicolangelo Gelormini, Valeria Golino for L’arte della Gioia Production: HT Film, Sky Studios Broadcaster: SKY

BEST TV MOVIE DIRECTORCristina Comencini for Il Treno dei Bambini Production: Palomar for Netflix Italy Broadcaster: NETFLIX

BEST DRAMA ACTRESSVanessa Scalera for Imma Tataranni – Sostituto Procuratore – Season 4 Production: Rai Fiction, IBC Movie and Rai ComBroadcaster: RAI

BEST COMEDY ACTRESSSilvia D’Amico for Piedone – Uno sbirro a Napoli Production: Titanus Production, Wildside, Sky Studios Broadcaster: SKY

BEST ACTRESS MINI-SERIESTecla Insolia for L’arte della GioiaProduction: HT Film, Sky Studios Broadcaster: SKY

BEST TV MOVIE ACTRESSBarbara Ronchi for Il Treno dei Bambini Production: Palomar for Netflix Italy Broadcaster: NETFLIX

BEST ACTOR DRAMALuigi Lo Cascio for The Bad Guy – Season 2Production: Indigo Film, in co-production with Amazon MGM Studios Broadcaster: AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

BEST ACTOR COMEDYMatteo Oscar Giuggioli for Hanno Ucciso l’Uomo Ragno – La Leggendaria Storia degli 883 Production: Sky Studios and GreenlandBroadcaster: SKY

BEST ACTOR MINI-SERIESLuca Marinelli for M – The Son of the CenturyProduction: Sky Studios, The Apartment, in co-production with Pathé, in association with Small Forward Productions, in collaboration with Fremantle and CINECITTÀ.Broadcaster: SKY

BEST ACTOR MOVIE TVMassimiliano Gallo for Questi Fantasmi! Production: Picomedia in collaboration with Rai Fiction Broadcaster: RAI