Arte’s Franco-Iranian web series Happiness has won the audience award at Seriencamp, while the Cologne fest has reported record attendance.
Happiness, which featured as a Deadline Global Breakout earlier this month and launches its second season in two weeks, centers on an Iranian student who moves to Paris and received a five-minute standing ovation in Cologne earlier this week. Our Breakout section called the show from Pouria Takavar a reminder that teenhood is universal.
Happiness beat off competition from second place The Flaws, an absurdist comedy for ZDF that won the official competition award. In third was Club Der Roten Bänder – Die Neue Generation.
Meanwhile, Channel 4 drama Trespasses starring Gillian Anderson took home the critics’ choice award. The Louise Kennedy adaptation aired earlier this year. The €50,000 ($57,800) European Series Development Award went to political thriller Radio Free Europe.
Seriencamp had record attendance this year, the fest announced, with around 1,000 accredited attendees and 4,000 festival guests.
Speakers included Deadline’s German TV Disruptor award winner Anke Greifeneder, Halo showrunner Steven Kane and Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley. Shows premiering included Helena Zengel-starrer Westend Girl and ZDF’s All Heroes Are Bastards.
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