The U.K. dramedy Alice and Steve emerged as the big winner at this year’s Canneseries, taking the top prize for best series and anchoring a strong showing across the board at the French TV festival’s ninth edition.
Created by Sophie Goodhart and produced by Clerkenwell Films, the series — which had its world premiere at the festival — also picked up the High School Award and a special jury nod for its ensemble cast, underlining its broad appeal with both juries and younger audiences. Starring Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement, the show was one of the buzziest titles on the Croisette this week.
The awards were handed out Tuesday evening at the Palais des Festivals following several days of screenings and industry events, with juries across the main, short-form and documentary competitions delivering a geographically diverse winners list.
In the performance category, Finnish actor Roosa Söderholm was singled out for her role in Guts, a Finland-Slovenia co-production, while Spain’s I Always Sometimes earned the best screenplay award for writers Marta Bassols, Marta Loza and Almudena Monzú.
Belgium scored two major wins, with Boho taking best short form series and The Deal With Iran winning best docuseries. Sweden’s Summer of 1985 claimed the best music prize for composer Jonas Wikstrand.
Elsewhere, the student jury awarded Austrian-German co-production Sheep, while French titles dominated the audience-facing prizes, with Empathie winning the Europe 1 Audience Award and Plaine Orientale taking the Air France Travelers’ Choice Award.
The ceremony marked the close of Canneseries’ ninth season.
Best Series
Alice and Steve Clerkenwell Films/Disney+ (United Kingdom)
Best Short Form Series
Boho jonnydepony/Streamz (Belgium)
Best Docuseries
The Deal With Iran Diplodokus/VRT canvas (Belgium)
Best Performance
Roosa Söderholm – Guts Just Republic/YLE (Finland/Slovenia)
Special Interpretation Award
Ensemble Cast – Alice and Steve Clerkenwell Films/Disney+ (United Kingdom)
Best Screenplay
Marta Bassols, Marta Loza, Almudena Monzú – I Always Sometimes Movistar Plus+ & Suma Content/Movistar Plus+ (Spain)
Best Music
Summer of 1985 Media Res Studio/SVT (Sweden)
High School Award
Alice and Steve Clerkenwell Films/Disney+ (United Kingdom)
Student Award
Sheep Horse&Fruits Filmproduktion/ZDF, ORF (Austria/Germany)
Europe 1 Audience Award
Empathie (France)
Air France Travelers’ Choice Award
Plaine Orientale (France)
