The award ceremony featured a panel of judges chaired by MMA legend Georges St-Pierre, and composed of Arthur Bauchet, Robert Colle, Stéphane Le Goff, Eliaquim Mangala, Michael Payne, Sarah Ourahmoune and Philippe Sella.
The eight-part show will be created by Frédéric Rosset, produced by Antoine Szymalka for La Pepiniere and co-produced by Emmanuel Dauce for Tetra Media Fiction.
“The Squid Game” success has sparked debate over IP rights and whether it is good for local productions to place content rights into the hands of global streamers like Netflix, a topic aborded by K7 Media in its latest report.
Based on playwright Stefano Massini, the series will be executive produced by Lorenzo Mieli (The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company) and Domenico Procacci (Fandango) alongside award-winning filmmaker Florian Zeller.