Berlinale Series Award Jury Trio Predict TV Awards Could Soon Rival Film At Major Festivals
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Members of the first ever Berlinale Series Award jury have predicted that TV awards could soon rival film at the world’s major festivals.
Former Yes Studios boss Danna Stern, Moonlight star André Holland and Danish writer Mette Heeno sat down with Deadline on day one of the Series Market – the TV section of the European Film Market – to discuss their role choosing the debut Berlinale Series Award winner, which is the first ever TV series award at an A-list festival.
They forecasted more recognition for the small screen in the not-too-distant future. “I have been doing international TV for years and the fact that an A-list festival is finally recognizing us and putting us at the same level as big budget films and filmmakers is really special,” said Stern. “I hope [other festivals] will follow suit.” Stern said the “time feels right” for TV to be put in the same category as film.
If the move had been made a decade earlier, she posited it would have been too early, but the Covid-19 pandemic unleashed a wave of top-quality global TV content.
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