HBO’s Francesca Orsi Given Series Mania Award; ‘The Whirlpool’; Banijay Launch Winners; British Animation Awards – Global Briefs
deadline.comFrancesca Orsi Wins Series Mania Award HBO programing boss Francesca Orsi is to be awarded Series Mania’s Woman In Series Award and will take the stage with Bad Wolf CEO Jane Tranter at the Lille confab later this month.
Orsi, whose slate has included the likes of The Last of Us, The White Lotus and Euphoria, along with Bad Wolf-made shows such as Industry, will speak about her career and the industry during the Tranter chat.
She is one of the biggest draws for the Lille event, which takes place in two weeks and is featuring the likes of Patricia Arquette and Narcos showrunner Chris Brancato. “Awarding Francesca Orsi with this award for 2024 was an easy decision and an obvious choice for us,” said Laurence Herszberg, Series Mania founder. “Francesca is a true leader and I am incredibly honored to be presenting her with our award this year.” Last year’s award went to It’s a Sin exec Nicola Shindler. Black Mandala Takes On ‘The Whirlpool’ EXCLUSIVE: Black Mandala has picked up Denis Kruchkov horror The Whirlpool for international distribution.
The Radragon-produced movie will launch in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, U.S., Canada and the UK/Ireland following the deal, which was struck at EFM.
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