PARIS -- ABC series "Pushing Daisies" blossomed at the 21st annual Reims International TV Festival, taking the prize for best series as the five-day event wrapped in the Northern French town Sunday.
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the first two episodes of the popular series about a pie-maker with the ability to bring the dead back to life won over the nine-strong jury led by director/screenwriter/playwright Nina Companeez.
The eccentric dramedy also captured the hearts of a special public jury who gave the series the TeleObs.com prize for best series. "Pushing Daisies" is set to air on French pay TV network Canal Plus in the coming months.
Marc Munden's Iraq war drama "The Mark of Cain", broadcast on the U.K.'s Channel 4, was awarded the Claude Santelli prize for best TV movie. The film's stars Gerard Kearns and Matthew McNulty, shared the best actor prize for their roles in the critically acclaimed TV movie and director Munden was given a special "Groupe 25 Images" prize for his filmmaking.
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the first two episodes of the popular series about a pie-maker with the ability to bring the dead back to life won over the nine-strong jury led by director/screenwriter/playwright Nina Companeez.
The eccentric dramedy also captured the hearts of a special public jury who gave the series the TeleObs.com prize for best series. "Pushing Daisies" is set to air on French pay TV network Canal Plus in the coming months.
Marc Munden's Iraq war drama "The Mark of Cain", broadcast on the U.K.'s Channel 4, was awarded the Claude Santelli prize for best TV movie. The film's stars Gerard Kearns and Matthew McNulty, shared the best actor prize for their roles in the critically acclaimed TV movie and director Munden was given a special "Groupe 25 Images" prize for his filmmaking.
- 3/31/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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