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Content Innovation Awards
18 October 2023
Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France

The Awards

Browse the 2023 shortlist & winners below

Meet our 2023 Shortlist & Winners

Best Animated Kids Programme

  • Builder Brothers Dream Factory | Sinking Ship Entertainment, Scott Brothers Entertainment and Nelvana Enterprises for Treehouse
  • Cracké Family Scramble | Productions Squeeze
  • Mechamato The Animated Series | MONSTA and Jetpack Distribution for Cartoon Network, Netflix, Amazon
  • Pip and Posy | Magic Light Pictures for Sky Television, Channel 5, ZDF
  • Supertato | BBC Studios Kids & Family, BBC Children’s & Education and Tencent Video Productions
  • The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe – Season 1| Hanna Barbera Studios Europe Production Team and Warner Brothers Discovery for Cartoon Network

WINNER

  • Pip and Posy | Magic Light Pictures for Sky Television, Channel 5, ZDF

Best Live Action Kids Programme

  • Ghostwriter | Sinking Ship Entertainment, Sesame Workshop and Apple TV+ for Apple TV+
  • Ginayei | Somos Productions / Piñolywood studios and Somos Distribution for Disney+
  • Jane | Sinking Ship Entertainment and Apple TV+ for Apple TV+
  • Meet the McQueens | Big Little Fish TV for CBBC
  • Reu & Harper’s Wonder World | Doc Hearts Ltd for Channel 5
  • Tab Time | Kids At Play and Tabitha Brown for YouTube Originals

WINNER

  • Ghostwriter | Sinking Ship Entertainment, Sesame Workshop and Apple TV+ for Apple TV+

NEW: Best Live Action Kids Drama

  • Macy Murdoch | Shaftesbury for CBC Gem
  • Phoenix Rise | BBC Studios Kids & Family and Sinking Ship Entertainment
  • Ruby and the Well | Shaftesbury in association with BYUtv and Family, a WildBrain network and BYUtv (US), WildBrain (Global) for BYUtv, Family Channel
  • The Argonauts and the Gold Coin | RTVE & Portocabo for Clan
  • Three | Ananey Studios; Executive producers: Orly Atlas-Katz, Osnat Saraga, Shirly Oran; Created by Michal Cooper-Keren and Lior Yaron in association with Beta for HOT

WINNER

  • Ruby and the Well | Shaftesbury in association with BYUtv and Family, a WildBrain network and BYUtv (US), WildBrain (Global) for BYUtv, Family Channel

NEW: Multi-brand FAST Channel of the Year

  • MyPadel TV
  • Pluto TV Kids Ukraine Channel | Pluto TV
  • TENNIS CHANNEL | TENNIS CHANNEL INTERNATIONAL and TENNIS CHANNEL INC.
  • Vevo
  • wedo Big Stories | BIG MEDIA and wedotv

WINNER

  • Pluto TV Kids Ukraine Channel | Pluto TV

NEW: Single-brand FAST Channel of the Year

  • American Pickers | Cineflix Productions and Cineflix Rights for Pluto TV
  • Baywatch | Fremantle
  • BBC Top Gear | BBC Studios
  • Gardening with Monty Don | All3Media International
  • The Jamie Oliver Channel | Jamie Oliver Productions and Fremantle
  • 5-Minute Crafts | TheSoul Publishing

WINNER

  • The Jamie Oliver Channel | Jamie Oliver Productions and Fremantle

NEW: The Representation & Inclusion Award - Scripted

  • Crush, the story of Tamina | RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana and STAND BY ME
  • Hudson & Rex | Shaftesbury and Pope Productions Ltd. in association with Citytv and Beta Film GmbH for Citytv
  • Leo's world | Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana and Brand-Cross srl and Mondo TV
  • One of us | Habanita Federation and Federation International for TF1
  • Ralph & Katie | ITV Studios & Keshet UK for BBC1
  • Sort Of | Sphere Media and Abacus Media Rights
  • Wreck | Euston Films (a Fremantle label) for BBC Three


WINNER

  • Sort Of | Sphere Media and Abacus Media Rights

NEW: The Representation & Inclusion Award - Unscripted

  • The Australian Wars | Rachel Perkins, Darren Dale, Jacob Hickey and ABC Commercial for Special Broadcasting Service
  • Gusto TV | Chris Knight and Gusto Worldwide Media for Gusto TV
  • Inside Our Autistic Minds | BBC Studios
  • Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne | Naked (a Fremantle label) and Milkshake Productions for Hulu and BBC Three
  • Reaching the Dreams | Fremantle Finland for Yle TV2 and Yle Areena
  • Scared Of The Dark | MultiStory Media and ITV Studios for Channel 4
  • The Swap | Southern Pictures for Special Broadcasting Service
  • World of Wonder Productions | WOW Presents Plus

WINNER

  • The Australian Wars | Rachel Perkins, Darren Dale, Jacob Hickey and ABC Commercial for Special Broadcasting Service

NEW: Best True Crime Series

  • Becoming Ian Brady | Woodcut Media and Abacus Media Rights for Amazon Prime
  • Brothers in Arms | Protagonist by M for Mediacorp Channel News Asia
  • CIDADE ALERTA EM SERIE- CASO LARA | Rádio e televisão Record SA
  • Murder in the Red Light | Woodcut Media and Abacus Media Rights for Amazon
  • Linchamentos | Record TV and PlayPlus

WINNER

  • Murder in the Red Light | Woodcut Media and Abacus Media Rights for Amazon

NEW: Best New Scripted Series Based on a True Story

  • Exterior Night | Rai, The Apartment (a company of the Fremantle group), Kavac Film, co-produced with ARTE France and Fremantle
  • Last King of the Cross | Helium and Cineflix Rights for Paramount + (Australia)
  • Marie Antoinette | A CANAL+ Creation Originale Produced by CAPA Drama, Banijay Studios France and Les Gens distributed by Banijay Rights
  • Maxine | Clapperboard Studios and Channel 5
  • Rogue Heroes | A Kudos and Nebulastar Production distributed by Banijay Rights
  • Royal Mob | Tom Stubberfield, Ben Goold, Jane Root and eOne

WINNER

  • Rogue Heroes | A Kudos and Nebulastar Production distributed by Banijay Rights

NEW: Best New Scripted Series Non-English Language

  • Bosé | Shine Iberia and Elefantec Global and Legacy Rock for VIS/Paramount+ / SkyShowtime
  • Childhood Dreams | Topkapi Films distributed by Banijay Rights
  • Indefensible | Pixcom for TVA, distributed by Calinos Entertainment
  • MOTEL VALKIRIAS | Coproduced by CTV & SPi and Onza Distribution for RTP; TVG; HBO Max (Spain & Portugal)
  • Rana Naidu | Locomotive Global and Paramount Global Content Distribution for Netflix India
  • Rebooting | Reina Oda and Nippon TV
  • Señorita 89 | Fabula and Fremantle for Pantaya and Starzplay

WINNER

  • Rebooting | Reina Oda and Nippon TV

Best New Scripted Series

  • Beyond Paradise | Red Planet Pictures and BBC Studios for BBC One
  • Crossfire | Dancing Ledge Productions (a Fremantle label) and Buddy Club Productions for BBC One
  • Everyone Else Burns | Jax Media and Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group for Channel 4
  • Little Bird | Rezolution Pictures and OP Little Bird for Bell Media and APTN
  • Reginald the Vampire | Cineflix Studios, Great Pacific Media, Modern Story, December Films and Cineflix Rights for SYFY (US)
  • Riches | Greenacre Films distributed by Banijay Rights
  • Safe Home | Kindling Pictures and Banijay Rights for Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
  • SisterS | Peer Pressure and Shaftesbury in Association with Mermade and Gaze Pictures and Fremantle, RTÉ, IFC, Bell Media for Crave, Sundance Now
  • The Gone | Kingfisher Films & Keeper Pictures in association with Southern Light Films and Red Arrow Studios International
  • The Swarm | Schwarm TV Production (Joint-company of Intaglio Films & ndF International Production) for ZDF, France Télévisions, Rai Fiction, Viaplay Group, Hulu Japan, ORF, SRF, in co-production with Bravado Fiction and Beside Production, produced in co-operation with ATHOS KG and Beta Film & ZDF Studios for ZDF, France Télévisions, Rai Fiction, Viaplay Group, Hulu Japan, ORF, SRF
  • The Twelve | The Twelve | WBITVP Australia and Easy Tiger for Foxtel, Australia
  • Wreck | Euston Films (a Fremantle label) for BBC Three


WINNER

  • The Swarm | Schwarm TV Production (Joint-company of Intaglio Films & ndF International Production) for ZDF, France Télévisions, Rai Fiction, Viaplay Group, Hulu Japan, ORF, SRF, in co-production with Bravado Fiction and Beside Production, produced in co-operation with ATHOS KG and Beta Film & ZDF Studios for ZDF, France Télévisions, Rai Fiction, Viaplay Group, Hulu Japan, ORF, SRF

Best Returning Scripted Series

  • Departure | Shaftesbury in association with Corus, Starlings Television, and Red Arrow Studio International and Red Arrow Studio International, Starlings TV Distribution for Global TV
  • Endeavour - Series 9 | Mammoth Screen in co-production with Masterpiece and ITV Studios for ITV
  • Hudson & Rex | Shaftesbury and Pope Productions Ltd. in association with Citytv and BetaFilm GmbH for Citytv
  • Sort Of | Sphere Media and Abacus Media Rights
  • The Capture | Heyday Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group for BBC One
  • The Sea Beyond S3 | RAI and Picomedia and Beta Film

WINNER

  • The Sea Beyond S3 | RAI and Picomedia and Beta Film

Best Documentary Series

  • Dinosaur with Stephen Fry | Mentorn Media and Krempelwood, Passion Distribution
  • Evacuation | Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4
  • Hitler: A Life in Pictures | Woodcut Media and Rainmaker for Channel 4
  • Inside Our Autistic Minds | BBC Studios
  • Lucky! | Jiva Maya
  • The Australian Wars | Rachel Perkins, Darren Dale, Jacob Hickey and ABC Commercial for Special Broadcasting Service
  • The Elon Musk Show | 72 Films (a Fremantle company) for BBC Two
  • When Sharks Attack 360 | Nick Metcalfe, Arrow Media  and National Geographic
  • Wild Heroes | Juanita Edwards distributed by Banijay Rights             
  • Wild Isles | Silverback Films distributed by Banijay Rights

WINNER

  • Evacuation | Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4

Best Documentary

  • Charles: In His Own Words | 1895 Films for National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu
  • Confessions of a Psycho Killer | Woodcut Media and Abacus Media Rights for Amazon Prime
  • Lucélia | Record TV and PlayPlus
  • Escravos do Carvão | Record TV
  • Right Here Right Now | Beyond TNC distributed by Banijay Rights
  • The Good Season (La Bella Stagione) | Groenlandia Film distributed by Banijay Rights
  • The Murder of Meredith | Woodcut Media and Abacus Media Rights for Amazon Prime
  • The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld | Finestripe Productions and Cineflix Rights for BBC Two (UK)

WINNER

  • The Murder of Meredith | Woodcut Media and Abacus Media Rights for Amazon Prime

Best Short-Form Series

  • Iruthi Payanam |Darshan Kunasagran & Regina Pereira for Mediacorp Vasantham by Verite Productions Pte Ltd
  • Podacto | Nisan Ceren Özerten & Faruk Özerten and BluTV for BluTV
  • RAID: Call of the Arbiter | Nicholas Day, Gary Rosenfeld, Jay Oliva, Eric Rollman and Plarium / Pixel United for YouTube
  • Sloppy Jones | Susan Nation and Hop To It Productions Inc for OUTtv
  • UNHhhh | World of Wonder Productions and World of Wonder Productions / WOW Presents Plus / YouTube

WINNER

  • RAID: Call of the Arbiter | Nicholas Day, Gary Rosenfeld, Jay Oliva, Eric Rollman and Plarium / Pixel United for YouTube

The Sustainability & Innovation Award

  • A studio fit for the future | Luxvide S.p.a.
  • FAMILY PIGGY BANK | Armoza Formats & Game Changer and ITV Studios
  • Food Wizards | RAI - ZOCOTOCO and MAD ENTERTAINMENT
  • Jane | Sinking Ship Entertainment and Apple TV+ for Apple TV+
  • Transgarimpeira | A Rota do Ouro na Amazônia | Record TV
  • The Lumi Platform | Karen Dewey and Lumi Media
  • The Weather Channel en Español | The Weather Channel en Español

WINNER

  • The Lumi Platform | Karen Dewey and Lumi Media

Series Launch of the Year

  • Farmer Wants A Wife | Eureka Productions for Fox
  • Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge | Endemol Shine North America distributed by Banijay Rights
  • 2DEZIT (Rave) | Sputnik Media and Mediawan for Streamz
  • Stars On Mars | Eureka Productions for Fox
  • Time Zone | Zeppelin for HBO Max and HBO Max

WINNER

  • Farmer Wants A Wife | Eureka Productions for Fox

Competition Show of the Year

  • RuPaul's Drag Race | World of Wonder Productions and WOW Presents Plus / Paramount
  • That's My Jam | Universal International Studios’ Monkey in partnership with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group for BBC One
  • The Big Interiors Battle | Remarkable distributed by Banijay Rights
  • The Masked Singer UK | Bandicoot and Abacus for ITV
  • The Mole | Eureka Productions for Netflix
  • The Parent Test | Eureka Productions for ABC
  • The Piano | Love Productions for Channel 4

WINNER

  • The Masked Singer UK | Bandicoot and Abacus for ITV

Entertainment Format of the Year

  • Claim To Fame | Kinetic Content and Red Arrow Studios International
  • Drag Race | World of Wonder Productions
  • Keep Talking I Love It | Seung Hoon Han for Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
  • Love Triangle | Endemol Shine Australia and 9Network distributed by Banijay Rights 
  • Password | Fremantle North America for NBC
  • The 1% Club | Magnum Media and BBC Studios for ITV
  • The Masked Singer UK | Bandicoot and Ababcus for ITV
  • The Summit | Endemol Shine Australia and 9Network distributed by Banijay Rights

WINNER

  • The Masked Singer UK | Bandicoot and Ababcus for ITV

Factual Entertainment Programme of the Year

  • Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico | A CNN Original Series and Raw TV distributed by Banijay Rights
  • Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne | Naked (a Fremantle label) and Milkshake Productions for Hulu and BBC Three
  • Secret Life of the Auction House | Curve Media Limited, Cornerstone Studios Group Limited and Cineflix Rights for Discovery + (UK)
  • The Wizard of Sauce | Chris Knight and Gusto Worldwide Media for Gusto TV

WINNER

  • Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne | Naked (a Fremantle label) and Milkshake Productions for Hulu and BBC Three

Reality Show of the Year

  • Deep Fake Love | Cuarzo Producciones and Netflix
  • Farmer Wants A Wife | Eureka Productions for Fox
  • FBoy Island | FBoy Island | STX Alternative & The Year Of Elan Productions for Max / The CW, USA
  • Ghost Adventures | MY Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery for Travel Channel/Discovery+ and Max
  • Kokkedoor Vuur & Vlam | Jaco Loubser & Paul Venter and Homebrew Films for kykNET DStv SA
  • Reality Queens of the Jungle | Reality Queens of the Jungle | WBITVP Netherlands for Videoland
  • Scared Of The Dark | MultiStory Media and ITV Studios
  • Stars On Mars | Eureka Productions for Fox
  • Tempting Fortune | Voltage TV and Cineflix Rights for Channel 4 (UK), Roku (North America)

WINNER

  • Tempting Fortune | Voltage TV and Cineflix Rights for Channel 4 (UK), Roku (North America)

Distribution Innovation

  • BBC Earth | BBC Studios
  • Brookside returns 40 years after launch | Lime Pictures and All3Media International
  • El País FAST TV Channel | El Pais and The Channel Store for The Channel Store
  • Gusto TV | Chris Knight and Gusto Worldwide Media for Gusto TV
  • FilmBox+ Smart Channels | FilmBox+: Home of Good Movies
  • The Channel Store - Easiest gateway to new FAST/AVoD distribution models | The Channel Store for The Channel Store

WINNER

  • BBC Earth | BBC Studios

Excellence in TV Award*

Tom Jennings, CEO, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, 1895 Films

Outstanding Contribution to Content*

Steven Knight, Writer and Director, CBE, Banijay Rights

Rising Star Award*

Karis Winstanley, Executive Assistant of Nicola Shindler & Operations and Communications Manager, Quay Street Productions

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