HBO Max has come off the back of a strong week with a double win at the Series Mania Awards for Polish series Proud.
Proud, about a gay man who takes care of his infant niece after a family tragedy strikes, won the Grand Prize in the international competition and scooped best actor for lead Ignacy Liss.
Led by Icelandic showrunner and actor Benedikt Erlingsson, the jury called Karol Klementewicz’s series “a deeply moving portrait of a young man at his breaking point, forced to take control of his life.”
Proud’s subject matter is a healthy tonic in dark times. On Wednesday, a report from the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe found writers are self-censoring due to fear over reprisal from far-right governments, as it questioned whether scribes will “decide to put their immigrant or LGBTQ stories in the bottom drawer.” The report was a major talking
...Keep reading this article on DEADLINE.
