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‘Empathie’ Wins Grand Jury Prize, ‘The Pitt’ Named Best Drama at Banff World Media Festival
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‘Empathie’ Wins Grand Jury Prize, ‘The Pitt’ Named Best Drama at Banff World Media Festival

The Hollywood Reporter·Etan Vlessing·about 10 hours ago
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The French-language series Empathie from screenwriter Lorence Longpre picked up the Grand Jury Prize at the Banff World Media Festival ’s Rockie Awards on Tuesday night. The Canadian series from Trio Orange, which also won for best non-English language drama, the Prix Francophone and the Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content, sees Longpre play a criminologist-turned-psychiatrist in a Montreal hospital where she meets an eclectic group of patients. “I would like to thank the whole team for this Rockie Award,” Longpre said in a pre-taped video to accept the Grand Jury Prize at the Rockie Awards. And in the best English-language drama category, HBO’s The Pitt took top honors, beating out Canada’s  Heated Rivalry   and  Plan B  series, another U.S. series in  The Handmaid’s Tale  and the British drama  Reckless. “As a Canadian boy, it’s so good to be home, I have to say,” R.…

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