Damon Lindelof to Serve as Jury President for Series Mania Competition

PARIS: Damon Lindelof, co-creator and showrunner of the hit series Lost and The Leftovers, has been chosen as jury president for this year’s Series Mania international competition.

Lindelof will lead a jury composed of four other renowned personalities, who are involved in series, cinema and culture. Together, they will judge ten television series, up from eight last year, and award the Grand Prize and the Special Prize during the Series Mania Festival on Saturday, April 22. Currently, Lindelof is writing and producing the third and final season of the HBO drama The Leftovers.

The Sopranos’ David Chase served as the first president of the official competition that Series Mania initiated in April 2016.

“What an honor to welcome influential showrunner Damon Lindelof, who has marked a whole generation of series fans with Lost and The Leftovers, two stories of survival in hostile worlds depicting a tormented humanity while preserving a sense of hope,” commented Laurence Herszberg, general director of Forum des Images and founder of Series Mania. “Additionally, with thanks to Damon and the HBO team and OCS the French broadcaster, we are thrilled to be premiering the first two episodes of the third and final season of The Leftovers to launch the festival at the mythical theater The Grand Rex. What a gift for our attendees.”