Christophe Riandee is Jury President for European Project & Talent Forum

Christophe Riandee, the vice CEO of Gaumont, has been appointed as this year’s jury president of the European Project and Talent Forum (formerly Co-Production Forum), the industry arm of the Series Mania Festival.

Riandee will choose four other executives from the scripted industry to join him on the jury who will judge 16 television series in development and award a €50,000 grand prize to the best project during the Forum. The event will take place May 2 to 4.

“It’s a great honor to have as president of our professional jury my dear friend Christophe, who through Narcos showed to the world that outstanding quality no longer has nationalities or languages barriers,” commented Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania