CONTENT LONDON: The strength of international drama production shone brightly at the inaugural C21 International Drama Awards in London last night.

The Fat and the Angry from GötaFilm and Swedish pubcaster SVT scooped the prestigious Best Non-English Language Drama Series award at the end of a glittering ceremony in the heart of London’s West End.

The series, a coproduction with Finland’s YLE and Film i Väst, is based on true events and focuses on the criminal underworld in Gothenburg.

It beat off competition from 40 nominations in the category, which were whittled down to a final shortlist of 13, showing the strength in depth of foreign-language drama in 2014.

The judging panel was made up of 72 of the world’s leading drama commissioners and executives, together responsible for more than 80% of the scripted content greenlit each year.

Each sifted through nominations in ten categories which included the Most Influential US Fall Network Drama, which went to ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, and Best English-Language Drama, which went to the BBC’s political spy thriller The Honourable Woman.

The C21 Editor’s Choice Award, for outstanding creativity and contribution to the international drama business as chosen by the C21 editorial team, was handed to Peaky Blinders.

C21 editor-in-chief David Jenkinson said: “It is fantastic to see so many brilliant dramas from every corner of the world make the finals of the first C21 International Drama Awards.

“The winners have been chosen by more than 70 international drama executives. To have more than 40 entries in the non-English Language category, with an evenly spread vote resulting in 13 finalists, shows the rude health that the global drama industry is in.”

The full list of winners is as follows:

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^[1]Best Trade Marketing Campaign for a Drama Series
WINNER
Klondike
Produced by: Entertainment One Television International
Distributed by: Entertainment One Television International

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^[2]Best Consumer Marketing Campaign for a Drama Series
WINNER
Gwyll/Hinterland
Produced by: Fiction Factory Films for S4C with Tinopolis, All3Media international, and BBC Wales
Distributed by: All3Media

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Best Internet (shortform) Drama
WINNER
Steffi (aka The Overnight Fame of Steffi McBride)
Produced by: Emerald Films

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Best Miniseries
WINNER
The Thirteenth Tale
Produced by: Far Moor Media/DayDay Films
Distributed by: Endemol Worldwide Distribution

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^[4]Best Refresh of a Long Running Drama Series Franchise
WINNER
Downton Abbey
Produced by: Carnival Film and Television
Distributed by: NBCUniversal International

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^[5]Most Influential US Fall Season Network Drama
WINNER
How to Get Away With Murder
Produced by: ABC Studios/Shondaland Productions
Distributed by: Disney Media Distribution

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^[6]Best Casting of a Drama Series
WINNER
The Honourable Woman
Produced by: Drama Republic and Eight Rooks
Distributed by: BBC Worldwide

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^[7]Best Performance in Drama Series
WINNER
Sarah Lancashire
Happy Valley
Produced by: Red Production Company
Distributed by: BBC Worldwide

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^[8]Best English Language Drama (series)
WINNER
The Honourable Woman
Produced by: Drama Republic and Eight Rooks Production
Distributed by: BBC Worldwide

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^[9]Best Non-English Language Drama (series)
WINNER
The Fat And The Angry
Produced by: GötaFilm for SVT, in a co-production with YLE and Film i Väst
Distributed by: Trust Nordisk

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^[10]C21 Editor’s Choice Award
For outstanding creativity and contribution to the international drama business as chosen by the C21 editorial team
Peaky Blinders