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Sweden’s “Vanguard” won the Golden Nymph Award for best series at the 64th Monte-Carlo Television Festival Tuesday, while Germany’s “On a Day in September” won best fiction film. Robin Wright received the Crystal Nymph Award from Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco to recognize her career achievements.

The ceremony made an awkward start when during an energetic dance sequence between the co-hosts, British actor Ricky Whittle and French singer Shy’m, the latter suffered a wardrobe malfunction (à la Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl). Despite the fact the incident aired live on TVMonaco and was captured by photo agencies like Getty, the pair maintained their savoir faire and continued with the ceremony without referring to it.

British actor Ricky Whittle with co-host French singer Shy’m at Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Courtesy of Getty

“Vanguard,” starring Jakob Oftebro, tells the story of real-life media mogul and technological trailblazer Jan Stenbeck.

Antonin Baudry unconfined on the Lincoln Center Plaza in June, 2019 Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

A free virtual conversation with Antonin Baudry and Anousheh Ansari on Confinement: From Underwater To Outer Space, moderated by Leah Pisar, Chair of the Aladdin Project, presented by the French Institute Alliance Française in New York, will be held live on Zoom and Facebook, starting at 12:00pm (Edt), Friday, June 12.

Antonin Baudry, aka Abel Lanzac, is the director/screenwriter of the nuclear submarine thriller The Wolf's Call (Le Chant Du Loup), starring François Civil with Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Damien Bonnard, Pierre Cevaer, and Paula Beer, shot by Pierre Cottereau. Antonin co-wrote the screenplay for Bertrand Tavernier’s The French Minister (Quai D’Orsay) which was based on his autobiographic graphic novel about his adventures as a speech writer in the French Ministry.

Anousheh Ansari is a CEO of the Xprize Foundation and was the first female.

Antonin Baudry on submarine films, Claude Lanzmann and Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot: "That was his favourite. It's my favourite too. For some reason it really moved him." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

The morning after the Us première of The Wolf's Call (Le Chant Du Loup), shot by Pierre Cottereau, starring François Civil with Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Damien Bonnard, and Paula Beer at the French Institute Alliance Française in New York, the director/screenwriter Antonin Baudry, aka Abel Lanzac, joined me for a conversation inside David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.

Kent Jones with Antonin Baudry following the French Institute Alliance Française première of The Wolf's Call (Le Chant Du Loup) in New York Photo: Ed Bahlman

When I mentioned to Antonin that I will be introducing Hélène Fillières' Volontaire this Tuesday at Fi:af, he told me that they were actually shooting their French Navy...

It really seems that leather is the new cotton. The realm of horror and sci-fi is being pounded endlessly lately with a string of sexy actresses donning equally sexy tight leather outfits for their upcoming roles. Already this week we provided our dribbling male fans with on set snaps of Milla Jovovich on 'Resident Evil: Retribution' squeezed into her sexy black costume and we've already got to look forward to Anne Hathaway ('The Dark Knight Rises') and Kate Beckinsale ('Underworld: Awakening') in similar get-up in 2012. Today we've caught sight of British hottie Kelly Brook ('Piranah') on set of French sci-fi action series 'Metal Hurlant Chronicles'. And yes of course she is clasped into her figure hugging outfit which more than accentuates her delicious assets. The first two seasons of the We Production are being shot back to back to air next April...

The Metal Hurlant Chronicles Red Light and Cold Hard Fact Teaser Trailers have premiered. Apparently the new 2010 TV Show series is a french production and a pilot episode is already completed. The 12-episode first season are currently in production and “will be finished just after the end of 2011…[and the show is already] pre-sold…in more than 20 territories, including Italy, Germany, Poland and Russia.” The new Heavy Metal / Metal Hurlant TV Show series is “being produced by We Productions, who have teamed up with publishing house United Humanoids. All the episode are to be directed by Guillaume Lubrano and they will be in both English and French to appeal to more markets…each half-hour will cover one or two stories adapted from the original graphic novels.” The first episode of the series stars Guy Amram, David Belle, and Jean-Yves Berteloot. What I liked most of what I have seen so far from this is the...