The international Séries Mania festival, which will take place at the end of March in Lille, northern France, has entrusted the presidency of the jury of its international competition to a Ukrainian producer, Julia Sinkevych, a symbolic gesture motivated by the war in her country, it said on Wednesday.
"By offering this presidency to Julia Sinkevych, who carries the colours of culture in a battered country, we wish to bear witness to the role of festivals in a world in crisis," said the organisers of Séries Mania in a statement.
