Marco Bellocchio, Sally Wainwright Win Big at Italian Global Series Festival Which Celebrated ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Lost’ and Lamented Industry Crisis

Jul 12, 2026 10:31am PT Marco Bellocchio, Sally Wainwright Win Big at Italian Global Series Festival Which Celebrated ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Lost’ and Lamented Industry Crisis

Earlier this week, Richard Gadd and Natasha Lyonne were honored at the Italian TV festival, a stylish showcase of the stars, creators and key titles of TV present and past 

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L-R) Celia Rose Gooding, Rebecca Romijn, Anson Mount, Jeri Ryan and Nicholas Meyer pose with the Maximo Celebration Award during the Italian Global Series Festival 2026 on July 08, 2026 in Riccione, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Italian Global Series Festival) Getty Images for Italian Global Series Festival

In honors, Richard Gadd (“Half Man”) and Natasha Lyonne (“Poker Face,” “Russian Doll”) were among the big winners at this year’s Italian Global Series Festival, which wrapped July 11. The two received the Breakthrough Storyteller Award and the Maximo Excellence Award respectively, which they had picked up in person earlier last week at awards ceremonies held in Rimini Italy’s ornate Teatro Galli.

Announced Saturday the Italian Global Series prizewinners for TV shows, Marco Bellocchio’s HBO Venice-showcased “Portobello” swept three top awards, and Sally Wainwright a double for “Riot Women.”

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