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Gagnants
Genre	Coming-of-age drama Slice of life Romance
Created by	Leyla Meinert
Based on	Gagnants by Leyla Meinert
Written by	Leyla Meinert Mannix van Devanter
Directed by	Benoit Lichterman Femke Bick Mannix van Devanter
Opening theme	"Lundi bleu" by L'ordre
Composer(s)	Eric Kaper
Country of origin	Hennehouwe
Original language(s)	Hennish, Gaullican
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer(s)	Leyla Meinert Benoit Lichterman Femke Bick Mannix van Devanter
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	54-57 minutes
Production company(s)	Horizon Pictures Ecran Hennehouwe
Distributor	HNO Internationaal iPlay
Release
Original network	De Eerste (Hennehouwe) iPlay (international)
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Surround
First shown in	Hennehouwe
Original release	October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14) – present (present)

Gagnants ("Winners") is a Hennish coming-of-age drama television series produced by Horizon Pictures and Ecran Hennehouwe for De Eerste and iPlay. It is based principally on the 2018 novel of the same name by Leyla Meinert, who also serves as the series' lead writer and executive producer. The series follows the lives of six students from radically different backgrounds whose lives intersect at the start of their undergraduate studies at the prestigious Leeuwenbrug University.

The series is filmed on-location at Leeuwenbrug University in Leeuwenbrug, Flamia, with additional filming for season one taking place in s'Holle and Gaullica. Writing for the series was conducted by Meinert and Mannix van Devanter, the latter of whom also served as director alongside Benoit Lichterman and Femke Bick. The series premiered on De Eerste in Hennehouwe on 14 October 2021, with an international release through iPlay one day later on 15 October 2021.

The first season of Gagnants received positive reviews in its native Hennehouwe, with praise for its cast performances, writing, cinematography, and its approach to sensitive and taboo topics. Issues addressed during the first season included love, sex, mental health, drug use, sexual assault, LGBTQ+ issues and friendship breakdown. Gagnants won an award for Best Hennish Drama at the 2022 Gouden Awards, with individual awards for cast members x and y for xaward and yaward, respectively. On 10 January 2022, HNO and iPlay announced that Gagnants had been green lit for a second season, slated to air in late 2023.

Premise

Gagnants focuses on the lives and experiences of six students at Leeuwenbrug University. The institution is Hennehouwe's highest ranked university and considered to be its most prestigious, with the show's title referring to the informal description of the university's students as "winners" of the education system. The lives of the six students, who each come from strikingly different backgrounds to each other, become intertwined when they find themselves sharing a communal flat in one of the many residential halls of the university during their first year of studies, which forms the basis of the first season.

Season 1 focuses on the overarching themes of identity, freedom and exploration, with each of the main characters facing their own dilemmas. Eden uses her first year of university in a new city to find her identity and circle, now free from the small-town mentality and stigma she faced in her hometown. Mia struggles with self-acceptance and comes across as somewhat cold and reserved to her acquaintances, with it being revealed during the season that she faced pressure to succeed academically and had been abused by her father in her teen years. Kasper enters university just over one year on from the sudden death of his mother, and faces an internal conflict over his future professional pathway. Saif deals with the culture shock of entering Leeuwenburg, a very different world to that of his working class upbringing, and begins to explore his sexuality, thus bringing him into conflict with his hometown peers and his religion. Art becomes involved with drugs and alcohol, whilst Froukje finds her identity in expressing herself more openly, whilst trying to make friends in an environment more conducing to that.

Cast

Main cast of Gagnants

Aurora Garner as Eden

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Ava Campi as Mia

Elijah Voss as Kasper

Mahmood Malik as Saif

Sebastian Dereumaux as Art

Suus van Smienk as Froukje

Main

• Aurora Garner as Eden de Jonge, a student of Euclean & Linguistics Studies from a middle class suburban background. She is transgender and pansexual, who embraces a fresh start at university as an opportunity to discover her true self.
• Ava Campi as Mia Sabatine, a mathematics student from an entrepreneurial Etrurian family. She is Art's love interest during season one.
• Elijah Voss as Kasper Hendrix, a liberal arts student from Stavenisse whose primary passion is music.
• Mahmood Malik as Saif al-Safi, an engineering student from the Nieuwenhuis district of s'Holle. A highly academic boy from a socio-economically disadvantaged background and a troubled past, his education and accommodation is provided for on a scholarship.
• Sebastian Dereumaux as Art Klok, a business and economics student from a wealthy, Catholic background. His mother is a prominent federal conservative politician. He is Mia's love interest during season one.
• Suus van Smienk as Froukje Pieffers, a biology stduent who becomes involved with the student media association and feminist causes on-campus. She frequently recounts her life experiences as part of short stories she writes.

Episodes

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	9		14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)	9 December 2021 (2021-12-09)