The 3rd Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place in Cannes, France. The festival was scheduled to be held on 27 March to 1 April but postponed to 9 to 14 October, due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns and was held in-person/virtual hybrid. American writer and director Darren Star served as the patron of the festival edition.
The Best Series of the Festival award went to the Swedish crime drama Partisan.
Juries The following juries were named for the festival.
Competition Laëtitia Eïdo, French actress Grégory Fitoussi, French actor Randy Kerber, American composer Roxane Mesquida, French actress Caroline Proust, French actress and director Jean-Pascal Zadi, French actor and director
Short Form Competition Jamie Bamber, British actor Timothée Hochet, French director and screenwriter Erin Moriarty, American actress
Official selection In competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network 257 Reasons to Live 257 prichin chtoby zhit Russia Start, TNTAtlantic Crossing Norway NRK1 Cheyenne and Lola Cheyenne et Lola France, Belgium OCS Max Losing Alice Le'abed et Alice Israel Hot 3, Apple TV+ Man in Room 301 Huone 301 FinlandElisa ViihdeMoloch France ArtePartisan & Fares Fares & Mauricio Molinari Sweden ViaplayRed Light & Carice van Houten Belgium, Netherlands NPO 1, VTMTop Dog & Veronica Zacco Sweden ZDFneo, TV4Truth Seekers & Simon Pegg & Nat Saunders & James Serafinowicz United Kingdom Amazon Prime Video
Short Form Competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Broder & Mauro Pérez Quinteros & Andrés Sehinkman & Leandro Vital Argentina Christmas on Blood Mountain Jul i Blodfjell & Christopher Pahle & Martin Zimmer Norway Claire and the Elderly Claire et les vieux & Charles Grenier & Edith Morin & Sarah Pellerin CanadaCryptid & Sylvain Runberg SwedenDeadhouse Dark Australia Dog Days Amours d'Occasion CanadaFirst Person & Tyler Levine & Patrice Theroux CanadaTony Argentina Pisarze. Serial na krótko. PolandZero Day United States, France
Out of competition The following series were screened out of competition: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network Call My Agent! Dix pour cent France France 2 La Flamme & Jonathan Cohen & Jérémie Galan France Canal+#FREERAYSHAWN United States QuibiOVNI(s) Clémence Dargent & Martin Douaire France Canal+Shadowplay France, Canada, Germany ZDF, Viaplay, Canal+, Canal+ Poland, NPO 1
Awards The following awards were presented at the festival: Best Series: Partisan by Amir Chamdin, Fares Fares and Mauricio Molinari Best Screenplay: Arnaud Malherbe and Marion Festraëts for Moloch Best Music: Jon Ekstrand and Carl-Johan Sevedag for Top Dog Special Interpretation Prize: Red Light by Halina Reijn and Carice van Houten Best Performance: Polina Maksimova for 257 Reasons to Live Student Prize: Red Light by Halina Reijn and Carice van Houten Best Short Form Series: Broder by Jonathan Barg, Mauro Pérez Quinteros, Andrés Sehinkman and Leandro Vital Short Form Prize: Claire and the Elderly by Patrick Bilodeau, Charles Grenier, Edith Morin and Sarah Pellerin
Special awards The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: Variety Icon Award: Judith Light Madame Figaro Rising Star Award: Daisy Edgar-Jones Excellence Award: Patrick Dempsey Prix du Public: All the Way Up by Franck Gastambide
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