The 4th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 8 to 13 October 2021 in Cannes, France. It was scheduled to be held from 9 to 14 April but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns.
Finnish thriller comedy series Mister 8 won the Best Series award.
Juries The following juries were named for the festival:
Competition Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and screenwriter, Jury President Sigal Avin, American-Israeli screenwriter Naidra Ayadi, a French actress Salvatore Esposito, Italian actor Marco Prince, French composer
Short Form Competition Aisling Bea, Irish actress, Jury President Assaad Bouab, French-Moroccan actor Marie Papillon, French actress
Official selection In competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network Glauben & Jan Ehlert Germany TVNow, VOX Awake Kljun Serbia NovaChristian & Valerio Cilio & Roberto Saku Cinardi Italy Sky Italia Countrymen Jordbrukerne & Anne Bjørnstad Norway Arte, NRK Dreams of Alice Сны Алисы Russia TV-3 Limbo... Until It's Over Limbo... Hasta que lo decida & Gastón Duprat Argentina Star+Mister 8 & Jani Pösö Finland Elisa Viihde Sad City Girls Yeladot Sach'sechaniot & Shir Reuven Israel HotTotems & Juliette Soubrier France Amazon Prime Video Unknowns עלומים & Guy Sidis & Nirit Yaron Israel Kan
Short Form Competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s) About Saturday Etter lørdag NorwayAdi Shankar's The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) United States, Spain, Finland Dumped Larguée FranceHudson Falls – A Ray McClane Mystery United Statesi-ART & Marvin Gofin FranceLockdown & Maarten Moerkerke Belgium Pops Батя & Anton Shchukin & Anton Zaitsev RussiaSheker & Kuat Sadykov Kazakhstan This Is Not a Hotel Esto no es un hotel Argentina Wipe Me Away Je voudrais qu'on m'efface Canada
Out of competition The following series were screened out of competition: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network All the Way Up Validé & Franck Gastambide & Xavier Lacaille & Charles van Tieghem France Canal+Around the World in 80 Days & Caleb Ranson France, United Kingdom France 2, ZDF, RAI Gomorrah Gomorra - La serie Italy Sky AtlanticSisi & Robert Krause & Elena Hell Germany RTL
Awards The following awards were presented at the festival: Best Series: Mister 8 by Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö Dior Grand Award: The Allegation by Oliver Berben and Jan Ehlert Best Screenplay: Ferdinand von Schirach for The Allegation Best Music: Giorgio Giampa for Christian Special Interpretation Prize: Countrymen by Izer Aliu and Anne Bjørnstad Best Performance: for Pekka Strang for Mister 8 High School Prize for Best Series: Countrymen by Izer Aliu and Anne Bjørnstad Audience Award: Awake by Srđan Dragojević Best Short Form Series: About Saturday by Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen Dior Revelation Award for Best Short Form Series: Wipe Me Away by Eric Piccoli Student Prize for Best Short Form Series: Lockdown by
Special awards The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: Variety Icon Award: Connie Britton Madame Figaro Rising Star Award: Phoebe Dynevor Konbini Prix de l'Engagement: Laurie Nunn Audience Award for French Series of the Year: Voltaire High
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