The 8th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 24 to 29 April 2025 in Cannes, France. Actress Nicola Coughlan was honored with the Konbini Prix de l'Engagement for "actively making change well beyond television". Director Éric Rochant and the cast of The Bureau were honored with Canal+ Icon Award. The Madame Figaro Rising Star Award was presented to French actress Marie Colomb.
The award for Best Series went to Norwegian psychological thriller series A Better Man by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen.
Juries The following juries were named for the festival.
Competition Jeff Russo, American composer, Jury President Louise Bourgoin, French actress César Domboy, French actor Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress Soo Hugh, American showrunner
Short Form Competition Marnie Blok, Dutch actress, Jury President Omari Douglas, English actor Fauve Hautot, French artist
Docuseries Competition Philippe Falardeau, French-Canadian director, Jury President Asma Mhalla, French author Narges Rashidi, German-Iranian actress
Official selection In competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network A Better Man Ølhunden Berit Thomas Seeberg Torjussen Norway, Lithuania NRK, ZDFneo Dead End Dood Spoor Malin-Sarah Gozin Belgium Play4, StreamzHow to Kill Your Sister Pedro Elias, Evelien Broekaert Belgium, Germany Play4, Streamz, ZDFneo L/over L/over - ikuisesti minun Marika Makaroff, Frog Stone, Nina Honkanen Finland MTVMalditos Jean Charles Hue, Olivier Prieur, Guillaume Grosse, Laurent Teyssier France MaxNepobaby Henriette Steenstrup, Siri Seljeseth Norway TV 2 A/SReykjavik Fusion Hörður Rúnarsson, Birkir Blær Ingólfsson Iceland Arte, Síminn S Line 에스라인 Handae Rhee South Korea
Out of competition TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)NetworkThe Agency Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth United States Paramount+ with Showtime, Canal+ The Big Fuck-Up De big fuck-up Philippe de Schepper, Bas Adriaensen Belgium Streamz, Amazon Prime Video The Corsican Line Plaine Orientale Pierre Leccia France Canal+The Count of Monte Cristo Bille August Italy, France RAI, France TélévisionsDuster J. J. Abrams, LaToya Morgan United States MaxHoly Sh!t Mariano Vanhoof, Nore Maatala Belgium StreamzThe Walking Dead: Dead City Eli Jorné United States AMCRendez-VousÀ La Poursuite du Rougail Saucisses Manu Payet France Canal+The Art of Crime Angèle Herry-Leclerc, Pierre-Yves Mora France France TélévisionsA Better Place Alexander Lindh, Laurent Mercier Germany, Austria WDR, ARD Degeto, Canal+Aspergirl Judith Godinot, Hadrien Cousin France, Belgium Ciné+ OCS, BeTVBewitched (1964) Sol Saks United States ABCEscort Boys Ruben Alves France Amazon Prime VideoJailbreakers Marine Maugrain-Legagneur, Quentin Pissot, Alicia Pratx France France TélévisionsKun by Agüero Justin Webster Argentina Disney+Ma femme est une espionne! Jean Prévost France M6Maintenant ou Jamais: FC Montfermeil Guillaume Thevenin, Nicholas Thevenin France MaxRien ne t'efface Anne Rambach, Marine Rambach, Michel Bussi France TF1Surface Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun France France TélévisionsKorean Fiction Doubt 이토록 친밀한 배신자 Han Ah-young South Korea MBC TVFasting Love Eunice Lee, Joonhan Lee, ChangGeun Cho South Korea Hunter with a Scalpel Choi Ido South KoreaNursery Rhyme Horror Story Dae-Hwa Koh South Korea
Short Form Competition TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network Dorm No. 13 Tupa 13 Teemu Nikki Finland Yle Getting Under Your Skin M'infiltrer dans ta vie Simon Boulerice Canada Unis TVLost Media Timothée Hochet, Lucas Pastor France Canal+n00b Victoria Boult, Rachel Fawcett New Zealand ThreeOh, Otto! Stijn Van Kerkhoven Belgium StreamzRebound Melike Leblebicioglu Kaveh Norway NULL47
Docuseries Competition TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network The Agent – The Life and Lies of My Father Agenten - Pappas liv og løgner Magnus Skatvold Norway NRK Fulgurated, When Lightning Does Not Kill Fulgurée, quand la foudre ne tue pas Emilie Grall, Mickaël Royer France Planète+ Hello Stranger Dag Vreemde Man Younes Haidar, Jasper Declercq, Nahid Shaikh Belgium Streamz In Real Life La Vraie Vie Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse France Arte France The Nazi Cartel Das Nazi-Kartell Andreas Banz, Alexander Lahl, Christian Asanger, Vesna Cudic, Felix Kempter, Christian Bergmann Germany Sky Deutschland, ZDFinfo
Awards The following awards were presented at the festival: Best Series: A Better Man by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen Best Screenplay: Henriette Steenstrup, Siri Seljeseth, and Tina Rygh for Nepobaby Best Music: Junoh Lee for S Line Best Performance: Anders Baasmo Christiansen for A Better Man Special Interpretation Award: The ensemble cast of Nepobaby High School Award for Best Series: A Better Man by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen Best Short Form Series: Oh, Otto! by Stijn Van Kerkhoven Student Award for Best Short Form Series: Oh, Otto! by Stijn Van Kerkhoven Best Documentary: The Agent – The Life and Lies of My Father by Magnus Skatvold Europe 1 Audience Award: La fièvre by Eric Benzekri
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