Stars, glamour, screenings, conferences… Free and open to the public, the 62nd edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival opened its doors on Friday and until Tuesday, to the delight of lovers of the small screen . Here are five good reasons to attend the event.
Full of stars on the red carpet
Many international stars are expected on the Forum Grimaldi red carpet such as Josh Duhamel, John Goodman, Arnaud Binard (Emily in Paris), Constance Zimmer (House of Cards), Patrick Duffy (dallas), Zeeko Zaki (FBI), James Lafferty (One Three Hill, Everyone is doing great), or even Neal McDonough (Desperate Housewives, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Suits).
Part of the cast of the hit Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso will also be there, as will part of the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s flagship series, The Rings of Power. The iconic faces of Flames of loveofLove glory and beautyregulars at the event, will also be back on the Côte d’Azur.
As for French talents, Jean-Luc Reichmann and Stomy Bugsy (Leo Mattei), Frédérique Bel, Stéphane De Groodt and the rest of the cast of Toulouse Lautrec high schooljust like the stars ofHere it all starts and of With family will be present on the Monaco rock.
The youngest festival-goers will be delighted by the presence of two social media stars, Lena Situations and Michou.
Full of series on the big screen
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival allows you to discover new series in the presence of celebrities. Shelterseries expected soon on Amazon Prime Video and based on the novel by Harlan Coben, will be screened in world premiere during the opening ceremony in the presence of the best-selling American author and part of the cast.
Nine productions were selected in the 2023 official selection of the 2023 Golden Nymphs competition in the fiction category, including seven series and two singles. In the running in particular, the tricolor unitary The Colossus with Feet of Claybroadcast on May 4 on TF1, which sees Eric Cantonna play a former rugby player struggling with the trauma he experienced as a child.
British-Australian co-production Ten Pound Pomspresented in international preview, tells how a group of Britons moved to Australia with 10 pounds in their pocket in the mid-1950s, and will soon be broadcast on OCS.
Poker facethe American miniseries worn by Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black, Russian doll) which features Charlie who has the extraordinary gift of determining when someone is lying.
Full of dedications and meetings
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival offers signing sessions with series stars (reservation on the event website). The opportunity to meet the heroes of successful French daily series (Such a big sun, here everything begins or With family), but also American soaps The Fires of Love, Love, Glory and Beauty and many others.
Conferences entitled “Behind The Scenes” also allow the public to interact with the talents present. Saturday at 12:45 p.m., the conference was held in particular by our special correspondent in Monte-Carlo Sélène Agapé, who went over the secrets of filming Toulouse-Lautrec high school in the presence of the TF1 series team.
Full of reports and documentaries
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival also offers the opportunity to see or re-watch the best documentaries and reports from the past year. In the running in the documentary and news category, nine nominated programs from 6 countries, including many on the war in Ukraine.
France is particularly well represented with no less than three programs in competition: the documentary miniseries Hezbollah, the prohibited investigation (Magneto Presse with the participation of France Télévisions), Life on the Donbas border (France Televisions) and Russia, children stolen from Ukraine (BFM TV). And a Franco-Belgian co-production, the documentary Ukraine: towards Europe, far from Moscow (Zorn Production International, Istant News Services, ARTE GEIE, RTBF – Documentary Unit, PICTANOVO).
Full of crowned heads
Created in 1961 by Prince Rainier III, in homage to his wife Princess Grace, the festival is organized under the High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco. The latter speaks during the opening and closing ceremony of the festival, and it is not uncommon for him to appear on the red carpet during a screening with his wife, Charlène of Monaco. .
On the occasion of the Centenary of the birth of Prince Rainier III, an exceptional exhibition of historic photos from the Monte-Carlo Festival will mark the red carpet.