Fictional events and many stars on its pink carpet! Season 6 of CanneSeries, which will be held from April 14 to 19 online and on the Côte d’Azur, unveiled a very promising line-up on Tuesday during a press conference on Tuesday in Paris and this Wednesday in Cannes. Among more than 300 series received, the teams of Albin Lewi, the artistic director of CanneSeries, selected 30 series in the official selection, 10 in competition, 10 in competition short series, 6 in competition documentary series and 4 fiction presented out of competition. , which will be screened in the mythical Auditorium Lumière of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès and at the Espace Miramar in the presence of their teams. “CanneSeries is select and selective,” summarized David Lisnard, Mayor of Cannes and supporter of the free series festival open to the public. What to remember about programming.
Camille Chamoux, mistress of ceremony
For the first time, the opening ceremony, presented by comedian Camille Chamoux, will be broadcast live and unencrypted on Canal+. “I am very happy to participate in the “glamorization” of the world of series. Now people watch as many series as cinema, see more, let’s be honest, ”rejoiced the mistress of ceremonies Camille Chamoux, questioned by 20 minuteswho has already walked the pink carpet for The flame And The torch. The actress who we will soon see in the moving drama of TF1, The Hikers, believes that series festivals “are essential to support for the diversity of our art and above all its perpetuity. “And to add:” I love the ceremonial exercise that I have never done and I confront it with great pleasure. I hope to be very funny, at the height and at the service of the universe of the series. »
Sarah Michelle Gellar, guest of honor at the festival
During this opening ceremony, three prizes of honor will be awarded. The Madame Figaro Rising Star Award will go to actress Morfydd Clark, who rose to international fame with her role as Galadriel in the rings of power. Screenwriter Joey Soloway, to whom we owe the series in particular Transparent And I Love Dick, will receive the Konbini Commitment Award.
Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, who portrayed the heroine of the cult 1990s series buffy the vampire slayer and is currently the headliner of the Paramount + series Wolf Packwill receive the Canal + Icon Award, succeeding Gilian Anderson.
“Fatal Liaison” and “The Fabulous Mrs. Maisel”
The opening ceremony will be followed in Cannes by the screening of the first episode of Silo, new British production of Apple TV +, in the presence of Rebecca Ferguson. This science fiction series, adapted from the eponymous novel by author Hugh Howey, depicts a dystopian world where a community lives in a giant silo hundreds of floors underground.
The detective miniseries BIS, a new creation from Canal+, which follows the adventures of a historic unit specializing in organized crime in Versailles, will be presented out of competition on Monday 17 April. As Fatal LinkAmerican series inspired by Adrian Lyne’s 1987 film starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close, and worn by Joshua Jackson (Dawson) and Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex), which will be screened on Tuesday, April 18. The first episodes of the fifth and final season of Prime Video’s flagship comedy, The Fabulous Mrs Maiselwill be screened after the closing ceremony on Wednesday 19 April.
Lior Ra of “Fauda” chairs the jury
All the series of the 3 competitions are in the running to appear on the prize list and will be decided by 3 exceptional international juries and 2 young juries. Lior Raz, screenwriter and star actor of the Israeli series Faudasucceeds Fanny Herrero, creator of Ten percent and of Funny, as president of the jury for the long format competition. At his side, actress Shirine Boutella (Lupine), actress Zabou Breitman (A man of honor, Paris, etc.), composer and ex-Police drummer, Stewart Copeland and actor Daryl Mccormack (Peaky Blinders).
In the long format category, ten series will be in competition. In the running for this season 6, False pretensesa feminist counterpoint to David Cronenberg’s cult film, bar gaina Korean series about human organ trafficking, Canadian fiction good morning chuck (or the art of harm reduction) on the downfall of a very popular television host due to his addiction to narcotics, the Israeli series Corduroya portrait of the hectic life in Tel Aviv and Carthago about a prison camp in the depths of Africa, where Italian fascists, Nazi spies and Jewish terrorists were imprisoned during the Second World War, the Dutch family saga Childhood Dreamsthe Norwegian political comedy powerplay, the danish series imprison on the prison world in Denmark, the France-South Africa co-production Spinnerswhich takes us through the bleak daily life of gangs in the suburbs of Cape Town and the long-awaited French biopic carpet for Netflix which traces the ups and downs of the famous French singer, entrepreneur and politician Bernard Tapie.
Marina Rollman in the short format jury
Javier Calvo Guirao and his companion Javier Ambrossi, both actors, directors and co-writers of several Iberian projects, will chair the short format jury. At their side, the Swiss humorist Marina Rollman but also Simona Tabasco, alias Lucia Greco in season 2 of The White Lotus.
10 international series also in the running: Appetite (Australia), seem to go (Canada), Easy peasy (Norway), groundbreaking (Ireland), missing (Argentina), Sensitive ground (France), out of touch (Sweden, Roomies (Belgium), Streams flow from a river (Canada, The left-handed sound (Spain).
A new category, documentary series
This season 6 welcomes a brand new category, documentary series, with a jury chaired by director Asif Kapadia, Oscar winner in 2016 for Amya moving portrait of singer Amy Winehouse.
Six productions will be in the running, including one on the fall of the former Spanish king Juan Carlos, an investigation into the murder of Chevaline as well as the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in Canada.
Out of competition, the first episodes of Tour de France: at the heart of the pelotona new sports documentary series from Netflix, and Why we fighton the melting ice, will be presented in preview.
Hélène Rollès will be on the Croisette
CanneSeries will offer its usual appointments with, among other things, signing sessions around daily soap operas Here it all starts And tomorrow belongs to usa focus on Korean fiction, a conversation with Melha Bedia, to whom we owe Meskina, the poorpreviews like A small light, Hudson & Rex, Upa Nextthe new version of the Spanish series One, back, veryand the first of Confidential rodstour in Cannes with Shy’m (Tamara Marthe) and Lucie Lucas or even a debate on justice in the series around The traineenotably in the presence of Michèle Bernier.
The emblematic Hélène Rollès will be present on the Croisette to present a new episode of mysteries of love, accompanied by Laure Guibert, Tom Schacht, Patrick Puydebat. In short, enough to satisfy all desires in terms of series!