Location | Cannes, France |
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Founded | 2018 |
Awards | Best Series ( When Heroes Fly ) |
Festival date | 4–11 April 2018 |
Website | canneseries |
The inaugural edition of Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 4 to 11 April 2018 in Cannes, France. [1] Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen served as the patron of the festival edition. [2]
Israel-Colombian drama series When Heroes Fly won the Best Series of the festival. [3]
The following juries were named for the festival. [4]
The following series were selected to compete: [5]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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Cacciatore: The Hunter | Il Cacciatore | Silvia Ebreul & Marcello Izzo & Alfonso Sabella | Italy | Rai 2 |
Félix | Cesc Gay | Spain | Movistar Plus+ | |
Here on Earth | Aquí en la Tierra | Gael García Bernal & Jorge Dorantes & Kyzza Terrazas | Mexico | Fox Premium Latin American |
Killing Eve | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | United Kingdom | BBC America | |
Miguel | Daphna Levin & Tom Salama | Israel | Hot 3 | |
Mother | 마더 | Jee-young Park | South Korea | tvN |
State of Happiness | Lykkeland | Mette Marit Bølstad & Siv Rajendram Eliassen & Synnøve Hørsdal | Norway | NRK1 |
The Typist | Die Protokollantin | Nina Grosse | Germany | ZDF |
Undercover | Nico Moolenaar | Belgium, Netherlands | Eén | |
When Heroes Fly | בשבילה גיבורים עפים | Omri Givon | Israel, Colombia | Keshet 12 |
The following series were selected to compete: [6]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Arena | L'Arène | Marjorie Armstrong | Canada |
Atropa | Eli Sasich | United States | |
Bite Size Horror | — | United States | |
Bonding | Rightor Doyle | United States | |
Cabeza Madre | Édouard Salier | Cuba, France | |
Camionero | Jacques Toulemonde | Colombia, France | |
Dominos | Zoé Pelchat | Canada | |
If I Were You | Si fueras tú | Javier Olivares & Javier Pascual & Annaïs Schaaff | Spain |
Immature | Sameer Saxena | India | |
Memento Mori | Lee Young-sook | South Korea |
The following series were screened out of competition: [7]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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Safe (closing series) | Harlan Coben | United Kingdom | C8, Netflix | |
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (Official Competition opening series) | — | United States, Canada | Epix | |
Versailles (season 3) (opening series) | Simon Mirren & David Wolstencroft | France, Canada, United Kingdom, United States | Canal+ |
The following awards were presented at the festival: [8]
The following honorary award was presented at the festival: [9]
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