Location | Cannes, France |
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Founded | 2018 |
Awards | Best Series (Partisan) |
Festival date | 9–14 October 2020 |
Website | canneseries |
The 3rd Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place in Cannes, France. [1] The festival was scheduled to be held on 27 March to 1 April but postponed to 9 to 14 October, due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns and was held in-person/virtual hybrid. [2] American writer and director Darren Star served as the patron of the festival edition. [3]
The Best Series of the Festival award went to the Swedish crime drama Partisan. [4]
The following juries were named for the festival. [5]
The following series were selected to compete: [6]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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257 Reasons to Live | 257 prichin chtoby zhit | Alexey Lyapichev | Russia | Start, TNT |
Atlantic Crossing | Alexander Eik | Norway | NRK1 | |
Cheyenne and Lola | Cheyenne et Lola | Virginie Brac | France, Belgium | OCS Max |
Losing Alice | Le'abed et Alice | Sigal Avin | Israel | Hot 3, Apple TV+ |
Man in Room 301 | Huone 301 | — | Finland | Elisa Viihde |
Moloch | Arnaud Malherbe | France | Arte | |
Partisan | Amir Chamdin & Fares Fares & Mauricio Molinari | Sweden | Viaplay | |
Red Light | Halina Reijn & Carice van Houten | Belgium, Netherlands | NPO 1, VTM | |
Top Dog | Jens Lapidus & Veronica Zacco | Sweden | ZDFneo, TV4 | |
Truth Seekers | Nick Frost & Simon Pegg & Nat Saunders & James Serafinowicz | United Kingdom | Amazon Prime Video |
The following series were selected to compete:
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Broder | Jonathan Barg & Mauro Pérez Quinteros & Andrés Sehinkman & Leandro Vital | Argentina | |
Christmas on Blood Mountain | Jul i Blodfjell | Lars Kristian Flemmen & Christopher Pahle & Martin Zimmer | Norway |
Claire and the Elderly | Claire et les vieux | Patrick Bilodeau & Charles Grenier & Edith Morin & Sarah Pellerin | Canada |
Cryptid | Daniel di Grado & Sylvain Runberg | Sweden | |
Deadhouse Dark | Enzo Tedeschi | Australia | |
Dog Days | Amours d'Occasion | Eva Kabuya | Canada |
First Person | Renuka Jeyapalan & Tyler Levine & Patrice Theroux | Canada | |
Tony | Malena Filmus | Argentina | |
The Writers. A Short Series. | Pisarze. Serial na krótko. | Mikołaj Lizut | Poland |
Zero Day | — | United States, France |
The following series were screened out of competition: [6]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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Call My Agent! (season 4) (closing series) | Dix pour cent | Fanny Herrero | France | France 2 |
The Flame(opening series) | La Flamme | Florent Bernard & Jonathan Cohen & Jérémie Galan | France | Canal+ |
#FREERAYSHAWN | Marc Maurino | United States | Quibi | |
OVNI(s) | Clémence Dargent & Martin Douaire | France | Canal+ | |
Shadowplay | Måns Mårlind | France, Canada, Germany | ZDF, Viaplay, Canal+, Canal+ Poland, NPO 1 |
The following awards were presented at the festival: [7]
The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: [8] [9] [10]
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