2021 Canneseries

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2021 Cannes International Series Festival
Location Cannes, France
Founded2018
AwardsBest Series ( Mister 8 )
Festival date8–13 October 2021
Website canneseries.com/en
Canneseries

The 4th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 8 to 13 October 2021 in Cannes, France. [1] It was scheduled to be held from 9 to 14 April but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns. [2]

Contents

Finnish thriller comedy series Mister 8 won the Best Series award. [3]

Juries

The following juries were named for the festival: [4]

Competition

Short Form Competition

Official selection

In competition

The following series were selected to compete: [5]

TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network
The AllegationGlaubenOliver Berben & Jan EhlertGermany TVNow, VOX
AwakeKljun Srđan Dragojević Serbia Nova
ChristianEnrico Audenino & Valerio Cilio & Roberto Saku CinardiItaly Sky Italia
CountrymenJordbrukerne Izer Aliu & Anne BjørnstadNorway Arte, NRK
Dreams of AliceСны АлисыAnastasiya VolkovaRussia TV-3
Limbo... Until It's OverLimbo… Hasta que lo decida Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat Argentina Star+
Mister 8 Teemu Nikki & Jani PösöFinland Elisa Viihde
Sad City GirlsYeladot Sach'sechaniot Talya Lavie & Shir ReuvenIsrael Hot
TotemsOlivier Dujols & Juliette SoubrierFrance Amazon Prime Video
Unknowns עלומים Tawfik Abu-Wael & Guy Sidis & Nirit YaronIsrael Kan

Short Form Competition

The following series were selected to compete:

TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)
About SaturdayEtter lørdagLiv Mari Ulla MortensenNorway
Adi Shankar's The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) Adi Shankar United States, Spain, Finland
DumpedLarguéeKaycie ChaseFrance
Hudson Falls – A Ray McClane MysteryElias PlagianosUnited States
i-ARTAlexandre da Silva & Marvin GofinFrance
Lockdown Gilles Coulier & Maarten MoerkerkeBelgium
PopsБатяArtem Loginov & Anton Shchukin & Anton ZaitsevRussia
ShekerArystan Kaunev & Kuat SadykovKazakhstan
This Is Not a HotelEsto no es un hotelDana CrosaArgentina
Wipe Me AwayJe voudrais qu'on m'effaceEric PiccoliCanada

Out of competition

The following series were screened out of competition: [6]

TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network
All the Way Up(season 2) (opening series)ValidéGiulio Callegari & Franck Gastambide & Xavier Lacaille & Charles van TieghemFrance Canal+
Around the World in 80 Days Ashley Pharoah & Caleb RansonFrance, United Kingdom France 2, ZDF, RAI
Gomorrah (season 5) (closing series)Gomorra - La serie Roberto Saviano Italy Sky Atlantic
SisiAndreas Gutzeit & Robert Krause & Elena HellGermany RTL

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: [7]

Special awards

The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: [8] [9] [10]

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