Location | Cannes, France |
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Founded | 2018 |
Awards | Best Series (The Lesson) |
Festival date | 14–19 April 2023 |
Website | canneseries |
The 6th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 14 to 19 April 2023 in Cannes, France. [1] This year marks the debut of the Documentary section. [2]
The Best Series award went to the Norwegian political comedy series Power Play. [3]
The following juries were named for the festival.
The following series were selected to compete: [4]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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Bargain | Ransom | Byun Seung-min | South Korea | TVING, Paramount+ |
Carthago | Reshef Levi & Tomer Shani & Yannets Levi | Israel | Kan 11 | |
Childhood Dreams | De Droom van de Jeugd | Marnie Blok & Bram Schouw & Idse Grotenhuis | Netherlands | KRO-NCRV, NPO 1 |
Corduroy | Hadas Ben Aroya | Israel | Hot | |
Dead Ringers | Alice Birch | United States | Prime Video | |
Good Morning Chuck (Or the Art of Harm Reduction) | Bon matin Chuck (ou l'art de réduire les méfaits) | Nicolas Pinson & Jean-François Rivard & Mathieu Cyr & Émilie Lemay-Perreault | Canada | Bell Media, Crave |
Power Play | Makta | Silje Storstein & Kristin Grue & Johan Fasting | Norway | NRK |
Prisoner | Huset | Kim Fupz Aakeson | Denmark | DR |
Spinners | Benjamin Hoffman & Joachim Landau | France, South Africa | Showmax, Canal+, Canal+ Afrique | |
Tapie | Tristan Séguéla & Olivier Demangel | France | Netflix |
The following series were selected to compete:
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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Appetite | Mohini Herse | Australia | SBS | |
Easy Peasy | MannDag | Fridtjof Stensæth Josefsen | Norway | NRK |
Groundbreaking | Patrick William Smith | Ireland, United States | — | |
L'air d'aller | Jean-Christophe Réhel | Canada | Télé-Québec | |
The Left-Handed Son | El hijo zurdo | Rafael Cobos | Spain | Movistar Plus+ |
Missing | Se Busca | Mariano Pozzi | Argentina | UN3 |
Out of Touch | Handen på Hjärtat | Mikael Ljung | Sweden | C More |
Roomies | Kato De Boeck & Flo Van Deuren | Belgium | VRT 1 | |
Streams Flow from a River | Christopher Yip | Canada | Super Channel | |
Terrain Sensible | Marseille mon amour | Aurélie Meimon & Daphné Chollet & Nicolas Lopez & Emma Benestan | France | Arte |
The following series were selected to compete:
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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The Chevaline Killings: Finding the Missing Piece | Chevaline | Brendan Kemmet | France | — |
Draw for Change! | Vincent Coen & Guillaume Vandenberghe | Belgium | Arte, VRT, RTBF, SWR, WDR | |
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King | Juan Carlos: Liebe, Geld, Verrat | Christian Beetz | Germany | Sky |
Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident | Lac-Mégantic - ceci n'est pas un accident | Philippe Falardeau | Canada | VRAI |
Miracle N°71 | Mirakel N°71 | Nathalie Basteyns | Belgium | VRT |
Reading Again Mafalda | Releyendo Mafalda | — | Argentina | Disney+ |
The following series were screened out of competition:
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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The Brigade | B.R.I | Jérémie Guez & Erwan Augoyard | France | Canal+ |
Fatal Attraction | Alexandra Cunningham & Kevin J. Hynes | United States | Paramount+ | |
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 5) | Amy Sherman-Palladino | United States | Prime Video | |
Silo | Graham Yost | United Kingdom | Apple TV+ |
The following awards were presented at the festival: [5]
The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: [6] [7] [8]
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