2023 Canneseries

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2023 Cannes International Series Festival
Location Cannes, France
Founded2018
AwardsBest Series (The Lesson)
Festival date14–19 April 2023
Website canneseries.com/en
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]

Contents

The Best Series award went to the Norwegian political comedy series Power Play. [3]

Juries

The following juries were named for the festival.

Competition

Short Form Competition

Documentary Competition

Official selection

In competition

The following series were selected to compete: [4]

TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network
Bargain RansomByun Seung-minSouth Korea TVING, Paramount+
Carthago Reshef Levi & Tomer Shani & Yannets Levi Israel Kan 11
Childhood DreamsDe Droom van de JeugdMarnie Blok & Bram Schouw & Idse GrotenhuisNetherlands KRO-NCRV, NPO 1
CorduroyHadas Ben AroyaIsrael 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-PerreaultCanada Bell Media, Crave
Power PlayMakta Silje Storstein & Kristin Grue & Johan FastingNorway NRK
PrisonerHuset Kim Fupz Aakeson Denmark DR
SpinnersBenjamin Hoffman & Joachim LandauFrance, South Africa Showmax, Canal+, Canal+ Afrique
TapieTristan Séguéla & Olivier DemangelFrance Netflix

Short Form Competition

The following series were selected to compete:

TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network
AppetiteMohini HerseAustralia SBS
Easy PeasyMannDagFridtjof Stensæth JosefsenNorway NRK
GroundbreakingPatrick William SmithIreland, United States
L'air d'allerJean-Christophe RéhelCanada Télé-Québec
The Left-Handed Son El hijo zurdo Rafael Cobos Spain Movistar Plus+
MissingSe BuscaMariano PozziArgentinaUN3
Out of TouchHanden på HjärtatMikael LjungSweden C More
RoomiesKato De Boeck & Flo Van DeurenBelgium VRT 1
Streams Flow from a River Christopher YipCanada Super Channel
Terrain SensibleMarseille mon amourAurélie Meimon & Daphné Chollet & Nicolas Lopez & Emma BenestanFrance Arte

Documentary Competition

The following series were selected to compete:

TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network
The Chevaline Killings: Finding the Missing PieceChevalineBrendan KemmetFrance
Draw for Change!Vincent Coen & Guillaume VandenbergheBelgium Arte, VRT, RTBF, SWR, WDR
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the KingJuan Carlos: Liebe, Geld, VerratChristian BeetzGermany Sky
Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident Lac-Mégantic - ceci n'est pas un accident Philippe Falardeau CanadaVRAI
Miracle N°71Mirakel N°71Nathalie BasteynsBelgium VRT
Reading Again MafaldaReleyendo MafaldaArgentina Disney+

Out of competition

The following series were screened out of competition:

TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network
The BrigadeB.R.IJérémie Guez & Erwan AugoyardFrance Canal+
Fatal Attraction Alexandra Cunningham & Kevin J. HynesUnited States Paramount+
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 5) Amy Sherman-Palladino United States Prime Video
Silo Graham Yost United Kingdom Apple TV+

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: [5]

Special awards

The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: [6] [7] [8]

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