The 3rd

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is a television festival that took place in

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. The festival was scheduled to be held on 27 March to 1 April but postponed to 9 to 14 October, due to

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-related concerns and was held in-person/virtual hybrid. American writer and director

Darren Star Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–2000), '' Melrose Place'' (1992–1999), ''Sex and the City ...

served as the patron of the festival edition. The Best Series of the Festival award went to the Swedish crime drama Partisan.

Juries

The following juries were named for the festival.

Competition

Laëtitia Eïdo Laëtitia Eïdo (born October 25, 1985) is a French actress, born to a French father and a Lebanese mother. She is best known as Dr. Shirin El Abed, one of the leading roles in the Israeli Netflix series '' Fauda'', and as the voice of Mira in the ...

, French actress *

Grégory Fitoussi Grégory Fitoussi (born 13 August 1976) is a French actor. Born and raised in Paris, he rose to prominence playing Benjamin Losey in the French soap opera ''Sous le soleil'' (1998-2001). After departing the show, he had a prominent role in the pol ...

, French actor *

Randy Kerber Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema. Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national tour with Bette Midler in ...

, American composer *

Roxane Mesquida Roxane Mesquida (born 1 October 1981) is a French actress and model based in Los Angeles. Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, a little town located in southern France. Her mother, writer Françoise Mesquida, is French/Spanish and her father is Ital ...

, French actress *

Caroline Proust Caroline Proust (born 18 November 1967) is a French classically trained actress best known to international audiences for her role as Captain Laure Berthaud in the French TV series '' Spiral''. She has also appeared in the Netflix TV series Not ...

, French actress and director *

Jean-Pascal Zadi Jean-Pascal Zadi (born 22 August 1980 in Bondy) is a French director, actor and rapper. In 1999, he founded a rap group, La Cellule, with his brother Alain and his friend Stéphane. In 2021, he received the César Award for Most Promising Actor ...

, French actor and director

Short Form Competition

Jamie Bamber Jamie St John Bamber Griffith (born 1972/73), known professionally as Jamie Bamber, is a British actor, known for his roles as Lee Adama in ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in t ...

, British actor *Timothée Hochet, French director and screenwriter * Erin Moriarty, American actress

Official selection

In competition

The following series were selected to compete:

Short Form Competition

The following series were selected to compete:

Out of competition

The following series were screened out of competition:

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: *Best Series: ''Partisan'' by

Amir Chamdin Amir Juan Chamdin, born 4 June 1974, is a Swedish director and musician renowned for his work in music videos, feature films, and TV series. Chamdin first made a name for himself as the front figure of the Swedish hip hop band Infinite Mass. A ...

Fares Fares Fares Fares (; ; born 29 April 1973) is a Swedish actor, producer, and director. He is known for his collaborations with director Tarik Saleh, as well as his roles in notable shows such as Chernobyl (miniseries), ''Chernobyl'' ''and The Wheel of ...

and Mauricio Molinari *Best Screenplay: Arnaud Malherbe and Marion Festraëts for ''Moloch'' *Best Music:

Jon Ekstrand Jon Petter Ekstrand (born 14 December 1976) is a Swedish composer and film sound designer. As a composer, he has collaborated with director Daniel Espinosa scoring films such as '' Easy Money'', '' Child 44'', ''Life'', and ''Morbius''. Since 19 ...

and Carl-Johan Sevedag for ''Top Dog'' *Special Interpretation Prize: ''Red Light'' by

Halina Reijn Halina Reijn (; born 10 November 1975) is a Dutch actress, writer and film director. Early life and education Halina Reijn was born on 10 November 1975 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Fleur ten Kate and Frank Volkert Reijn (1931–1986). Reijn's ...

and

Carice van Houten Carice Anouk van Houten (; born 5 September 1976) is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film '' Suzy Q'' (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for ...

*Best Performance: Polina Maksimova for '' 257 Reasons to Live'' *Student Prize: ''Red Light'' by Halina Reijn and Carice van Houten *Best Short Form Series: ''Broder'' by Jonathan Barg, Mauro Pérez Quinteros, Andrés Sehinkman and Leandro Vital *Short Form Prize: ''Claire and the Elderly'' by Patrick Bilodeau, Charles Grenier, Edith Morin and Sarah Pellerin

Special awards

The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: *''

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'' Icon Award:

Judith Light Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of ''A Doll's House''. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap oper ...

*''

Madame Figaro ''Madame Figaro'' () is a French magazine supplement to the Saturday edition of the daily newspaper , focusing on and catering to women. History and profile The first edition was published in 1980. ''Madame Figaro'' was spearheaded by Robert H ...

'' Rising Star Award:

Daisy Edgar-Jones Daisy Jessica Edgar-Jones (born 24 May 1998) is an English actress. She began her career with the television series ''Cold Feet'' (2016–2020) and '' War of the Worlds'' (2019–2021). She gained recognition for her starring role in the BBC / ...

*Excellence Award:

Patrick Dempsey Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor and racing driver best known for playing neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–15; 2020–21). He is also known for his leading man romantic film roles, such ...

*Prix du Public: ''All the Way Up'' by

Franck Gastambide Franck Gastambide (; born 31 October 1978) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He became famous in 2009 after creating the first web series from Canal+, ''Kaïra Shopping'', which was later shown on television and adapte ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canneseries, 2020 Events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 in French television

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