The Cannes International Series Festival (), usually called the Canneseries, is an international television festival held annually in

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

, France. The festival aims to showcase and promote

television series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming plat ...

from around the world. The festival is usually held parallel to

MIPTV Media Market MIPTV () is an event which takes place annually in Cannes, France, using the facilities and infrastructure which the town has developed over the years to host other important events such as the Cannes Film Festival amongst other events. It is e ...

History

In 2014, the Mayor of

, David Lisnard supported the idea of an international television festival held in the city. In 2017, former French

Minister of Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organiza ...

Fleur Pellerin was appointed as the festival president and Benoît Louvet as the general manager. In June 2017, the first edition of Canneseries was announced to be held in April 2018.

Edition

Festival programme

As of 2023, the festival is composed of four different sections: *Competition *Short Form Competition *Documentary Series Competition *Out of Competition

Awards

As of 2022, the categories presented at the festival were: *Best Series *Grand Prize *Best Screenplay *Special Award for Best Cast Performance *Best Performance *Best Music *Best Short Form Series *Revelation Award *High School Award for Best Series *Student Award for Best Short Form Series

Special awards

Icon Award

The award, presented by American magazine '' Variety'' (2018–2022) and French television channel Canal+ (2023–), recognizes outstanding achievement in acting which garners praise from critics and audience. *2018: Michelle Dockery *2019:

Diana Rigg Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'' (1965–1968); Countess Tracy Bond, Teresa di ...

*2020: Judith Light *2021:

Connie Britton Connie Britton (born Constance Elaine Womack; March 6, 1967) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. She gained prominence for her roles in the television series ''S ...

*2022: Gillian Anderson *2023: Sarah Michelle Gellar *2024:

Kyle MacLachlan Kyle Merritt MacLachlan ( ; ' McLachlan, February 22, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role as Dale Cooper in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991, 2017) and its film prequel '' Twin Peaks: Fire ...

*2025: Éric Rochant and the cast of '' The Bureau''

''Madame Figaro'' Rising Star Award

The award, presented by French magazine '' Madame Figaro'', recognizes a young actress for her promising career. *2020:

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 / ...

*2021: Phoebe Dynevor *2022: Sydney Sweeney *2023: Morfydd Clark *2024: Ella Purnell *2025: Marie Colomb

''Konbini'' Prix de l'Engagement

The award, presented by French website ''Konbini'', recognizes a talent or a series that has distinguished itself by the artistic quality and the societal, innovative or revolutionary dimension of its work. *2021: Laurie Nunn *2022: '' Skam France'' *2023:

Joey Soloway Joey Soloway (born Jill Soloway; September 26, 1965) is an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer. Soloway is known for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series '' Transparent'', winnin ...

*2024: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez *2025: Nicola Coughlan

References

External links

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IMDB festival page
for historical awards data {{Canneseries Television festivals Festivals established in 2018 Awards established in 2018 2018 establishments in France Annual events in France