The 6th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 14 to 19 April 2023 in Cannes, France. This year marks the debut of the Documentary section.
The Best Series award went to the Norwegian political comedy series Power Play.
Juries The following juries were named for the festival.
Competition Lior Raz, Israeli actor and screenwriter, Jury President Shirine Boutella, Algerian actress Zabou Breitman, French actress and director Stewart Copeland, American composer Daryl McCormack, Irish actor
Short Form Competition Los Javis (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi), Spanish directors, Jury Presidents Marina Rollman, Swiss comedian Simona Tabasco, Italian actress
Documentary Competition Asif Kapadia, British film director, Jury President Mélissa Theuriau, French producer and journalist Nathalie Marchak, French screenwriter and director
Official selection In competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)NetworkBargain 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 1Corduroy Hadas Ben Aroya Israel HotDead 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 DRSpinners Benjamin Hoffman & Joachim Landau France, South Africa Showmax, Canal+, Canal+ AfriqueTapie Tristan Séguéla & Olivier Demangel France Netflix
Short Form Competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)NetworkAppetite Mohini Herse Australia SBS Easy Peasy MannDag Fridtjof Stensæth Josefsen Norway NRKGroundbreaking 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 MoreRoomies Kato De Boeck & Flo Van Deuren Belgium VRT 1Streams Flow from a River Christopher Yip Canada Super Channel Terrain Sensible Marseille mon amour Aurélie Meimon & Daphné Chollet & Nicolas Lopez & Emma Benestan France Arte
Documentary Competition The following series were selected to compete: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network 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+
Out of competition The following series were screened out of competition: TitleOriginal titleCreator(s)Production countrie(s)Network 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 Amy Sherman-Palladino United States Prime VideoSilo Graham Yost United Kingdom Apple TV+
Awards The following awards were presented at the festival: Best Series: Power Play by Silje Storstein, Kristin Grue and Johan Fasting Best Screenplay: Jeon Woo-sung, Choi Byeong-yun and Kwak Jae-min for Bargain Best Music: Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim, Andrea Louise Horstad, Kristoffer Lo and Eivind Helgerød for Power Play Best Performance: Dar Zuzovsky for Corduroy Special Interpretation Award: Carthago High School Award for Best Series: Carthago by Reshef Levi, Tomer Shani and Yannets Levi Best Short Form Series: The Left-Handed Son by Rafael Cobos Student Award for Best Short Form Series: L'air d'aller by Jean-Christophe Réhel Best Documentary Series: Draw for Change! by Vincent Coen and Guillaume Vandenberghe
Special awards The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: Canal+ Icon Award: Sarah Michelle Gellar Madame Figaro Rising Star Award: Morfydd Clark Konbini Commitment Award: Joey Soloway
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