2019 Canneseries
Appearance
Location | Cannes, France |
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Founded | 2018 |
Awards | Best Series (Perfect Life) |
Festival date | 5–10 April 2019 |
Website | canneseries |
The 2nd Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 5 to 10 April 2019 in Cannes, France.[1]
The closing ceremony was hosted by French comedian Monsieur Poulpe and aired live on Canal+.[2] Spanish comedy series Perfect Life won the Best Series of the festival.[3]
Juries
The following juries were named for the festival. English actor Stephen Fry was set to jury the competition section but withdrew his participation.[4]
Competition
- Baran bo Odar, German director and screenwriter, Jury President
- Miriam Leone, Italian actress
- Emma Mackey, French-British actress
- Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress
- Robin Coudert, French composer
Short Form Competition
- Greg Garcia, American director and producer, Jury President
- Fanny Sidney, French actress
- Josefine Frida Pettersen, Norwegian actress
Official selection
In competition
The following series were selected to compete:[5]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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Bauhaus: A New Era | Die Neue Zeit | Lars Kraume | Germany | Arte |
The Feed | Channing Powell | United Kingdom | Virgin TV | |
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) | Philipp Käßbohrer & Matthias Murmann | Germany | Netflix | |
Junichi | Mitsunobu Kawamura & Eiji Kitahara & Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | Kansai TV | |
Magnus | Vidar Magnussen | Norway | NRK1 | |
Nehama | נחמה | Reshef Levi | Israel | Hot |
The Outbreak | Эпидемия | Pavel Kostomarov | Russia | TV-3 |
Perfect Life | Déjate Llevar | Leticia Dolera | Spain | Movistar Plus+ |
Studio Tarara | Tim van Aelst | Belgium | VTM | |
The Twelve | De twaalf | Sanne Nuyens & Bert van Dael | Belgium | Eén |
Short Form Competition
The following series were selected to compete:[6]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Do Not Disturb | Michael Haussman & Larry Volpi | United Kingdom | |
The Fucking Liars | Los mentirosos | Alejandro Jovic | Argentina |
Golden Revenge | Josh Gardner & Tom Stern | United States | |
La Maison des Folles | Mara Joly | Canada | |
Noche de Amor | Agustina Levati & Pedro Levati | Argentina | |
Over and Out | Christiaan Van Vuuren & Adele Vuko | Australia | |
Robbie Hood | Tanith Glynn-Maloney & Dylan River | Australia | |
Simone & moi, une amitié mécanique | Laurène Dervieux & Soukaïna Meflah | France | |
Teodor pas de H | Nathalie Doummar & Julien Hurteau | Canada | |
Warigami | Eddie Kim | Canada |
Out of competition
The following series were screened out of competition:[7]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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Beecham House | Paul Mayeda Berges & Gurinder Chadha & Shahrukh Husain | United Kingdom | ITV | |
NOS4A2 | Jami O'Brien | United States | AMC | |
Now Apocalypse | Gregg Araki | United States | Starz | |
The Rook | Stephen Garrett & Karyn Usher & Lisa Zwerling | United Kingdom | Starz | |
Vernon Subutex (opening series) | Cathy Verney | France | Canal+ | |
Years and Years | Russell T Davies | United Kingdom | BBC One |
Awards
The following awards were presented at the festival:[8]
- Best Series: Perfect Life by Leticia Dolera
- Best Screenplay: Bert Van Dael and Sanne Nuyens for The Twelve
- Best Music: Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas for Bauhaus: A New Era
- Special Interpretation Prize: Perfect Life by Leticia Dolera
- Best Performance: Reshef Levi for Nehama
- Best Short Form Series: Over and Out by Christiaan Van Vuuren and Adele Vuko
Special awards
The following honorary awards were presented at the festival:[9][10][11]
- Variety Icon Award: Diana Rigg
- Serieously Award: Lindsey Morgan
- Excellence Award: Dominic West
References
- ^ Croll, Ben (8 April 2019). "Canneseries: How a New Festival in France Illustrates Television's Growing Global Business". IndieWire. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Richford, Rhonda (10 April 2019). "Spain's 'Perfect Life' Tops CanneSeries Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Hopewell, John (10 April 2019). "Leticia Dolera's 'Perfect Life,' Comedy, Gender Equality Triumph at Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Richford, Rhonda (13 March 2019). "CanneSeries Unveils Lineup, Stephen Fry to Serve on Jury". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Hopewell, John; Croll, Ben (13 March 2019). "2019 Canneseries Lineup Unveiled". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Vang, Jamie (6 April 2019). "'Home Turf,' 'Do Not Disturb,' 'Over and Out' Highlight Canneseries Short Form Competition". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (13 March 2019). "Canneseries 2019 reveals full line-up". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "'Perfect Life' wins top prize at Canneseries". Screen Daily. 11 April 2019.
- ^ Turchiano, Danielle (28 February 2019). "Diana Rigg to Receive Variety Icon Award at Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Lindsey Morgan (The 100) recevra le Serieously Award à Canneseries". Serieously. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Richford, Rhonda (10 October 2018). "Dominic West Set for CanneSeries' Excellence Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.