2018 Canneseries

2018 Cannes International Series Festival
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	2018
Awards	Best Series (When Heroes Fly)
Festival date	4–11 April 2018
Website	canneseries.com/en
Canneseries
	2019

The inaugural edition of Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 4 to 11 April 2018 in Cannes, France.^[1] Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen served as the patron of the festival edition.^[2]

Israel-Colombian drama series When Heroes Fly won the Best Series of the festival.^[3]

Juries

The following juries were named for the festival.^[4]

Competition

Harlan Coben, American writer, Jury President
Paula Beer, German actress
Audrey Fouché, French director and screenwriter
Melisa Sözen, Turkish actress
Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Chilean-Canadian composer
Michael K. Williams, American actor

Short Form Competition

Adi Shankar, American actor
Jessica Barden, English actress
Ed Solomon, American screenwriter and director

Official selection

In competition

The following series were selected to compete:^[5]

Title	Original title	Creator(s)	Production countrie(s)	Network
Cacciatore: The Hunter	Il Cacciatore	Silvia Ebreul & Marcello Izzo & Alfonso Sabella	Italy	Rai 2
Félix		Cesc Gay	Spain	Movistar Plus+
Here on Earth	Aquí en la Tierra	Gael García Bernal & Jorge Dorantes & Kyzza Terrazas	Mexico	Fox Premium Latin American
Killing Eve		Phoebe Waller-Bridge	United Kingdom	BBC America
Miguel		Daphna Levin & Tom Salama	Israel	Hot 3
Mother	마더	Jee-young Park	South Korea	tvN
State of Happiness	Lykkeland	Mette Marit Bølstad & Siv Rajendram Eliassen & Synnøve Hørsdal	Norway	NRK1
The Typist	Die Protokollantin	Nina Grosse	Germany	ZDF
Undercover		Nico Moolenaar	Belgium, Netherlands	Eén
When Heroes Fly	בשבילה גיבורים עפים	Omri Givon	Israel, Colombia	Keshet 12

Short Form Competition

The following series were selected to compete:^[6]

Title	Original title	Creator(s)	Production countrie(s)
The Arena	L'Arène	Marjorie Armstrong	Canada
Atropa		Eli Sasich	United States
Bite Size Horror		—	United States
Bonding		Rightor Doyle	United States
Cabeza Madre		Édouard Salier	Cuba, France
Camionero		Jacques Toulemonde	Colombia, France
Dominos		Zoé Pelchat	Canada
If I Were You	Si fueras tú	Javier Olivares & Javier Pascual & Annaïs Schaaff	Spain
Immature		Sameer Saxena	India
Memento Mori		Lee Young-sook	South Korea

Out of competition

The following series were screened out of competition:^[7]

Title	Creator(s)	Production countrie(s)	Network
Safe (closing series)	Harlan Coben	United Kingdom	C8, Netflix
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (Official Competition opening series)	—	United States, Canada	Epix
Versailles (season 3) (opening series)	Simon Mirren & David Wolstencroft	France, Canada, United Kingdom, United States	Canal+

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:^[8]

Best Series: When Heroes Fly by Omri Givon
Best Screenplay: Mette Marit Bølstad for State of Happiness
Best Music: Ginge Anvik for State of Happiness
Special Interpretation Prize: Miguel by Daphna Levin and Tom Salama
Best Performance: Francesco Montanari for Cacciatore: The Hunter
Best Short Form Series: Dominos by Zoé Pelchat

Special award

The following honorary award was presented at the festival:^[9]

Variety Icon Award: Michelle Dockery

References

^ Schneider, Michael (16 October 2017). "Canneseries TV Festival Details Competition Eligibility, and What's In Store As It Launches Next April". IndieWire. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Goodfellow, Melanie (16 October 2017). "New Cannes TV festival details revealed". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Hopewell, John (11 April 2018). "'When Heroes Fly,' 'State of Happiness' Top Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Barraclough, Leo (7 March 2018). "Harlan Coben to Head Canneseries Jury". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Richford, Rhonda (13 March 2018). "CanneSeries: Sandra Oh, Gael Garcia Bernal Dramas Highlight TV Fest Competition Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Dalton, Ben (13 March 2018). "2018 Canneseries competition line-up includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Gael García Bernal projects". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Keslassy, Elsa; Hopewell, John (13 March 2018). "Canneseries Unveils Competition Lineup for Inaugural Edition". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ White, Peter (11 April 2018). "Keshet's Israeli Drama 'When Heroes Fly' Wins Best Series At Canneseries – Full Competition Winners Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Hopewell, John (7 April 2018). "Michelle Dockery Receives First Variety Icon Award for Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] Schneider, Michael (16 October 2017). "Canneseries TV Festival Details Competition Eligibility, and What's In Store As It Launches Next April". IndieWire. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[2] Goodfellow, Melanie (16 October 2017). "New Cannes TV festival details revealed". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[3] Hopewell, John (11 April 2018). "'When Heroes Fly,' 'State of Happiness' Top Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[4] Barraclough, Leo (7 March 2018). "Harlan Coben to Head Canneseries Jury". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[5] Richford, Rhonda (13 March 2018). "CanneSeries: Sandra Oh, Gael Garcia Bernal Dramas Highlight TV Fest Competition Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[6] Dalton, Ben (13 March 2018). "2018 Canneseries competition line-up includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Gael García Bernal projects". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[7] Keslassy, Elsa; Hopewell, John (13 March 2018). "Canneseries Unveils Competition Lineup for Inaugural Edition". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[8] White, Peter (11 April 2018). "Keshet's Israeli Drama 'When Heroes Fly' Wins Best Series At Canneseries – Full Competition Winners Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[9] Hopewell, John (7 April 2018). "Michelle Dockery Receives First Variety Icon Award for Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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