2019 Canneseries

2019 Cannes International Series Festival
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	2018
Awards	Best Series (Perfect Life)
Festival date	5–10 April 2019
Website	canneseries.com/en
Canneseries
	2020 2018

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
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	潤一	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)
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	Creator(s)	Production countrie(s)	Network
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.

External links

Official website

[1] Croll, Ben (8 April 2019). "Canneseries: How a New Festival in France Illustrates Television's Growing Global Business". IndieWire. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[2] Richford, Rhonda (10 April 2019). "Spain's 'Perfect Life' Tops CanneSeries Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[3] Hopewell, John (10 April 2019). "Leticia Dolera's 'Perfect Life,' Comedy, Gender Equality Triumph at Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[4] Richford, Rhonda (13 March 2019). "CanneSeries Unveils Lineup, Stephen Fry to Serve on Jury". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[5] Hopewell, John; Croll, Ben (13 March 2019). "2019 Canneseries Lineup Unveiled". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[6] Vang, Jamie (6 April 2019). "'Home Turf,' 'Do Not Disturb,' 'Over and Out' Highlight Canneseries Short Form Competition". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[7] Goodfellow, Melanie (13 March 2019). "Canneseries 2019 reveals full line-up". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[8] "'Perfect Life' wins top prize at Canneseries". Screen Daily. 11 April 2019.

[9] Turchiano, Danielle (28 February 2019). "Diana Rigg to Receive Variety Icon Award at Canneseries". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[10] "Lindsey Morgan (The 100) recevra le Serieously Award à Canneseries". Serieously. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[11] Richford, Rhonda (10 October 2018). "Dominic West Set for CanneSeries' Excellence Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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