2023 Canneseries

The 6th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 14 to 19 April 2023 in Cannes, France.^[1] This year marks the debut of the Documentary section.^[2]

2023 Cannes International Series Festival

Location	Cannes, France
Founded	2018
Awards	Best Series (“Power Play”)
Festival date	14–19 April 2023
Website	canneseries.com/en

The Best Series award went to the Norwegian political comedy series Power Play.^[3]

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:^[4]

Title	Original title	Creator(s)	Production countrie(s)	Network
Bargain	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 1
Corduroy		Hadas Ben Aroya	Israel	Hot
Dead 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	DR
Spinners		Benjamin Hoffman & Joachim Landau	France, South Africa	Showmax, Canal+, Canal+ Afrique
Tapie		Tristan Séguéla & Olivier Demangel	France	Netflix

Short Form Competition

The following series were selected to compete:

Title	Original title	Creator(s)	Production countrie(s)	Network
Appetite		Mohini Herse	Australia	SBS
Easy Peasy	MannDag	Fridtjof Stensæth Josefsen	Norway	NRK
Groundbreaking		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 More
Roomies		Kato De Boeck & Flo Van Deuren	Belgium	VRT 1
Streams 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:

Title	Original title	Creator(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:

Title	Original title	Creator(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 (season 5)		Amy Sherman-Palladino	United States	Prime Video
Silo		Graham Yost	United Kingdom	Apple TV+

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:^[5]

• 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:^[6][7][8]

• Canal+ Icon Award: Sarah Michelle Gellar
• Madame Figaro Rising Star Award: Morfydd Clark
• Konbini Commitment Award: Joey Soloway