CANNESERIES 2023: 7th series awarded at the sixth edition of the festival

The 6th season of CANNESERIES, which ran from April 14 to 19, ended on a high note with The Fabulous Mrs. With a preview of the first two episodes of Maisel’s fifth and final season. During the six days of the festival, almost 30,000 people came to attend 36 meetings, between screenings, discussions and signings held in the legendary Auditorium Lumière and the prestigious Espace Miramar.

Over the course of several days, three international juries would discover series from around the world to award prizes to their favourites. As a reminder, the long series jury chaired by Lior Raz (actor, producer, screenwriter) included Shireen Boutella (actress), Daryl McCormack (actor), Stewart Copeland (musician and composer) and Zabu Brightman (actor, director and director).

The short series jury, chaired by Javier Ambrose and Javier Calvo (actors, screenwriters and directors), included Marina Rolman (actress and comedian) and Simona Tabasco (actress). As for the documentary series jury, led by Asif Kapadia (director), it included Melissa Thiriau (journalist and producer) and Natalie Marchak (screenwriter and director).

As for the main events, Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) received the CANAL+ Icon Award, while Konbini presented its Commitment Award to Joey Soloway, to whom we owe Transparent and I Love Dick. Finally, Europe 1 awarded the audience prize to the favorite French series of viewers in France: Les Combattantes.

Full rewards

The best series

Power Play (Norway)

In the late 1970s, Gro Harlem Brundtland, who was working as a young doctor, fought for the right to abortion and found himself involved in politics almost by accident. As the government crumbles, Gro learns to play her own power games and rises until she is the last one standing amid the ruins of the social democracy so championed by the Labor Party, becoming First Lady in 1981. Prime Minister of Norway.

Best short series

left son (Spain)

Lola, a wealthy Sevillian mother, sees her youngest son falling into a radical group. In an attempt to understand and restore her, she becomes close to Maru, a mother from a different social class who is going through a similar situation to hers.

The best documentary series

Painting for a change! (Belgium)

Thanks to the mix of documentary and animation, the series explores many topics, such as femicide, freedom of the press or the representation of women. Despite the challenges of censorship and the death penalty, these rebel artists refuse to give up and strive to change their society.

The best interpretation

Dar Zuzovsky in Corduroy (Israel)

Daniel doesn’t believe in love, but falls in love with Ido, a married man who recently became a young father. No one is pushing him to excel, but he is fighting for a job. His best friend has a crush on him, he talks to his boss about his sex life, and his mom smokes pot with him – but even though Daniel is unrestrained, he keeps his boundaries.

Special prize for interpretation

Carthage actor (Israel)

Inspired by a true story. The year is 1942, the world is at war, the Nazis have invaded Europe and the Jews of Palestine are openly rebelling against British rule. The latter thus built Carthage, a prison camp in the depths of Africa, where Italian fascists, Nazis and even Jewish terrorists are imprisoned. Elijah Levi, an innocent Jewish comedian, finds himself imprisoned in Carthage. There he discovers that the camp commander’s wife is none other than his former mistress, Helena. They know that if it goes away, they will both die. Desperate, Elijah teams up with notorious Nazi spy Thomas Edinburgh. Together, they will prepare one of the most daring escapes in the history of World War II.

Best case scenario

Deal (South Korea)

Hyeon Soo, in the middle of negotiating the price of sexual services provided by Jo Young, finds herself trapped and priced out at an auction house that is part of the human organ trade. Instantly, various parts of his body are for sale and many people start shouting about the purchase prices. When his kidney is sold to Geuk Raul, an earthquake occurs and the building begins to collapse. Any crime can be buried under the latter; People will then become monsters for money.

The best music

Power Play (Norway)

Best Short Series Student Award

looks like (canada)

Four friends in their thirties have cystic fibrosis. They literally run out of air, but they all feel a sense of urgency when they learn that one of them could be dead by the end of the fall.

High School Student Award for Best Long Series

Carthage (Israel)

The CANNESERIES festival will return for its seventh edition next year.