Location | Cannes, France |
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Founded | 2018 |
Awards | Best Series (Mister 8) |
Festival date | 8–13 October 2021 |
Website | canneseries |
The 4th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 8 to 13 October 2021 in Cannes, France.[1] It was scheduled to be held from 9 to 14 April but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns.[2]
Finnish thriller comedy series Mister 8 won the Best Series award.[3]
The following juries were named for the festival:[4]
The following series were selected to compete:[5]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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The Allegation | Glauben | Oliver Berben & Jan Ehlert | Germany | TVNow, VOX |
Awake | Kljun | Srđan Dragojević | Serbia | Nova |
Christian | Enrico Audenino & Valerio Cilio & Roberto Saku Cinardi | Italy | Sky Italia | |
Countrymen | Jordbrukerne | Izer Aliu & Anne Bjørnstad | Norway | Arte, NRK |
Dreams of Alice | Сны Алисы | Anastasiya Volkova | Russia | TV-3 |
Limbo... Until It's Over | Limbo… Hasta que lo decida | Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat | Argentina | Star+ |
Mister 8 | Teemu Nikki & Jani Pösö | Finland | Elisa Viihde | |
Sad City Girls | Yeladot Sach'sechaniot | Talya Lavie & Shir Reuven | Israel | Hot |
Totems | Olivier Dujols & Juliette Soubrier | France | Amazon Prime Video | |
Unknowns | עלומים | Tawfik Abu-Wael & Guy Sidis & Nirit Yaron | Israel | Kan |
The following series were selected to compete:
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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About Saturday | Etter lørdag | Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen | Norway |
Adi Shankar's The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) | Adi Shankar | United States, Spain, Finland | |
Dumped | Larguée | Kaycie Chase | France |
Hudson Falls – A Ray McClane Mystery | Elias Plagianos | United States | |
i-ART | Alexandre da Silva & Marvin Gofin | France | |
Lockdown | Gilles Coulier & Maarten Moerkerke | Belgium | |
Pops | Батя | Artem Loginov & Anton Shchukin & Anton Zaitsev | Russia |
Sheker | Arystan Kaunev & Kuat Sadykov | Kazakhstan | |
This Is Not a Hotel | Esto no es un hotel | Dana Crosa | Argentina |
Wipe Me Away | Je voudrais qu'on m'efface | Eric Piccoli | Canada |
The following series were screened out of competition:[6]
Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
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All the Way Up (season 2) (opening series) | Validé | Giulio Callegari & Franck Gastambide & Xavier Lacaille & Charles van Tieghem | France | Canal+ |
Around the World in 80 Days | Ashley Pharoah & Caleb Ranson | France, United Kingdom | France 2, ZDF, RAI | |
Gomorrah (season 5) (closing series) | Gomorra - La serie | Roberto Saviano | Italy | Sky Atlantic |
Sisi | Andreas Gutzeit & Robert Krause & Elena Hell | Germany | RTL |
The following awards were presented at the festival:[7]
The following honorary awards were presented at the festival:[8][9][10]