After two “seasons” postponed to the fall and alternating physical and online meetings, Covid obliges, the fifth edition of Canneséries will be adjacent to MIPTV (international market for television programs) from April 1 to 6, in the presence of many celebrities. Gillian Anderson, Sydney Sweeney, Jonathan Cohen, Louane and maybe Soprano… It will be inaugurated by the blockbuster Halo, expected by video game fans.
The unforgettable agent Scully of X-FilesGillian Anderson, will thus receive a prize (the “Variety Icon Award”) in tribute to her emblematic journey in the history of the series, recently marked by The Crown and Sex Education, the organizers announced on Tuesday during a conference of press in Paris.
The rising star of Euphoria Sydney Sweeney will also be rewarded by Madame Figaro, while Louane and Jonathan Cohen will present respectively, out of competition, Visions TF1) and Le Flambeau, the adventurers of Chupacabra (Canal+), a sequel to The flame and parody of Koh-Lanta, closing the festival. We will find there “part of the cast of season 1“, who was she inspired by the Bachelor, said Jonathan Cohen, surprise guest at the press conference.
Rapper Soprano could also go to the Croisette for the documentary series dedicated to him by Disney+, while Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Gamea fall hit on Netflix, has already confirmed its participation in a focus on South Korea.
On the competition side, ten works from nine countries will compete in the long format category, including Games of influence, the fighters sequel to the Arte series created by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade on the pesticide lobby. It will face two German series (Punishment and Souls), a Spanish woman (The inmortal), a Belgian (1985), the Norwegian Afterglowthe Israeli The Lessonthe Canadian Audrey came backthe Italian Bang Bang Baby and the danish The dreamerabout the author of The African Farm, Karen Blixen. All will be decided by a jury which remains to be announced.
The world of video games will be honored in particular with the broadcast of the Paramount+ series Halo, taken from the eponymous blockbuster on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and co-produced by Amblin, Steven Spielberg’s studio. Partner of the festival, Canal+ will also present its thriller Infinity with Céline Sallette, shot partly in Ukraine, a country for which the organizers had a word of support on Tuesday.