# 2019 Canneseries

The 2nd Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 5 to 10 April 2019 in Cannes, France.
The closing ceremony was hosted by French comedian Monsieur Poulpe and aired live on Canal+. Spanish comedy series Perfect Life won the Best Series of the festival.

## Juries

The following juries were named for the festival. English actor Stephen Fry was set to jury the competition section but withdrew his participation.

### 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:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
| Bauhaus: A New Era | Die Neue Zeit | Lars Kraume | Germany | Arte |
| The Feed | The Feed | Channing Powell | United Kingdom | Virgin TV |
| How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) | 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 | 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 | 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:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Do Not Disturb | Do Not Disturb | Michael Haussman & Larry Volpi | United Kingdom |
| The Fucking Liars | Los mentirosos | Alejandro Jovic | Argentina |
| Golden Revenge | Golden Revenge | Josh Gardner & Tom Stern | United States |
| La Maison des Folles | La Maison des Folles | Mara Joly | Canada |
| Noche de Amor | Noche de Amor | Agustina Levati & Pedro Levati | Argentina |
| Over and Out | Over and Out | Christiaan Van Vuuren & Adele Vuko | Australia |
| Robbie Hood | Robbie Hood | Tanith Glynn-Maloney & Dylan River | Australia |
| Simone & moi, une amitié mécanique | Simone & moi, une amitié mécanique | Laurène Dervieux & Soukaïna Meflah | France |
| Teodor pas de H | Teodor pas de H | Nathalie Doummar & Julien Hurteau | Canada |
| Warigami | Warigami | Eddie Kim | Canada |

### Out of competition

The following series were screened out of competition:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
| Beecham House | Beecham House | Paul Mayeda Berges & Gurinder Chadha & Shahrukh Husain | United Kingdom | ITV |
| NOS4A2 | NOS4A2 | Jami O'Brien | United States | AMC |
| Now Apocalypse | Now Apocalypse | Gregg Araki | United States | Starz |
| The Rook | The Rook | Stephen Garrett & Karyn Usher & Lisa Zwerling | United Kingdom | Starz |
| Vernon Subutex (opening series) | Vernon Subutex (opening series) | Cathy Verney | France | Canal+ |
| Years and Years | Years and Years | Russell T Davies | United Kingdom | BBC One |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
* 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:
* Variety Icon Award: Diana Rigg
* Serieously Award: Lindsey Morgan
* Excellence Award: Dominic West