# 2021 Canneseries

The 4th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 8 to 13 October 2021 in Cannes, France. It was scheduled to be held from 9 to 14 April but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns.
Finnish thriller comedy series Mister 8 won the Best Series award.

## Juries

The following juries were named for the festival:

### Competition

* Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and screenwriter, Jury President
* Sigal Avin, American-Israeli screenwriter
* Naidra Ayadi, a French actress
* Salvatore Esposito, Italian actor
* Marco Prince, French composer

### Short Form Competition

* Aisling Bea, Irish actress, Jury President
* Assaad Bouab, French-Moroccan actor
* Marie Papillon, French actress

## Official selection
### In competition

The following series were selected to compete:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
| The Allegation | Glauben | Oliver Berben & Jan Ehlert | Germany | TVNow, VOX |
| Awake | Kljun | Srđan Dragojević | Serbia | Nova |
| Christian | 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 | Mister 8 | Teemu Nikki & Jani Pösö | Finland | Elisa Viihde |
| Sad City Girls | Yeladot Sach'sechaniot | Talya Lavie & Shir Reuven | Israel | Hot |
| Totems | Totems | Olivier Dujols & Juliette Soubrier | France | Amazon Prime Video |
| Unknowns | עלומים | Tawfik Abu-Wael & Guy Sidis & Nirit Yaron | Israel | Kan |

### Short Form Competition

The following series were selected to compete:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| About Saturday | Etter lørdag | Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen | Norway |
| Adi Shankar's The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) | 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 | Hudson Falls – A Ray McClane Mystery | Elias Plagianos | United States |
| i-ART | i-ART | Alexandre da Silva & Marvin Gofin | France |
| Lockdown | Lockdown | Gilles Coulier & Maarten Moerkerke | Belgium |
| Pops | Батя | Artem Loginov & Anton Shchukin & Anton Zaitsev | Russia |
| Sheker | 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 |

### Out of competition

The following series were screened out of competition:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
| 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 | 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 | Sisi | Andreas Gutzeit & Robert Krause & Elena Hell | Germany | RTL |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
* Best Series: Mister 8 by Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö
* Dior Grand Award: The Allegation by Oliver Berben and Jan Ehlert
* Best Screenplay: Ferdinand von Schirach for The Allegation
* Best Music: Giorgio Giampa for Christian
* Special Interpretation Prize: Countrymen by Izer Aliu and Anne Bjørnstad
* Best Performance: for Pekka Strang for Mister 8
* High School Prize for Best Series: Countrymen by Izer Aliu and Anne Bjørnstad
* Audience Award: Awake by Srđan Dragojević
* Best Short Form Series: About Saturday by Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen
* Dior Revelation Award for Best Short Form Series: Wipe Me Away by Eric Piccoli
* Student Prize for Best Short Form Series: Lockdown by

### Special awards

The following honorary awards were presented at the festival:
* Variety Icon Award: Connie Britton
* Madame Figaro Rising Star Award: Phoebe Dynevor
* Konbini Prix de l'Engagement: Laurie Nunn
* Audience Award for French Series of the Year: Voltaire High