# 2022 Canneseries

The 5th Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place from 1 to 6 April 2022 in Cannes, France.
The Best Series award went to the Israeli drama series The Lesson.

## Juries

The following juries were named for the festival.

### Competition

* Fanny Herrero, French showrunner, Jury President
* Anne Marivin, French actress
* Denis O'Hare, American actor
* Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic actor
* Sami Outalbali, French actor
* Daniel Pemberton, British composer

### Short Form Competition

* Anthony Horowitz, English novelist and screenwriter, Jury President
* Chinenye Ezeudu, British actress
* Marc Ruchmann, French actor

## Official selection
### In competition

The following series were selected to compete:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
| 1985 | 1985 | Willem Wallyn | Belgium | VRT, RTBF, Canal+ |
| Afterglow | Etterglød | Atle Knudsen & Kjetil Indregard | Norway | NRK |
| Audrey's Back | Audrey est revenue | Guillaume Lambert & Florence Longpré | Canada | Club Illico, Quebecor Media |
| Bang Bang Baby | Bang Bang Baby | Andrea Di Stefano | Italy | Prime Video |
| The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen | Drømmeren – Karen Blixen bliver til | Dunja Gry Jensen | Denmark | Viaplay |
| El Inmortal. Gangs of Madrid | El Inmortal. Gangs of Madrid | José Manuel Lorenzo | Spain | Movistar Plus+ |
| The Inside Game, Seeds of Wrath | Jeux d'influence, les combattantes | Antoine Lacomblez & Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | France | Arte |
| The Lesson | Sh׳at Efes | Deakla Keydar | Israel | Kan 11 |
| Punishment | Strafe | — | Germany | RTL+, VOX |
| Souls | Souls | Alex Eslam | Germany | Sky Atlantic |

### Short Form Competition

The following series were selected to compete:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
| Complètement Lycée | Complètement Lycée | Rosalie Vaillancourt & Alec Pronovost & Charles-Alex Duran & Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais | Canada | Noovo |
| Educational TV | TV Educativa | Marco Caltieri & Pablo Marcovecchio | Uruguay | — |
| Everything You Love | Alt du elsker | Marie Hafting | Norway | Discovery |
| Hacked | Hacked | Anthony Van Biervliet & Ruben Vandenborre | Belgium | Streamz, GoPlay |
| Hell | El Infierno | Santiago Mouriño & Pablo Balmaceda | Argentina | — |
| It's Fine, I'm Fine | It's Fine, I'm Fine | Stef Smith | Australia | — |
| Night Cat Express: Night Dream | Ye Mao Kuai Di Zhi Hei Ri Meng | Wei Huang & Yirui Wang & Chuan Wang & Ye Shu | China | Bilibili |
| Normaloland | Normaloland | Matthias Thönnissen | Germany | ZDF |
| Platonique | Platonique | Camille Rosset & Elie Girard | France | OCS |
| Revenge of the Black Best Friend | Revenge of the Black Best Friend | Amanda Parris | Canada | CBC Gem |

### Out of competition

The following series were screened out of competition:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
| Halo | Halo | Kyle Killen & Steven Kane | United States | Paramount+ |
| Infiniti | Infiniti | Stéphane Pannetier & Julien Vanlerenberghe | France, Belgium | Canal+ |
| Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra | Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra | — | France | Canal+ |
| Visions | Visions | Jeanne Le Guillou & Bruno Dega | France | TF1 |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
* Best Series: The Lesson by Deakla Keydar
* Dior Grand Award: Audrey's Back by Guillaume Lambert and Florence Longpré
* Best Screenplay: Alex Eslam, Lisa Van Brakel, Senad Halilbašić and Erol Yesilkaya for Souls
* Best Music: Dascha Dauenhauer for Souls
* Special Interpretation Award: Denis Bouchard, Martin-David Peters, Zeneb Blanchet, Joanie Guérin, Ellicyane Paradis, Charlie Lemay-Thivierge and Dominic St. Laurent for Audrey's Back
* Best Performance: Maya Landsmann for The Lesson
* High School Award for Best Series: Afterglow by Atle Knudsen and Kjetil Indregard
* Best Short Form Series: Hacked by Anthony Van Biervliet and Ruben Vandenborre
* Dior Revelation Award: Complètement Lycée by Rosalie Vaillancourt, Alec Pronovost, Charles-Alex Duran and Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais
* Student Award for Best Short Form Series: Everything You Love by Marie Hafting

### Special awards

The following honorary awards were presented at the festival:
* Variety Icon Award: Gillian Anderson
* Madame Figaro Rising Star Award: Sydney Sweeney
* Konbini Commitment Award: Skam France