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Canneseries 2025: what can we expect from the festival?
The eighth edition of the Canneseries festival will take place from April 24 to 29, 2025, and will feature numerous series premieres. Several stars will also be making their way to the Croisette and the pink carpet of the Palais des Festivals, including Ana Girardot, Nicola Coughlan, and Norman Reedus.
by Violaine Schütz.
Just days after Series Mania in Lille, another festival dedicated to the world of television series will be underway Canneseries. From April 24 to 29, 2025, this event will be held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, open to both industry professionals and the general public.
Since its launch in 2018, the festival has shone a spotlight on shows made for television and streaming platforms. Past selections include Vernon Subutex, La Flamme, Validé, Killing Eve, OVNI(s), Tapie, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, DJ Mehdi: Made in France, Fiasco, and Fallout.
A host of stars have also graced the pink carpet (the festival’s signature hue), from Gillian Anderson to Connie Britton, Sydney Sweeney, Phoebe Dynevor, Kyle MacLachlan, Ella Purnell, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, the iconic heroine of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Norman Reedus, Ana Girardot, and Nicola Coughlan to attend Canneseries 2025
This year, the festival will welcome big names from film and television, including Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead), Louise Bourgoin, Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Sam Claflin (Daisy Jones and The Six), Laura Smet, Marie Colomb (Culte), César Domboy (Outlander), and Ana Girardot.
Also on the guest list are actors, actresses, and directors such as Jeffrey Dean Morgan (PS I Love You), Eric Rochant (The Bureau), Josh Holloway (Lost, Colony), Bille August (The House of the Spirits), Marie Gillain, and William Lebghil.
A new series based on The Count of Monte Cristo and the american remake of The Bureau on the lineup
The festival promises numerous world premieres. We’re especially eager to discover The Agency (Canal+), an American adaptation of the hit French series The Bureau (2015–2020), starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere, and co-produced by George Clooney. Other premieres include The Walking Dead: Dead City (Ciné+ OCS), a spin-off of The Walking Dead; Malditos (Max), starring Céline Sallette and Damien Bonnard; and Duster (Max), a dive into the 1970s underworld from J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost).
One of the highlights of the festival will be the screening of the first episodes of The Count of Monte Cristo (France Télévisions), a French-Italian series directed by Bille August and starring Ana Girardot, Jeremy Irons, and Sam Claflin. Following the success of the film adaptation starring Pierre Niney, will this new take on the story of a young sailor wrongfully accused of treason achieve the same acclaim? We’ll find out in late April, during the festival, where Numéro will be on the ground.
