Cannes International Series Festival – Season 6 Winners
Power Play tells the incredible story of Gro Harlem Brundtland, who at the end of the 70s works as a young doctor, fighting for the right to abortion, and almost by chance finds himself involved in politics.
Hyung Soo, in the middle of negotiating a price for a sexual service rendered by Joo Young, finds himself trapped and priced in an auction house involved in human organ trafficking. In an instant, the various parts of his body are up for sale and many people start screaming for purchase prices.
Danielle does not believe in love but falls in love with Ido, a married man who has recently become a young father. No one pushes her for excellence but she fights for her place at work. Her best friend is in love with her, she talks to her boss about her sex life, and her mother smokes joints with her – but even though Danielle is uninhibited, she sticks to her limits.
Based on a true story. 1942, the world is at war, the Nazis have invaded Europe and the Jews of Palestine are in open rebellion against British rule. The latter thus built Carthago, a prison camp in the depths of Africa, where Italian fascists, Nazi spies and even Jewish terrorists are imprisoned.
SHORT SERIES COMPETITION
Lola, a well-to-do Sevillian mother, sees her youngest son fall into the midst of a radical group. By trying to understand it and recover it, she will get closer to Maru, a mother from another social class, who is going through a situation similar to hers.
L’air d’aller , a dramatic comedy that tells the luminous story of four friends in their twenties, suffering from cystic fibrosis. They literally run out of air, but all feel the urgency to live when they learn that one of their own could die before the end of autumn.
DOCUMENTARY SERIES COMPETITION
Draw for Change! is a documentary series with 6 episodes, portraits of illustrators. Each episode, directed by a renowned director, follows an illustrator from countries such as Mexico, the United States, Russia, India, Syria or even Egypt.
HONOR AWARDS
Sarah Michelle Gellar is a Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer and actress. She began her career as a child and established herself as a successful actress.
PARTNER PRICES
The Les Combattantes series, created by Camille Treiner and Cécile Lorne, was awarded the Europe 1 Audience Prize among the 20 most outstanding French series of the year.
