Canneseries opens with ‘House of Cars’ Showrunner, ‘The Agency’ Stars

Canneseries, held under clear skies, kickstarted Thursday with a lot of panache via the outside competition French premiere of Paramount+’s’ s’ s’ s Bureau’, a remake of the French hit thriller ‘The Bureau’.

For the eighth edition, the festival was somewhat overshadowed when the Norman Reedus jury president had to cancel “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” at the last minute at the last minute for other work obligations. He was replaced by jury member Jeff Russo, composer of Emmy, ‘Fargo’, also credited for ‘Ripley’ and ‘Star Trek: section 31.’ Co-jurors of the main competition remained actors Louise Bourgoin, Lola Dueñas and César Domboy, who ran through the pink carpet on Thursday evening.

The spectators of the crowd who expected “the agency” stars Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere or the aforementioned Reedus were perhaps disappointed, such as a young Thea, in her 1920s, that of Nice a glimpse of ‘The Walking Dead’ star and planning to come back with her sister: the sister.

However, the young French girls and other fans of the AMC -Spin – OFF from the flagship Zombie Show can prepare for a similar adrenaline soot of excitement such as Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan Smith, is expected to be a lot of lively – the Palais steps next to Creator Scott Gimple today.

On Thursday, other celebrities filled the pink carpet and paused for photographers, including high -profile national influencers such as Ellie Fy and Mia Fall, dressed in dazzling evening dresses. But the real stars of making series, screenwriters, were also available in abundance, just like Showrunners Beau Willimon (“House of Cards”) Soo Hugh (“Pachinko”) and David Hadda. The last one, who took no fewer than three victories in last year’s Canneseries (best series, music, high school-drama Award) for his colorful family drama ‘The Zweiflers’, was extremely happy to be back in Cannes.

“It’s like coming home, but without the stress, only for pleasure,” said the seasoned writer, in the city to attend the Strong Writers Club with 40 cohort. “I am interested in learning how writers think in other countries and how they approach subjects of our time.”

The need for creatives to work together to be high and to ensure artistic quality, diversity, training and democratic values ​​in today’s shift times was underlined by Canneseries -President Fleur Pellerin during the opening ceremony.

“In these times of instability, culture remains our true leading light; it helps us to navigate by the feeling of chaos and to reinvent the meaning. As worldwide conflicts arise, and democratic values ​​are challenged, culture is high as a powerful beacon of freedom and creativity,” she explained the audience of 2,000 of the Palais “Grand Auditorium, Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand Auditorium,” Grand Auditorium, “Grand artist,” Grand artist, “Grand artist,” Grand artist, “Grand Artistium,” Grand Artistium, “Grand Artistium,” Grand Artistium, “Grand artist. Ambition. “The festival is meant to create bridges,” she was full.

Pellerin, that the Canneseries program “Rain Industrie Event does not rinse on 25-27 April, said that the program reflects the ambitions of the Industry Days in terms of” synergies, exchange of ideas and the rise of new projects. ” The former Minister of French Culture also spoke AI and her challenge for people in the creative process.

Picking Pellerin’s thoughts on AI, mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, underlined the enormous opportunities in the field. “We are just in the ice age of AI,” he noticed.

The politician took the opportunity to announce that Canneseries is organizing the World AI Film Festival next year, which was successfully launched in Nice earlier this year, with more than 10,000 participants. “Together with Charles Ange Ginésy (president of the Alpes-Maritimes Department and the Maison de l’intellance Artificielle (House of AI) we share the same vision and we agreed to organize the Waiff during Canneseries next year. This is a first,” he said.

Emerging French actor Marie Colomb (‘Laëtitia’, as the bestas), the Madame Figaro-Rising Star Award was distributed during the opening. On Monday evening another shooting star, Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgeton”), the Konbini Commitment Award, will be served.

After screening 19-series in competition, seven outside the competition and 16 Rendez-Vous, the eighth Canneries closes on Tuesday with an award ceremony.