| Location | Cannes, France |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Awards | Best Series (Partisan) |
| Festival date | 9–14 October 2020 |
| Website | canneseries |
The 3rd Cannes International Series Festival is a television festival that took place in Cannes, France. The festival was scheduled to be held on 27 March to 1 April but postponed to 9 to 14 October, due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns and was held in-person/virtual hybrid. American writer and director Darren Star served as the patron of the festival edition.
The Best Series of the Festival award went to the Swedish crime drama Partisan.
The following juries were named for the festival.
The following series were selected to compete:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 Reasons to Live | 257 prichin chtoby zhit | Alexey Lyapichev | Russia | Start, TNT |
| Atlantic Crossing | Alexander Eik | Norway | NRK1 | |
| Cheyenne and Lola | Cheyenne et Lola | Virginie Brac | France, Belgium | OCS Max |
| Losing Alice | Le'abed et Alice | Sigal Avin | Israel | Hot 3, Apple TV+ |
| Man in Room 301 | Huone 301 | N/a | Finland | Elisa Viihde |
| Moloch | Arnaud Malherbe | France | Arte | |
| Partisan | Amir Chamdin & Fares Fares & Mauricio Molinari | Sweden | Viaplay | |
| Red Light | Halina Reijn & Carice van Houten | Belgium, Netherlands | NPO 1, VTM | |
| Top Dog | Jens Lapidus & Veronica Zacco | Sweden | ZDFneo, TV4 | |
| Truth Seekers | Nick Frost & Simon Pegg & Nat Saunders & James Serafinowicz | United Kingdom | Amazon Prime Video | |
The following series were selected to compete:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broder | Jonathan Barg & Mauro Pérez Quinteros & Andrés Sehinkman & Leandro Vital | Argentina | |
| Christmas on Blood Mountain | Jul i Blodfjell | Lars Kristian Flemmen & Christopher Pahle & Martin Zimmer | Norway |
| Claire and the Elderly | Claire et les vieux | Patrick Bilodeau & Charles Grenier & Edith Morin & Sarah Pellerin | Canada |
| Cryptid | Daniel di Grado & Sylvain Runberg | Sweden | |
| Deadhouse Dark | Enzo Tedeschi | Australia | |
| Dog Days | Amours d'Occasion | Eva Kabuya | Canada |
| First Person | Renuka Jeyapalan & Tyler Levine & Patrice Theroux | Canada | |
| Tony | Malena Filmus | Argentina | |
| The Writers. A Short Series. | Pisarze. Serial na krótko. | Mikołaj Lizut | Poland |
| Zero Day | N/a | United States, France | |
The following series were screened out of competition:
| Title | Original title | Creator(s) | Production countrie(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call My Agent! (season 4) (closing series) | Dix pour cent | Fanny Herrero | France | France 2 |
| The Flame (opening series) | La Flamme | Florent Bernard & Jonathan Cohen & Jérémie Galan | France | Canal+ |
| #FREERAYSHAWN | Marc Maurino | United States | Quibi | |
| OVNI(s) | Clémence Dargent & Martin Douaire | France | Canal+ | |
| Shadowplay | Måns Mårlind | France, Canada, Germany | ZDF, Viaplay, Canal+, Canal+ Poland, NPO 1 | |
The following awards were presented at the festival:
The following honorary awards were presented at the festival: