Canneseries has unveiled a buzzy lineup for 2026 with Richard Gadd’s new show Half Man, Hugo Blick’s California Avenue and Apple TV’s Star City all premiering out of competition.
Severance star Adam Scott is meanwhile being awarded the Canal+ Icon Award, while Baby Reindeer creator Gadd gets a commitment award.
In competition, Disney+’s Alice and Steve will come up against the likes of Media Res show Summer of 1985.
The splashy out of competition entries include Half Man, the show about two friends down the decades created by and starring Gadd alongside Jamie Bell. California Avenue is Blick’s new series about a family of outcasts and For All Mankind spin-off Star City is about the Soviet space programme, with Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin and Agnes O’Casey starring.
Others include Paris Police 1910, AMC’s The Terror spin-off Devil in Silver and Matt Charman’s Prisoner for Sky.
The competition jury will be led by Spanish auteur Isabel Coixet. Others vying for awards in competition include Finland’s Guts, Denmark’s Harvest, Spain’s I Always Sometimes and Many People Need to Die, along with an Iranian show, The Red and the Black.
The previously-announced industry sidebar features Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley and White Lotus EP David Bernad.
“Despite the economic difficulties faced by all the producers we work with, across all regions, the high standards and quality of the series remain unchanged,” said Canneseries Artistic Director Albin Lewi. “Over 300 series were submitted to us from 41 countries. The selected series come from 17 countries. Canneseries proves once again that it is the festival for ambitious series from around the world.”
Canneseries runs April 23 to 28.
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