Overview
- Series Mania will run March 20–27 in France, with organizers billing the event as a strategic launch platform for premium TV.
- The Handmaid’s Tale prequel The Testaments will have its world premiere as the opening title, with showrunner Bruce Miller attending alongside cast including Ann Dowd, Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday.
- Peaky Blinders movie The Immortal Man is slated for an out-of-competition screening in the same week it debuts on Netflix, coinciding with the festival’s March 20 kickoff.
- The international competition features AMC’s The Audacity and a diverse slate that includes Dustfall, Dear Killer Nannies, Paolo, The Anatomy of a Moment, Love Is Enough, My Brother, Major Players and Waiting for the Out.
- Managing director Laurence Herszberg and artistic director Frédéric Lavigne cite fewer submissions and shorter seasons as evidence of an industry pullback that is steering creators toward accuracy over scale.