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These Clubs are designed by our teams as an exclusive space with a limited number of participants — a bubble of creativity where they can meaningfully share their current challenges and the future vision of their professions, with the undisguised dream that the series of tomorrow will be born and written at CANNESERIES.
Participants in the Clubs are invited by the CANNESERIES team and selected according to specific criteria.
- Between 40 and 50 screenwriters from all over the world
- Both established and emerging profiles
- A 2-day Think Tank with roundtables and panels
- An opportunity for screenwriters, whose position is often solitary, to meet and exchange ideas
- Opportunities to meet attendees of other clubs, including the Producers Club
- 70-80 French and international producers
- A tailor-made program with a limited number of roundtables and panels
- Informal quality time to meet each other and attendees of other clubs, noticeably the screenwriters
- One day in common, and one day focused to drama for some producers, and on docuseries (The Docuseries) for others
- A program created in 2013 at the Série Series Festival by Marie Barraco
- A unique, closed-door exchange among fiction directors from European public and private channels
- Focusing on the key challenges of the industry and their profession
- 20 international composers with different profiles
- Who have composed for series
- A unique Think Tank with tailor-made sessions
- Promote the talent of composers whose work is central to the creative process
- To Create real moments of gathering and networking opportunities
The CANNESERIES Docuseries Club is a think tank dedicated to documentary series. At the heart of the festival, alongside the official selection, it brings together around twenty creators, producers, broadcasters, and industry experts to analyze current trends and imagine those of tomorrow.
What are the new narrative territories for documentary series? How are production and distribution models evolving? Which emerging formats could shape the years ahead?
Over two working sessions, Club members exchange and debate their observations, experiences, and insights to map the future of docuseries. These discussions are then distilled into a pitch deck, titled “Trends in Docuseries”, which is shared with the wider industry and highlighted in the specialized press.
The goal is clear: to make CANNESERIES a moment of collective reflection that sends a strong, inspiring signal to the global industry.
- A unique opportunity for around fifteen actors and actresses to showcase their talent internationally
- Talents who speak one or more foreign langages, both established and newcomers
- Sourced by French talent agencies
- Personalized speed-meeting in Cannes with 4 international casting directors
- Make the casting process less virtual, bringing it back to real-life interaction, and restoring the human connection
- Sharing a special moment and taking the time to truly meet people
- Creation of synergies between this club and the Writers and Producers Clubs
LE STUDENTS CLUB
To follow in the footsteps of the Kourtrajmé students in 2025, the 2026 Students Club welcomed seven participants from the Cité européenne des scénaristes for two days, accompanied by their four mentors, who are also screenwriters.
They were able to attend some of the sessions reserved for the Writers Club, take part in informal networking opportunities, and participate in numerous sessions from the CANNESERIES INDUSTRY programme.
This experience allowed them to deepen their knowledge of series creation, exchange with industry professionals on site, and strengthen their professional networks.
For any questions regarding the clubs, please feel free to write to: industry@canneseries.com