Norman Reedus to Lead Canneseries Jury

Daryl Dixon is heading to the Croisette.

The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus has been named the president of the competition jury for the upcoming Canneseries TV festival, judging the best in new television from around the globe.

Joining Reedus on the Canneseries international jury are U.S. showrunner Soo Hugh (Pachinko), TV music composer Jeff Russo (Fargo, Ripley), Spanish actress Lola Dueñas (The Sea Inside) and French actors Louise Bourgoin (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec) and César Domboy (Outlander, The Walk).

The Canneseries competition line-up, announced Tuesday, runs the gambit from NHK’s Norwegian/Lithuanian psychological drama A Better Man and the Belgian comedy crime thriller Dead End, to Finnish drama-thriller L/Over, Max’s southern-French drama Malditos, the Belgian-German road trip dramedy How to Kill Your Sister, corporate family drama Nepobaby from Norway’s TV2, the Icelandic foodie thriller Reykjavik Fusion, and the South Korean sci-fi entry S Line.

In a statement, apparently aimed at efforts by the current Trump government’s campaign against DEI programs at entertainment companies, including Disney, Canneseries, said, that since its inception, the festival has been “committed to defending a vision of entertainment where boldness, diversity, and inclusion are central. Once again, this year, we reinforce this commitment by celebrating the richness of diverse narratives. Canneseries proudly positions itself as a festival of its time, a space where every voice matters, and where diversity is not a trend, but a necessity.”

Out of competition, Canneseries will host the world premiere of the season 2 premiere of The Walking Dead: Dead City, the international premiere of the Max thriller Duster, and the French premiere of Paramount+/Showtime series The Agency, and epic French-Italian period drama The Count of Monte Cristo from RAI and France Télévisions.

The 2025 Canneseries festival runs April 24-29.