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Season 3 of AMC’s The Walking Dead: Dead City will unfastened nan 65th Monte-Carlo TV Festival, pinch nan first 2 episodes group to surface arsenic nan event’s curtain-raiser.
We antecedently reported that Kristin Scott Thomas and Kurt Russell will some person nan Crystal Nymph Award successful Monte-Carlo. The Festival outlined its 2026 plans coming astatine a position astatine nan Médiathèque Caroline of Monaco, a caller taste venue successful nan Principality.
Spanish character Ester Expósito will beryllium honored pinch nan International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent, recognizing her emergence since a breakout domiciled successful nan Netflix bid Elite. British character Matthew Broome will besides person nan grant for his fast-rising career, including roles successful Prime Video’s My Fault: London and Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers.
Rounding retired nan individuals receiving awards, French journalist and big Michel Drucker will beryllium presented pinch nan Honorary Nymph Award.
The juries overseeing nan dramas and documentaries successful nan charismatic action person besides been unveiled. The Fiction Jury will beryllium chaired by British character Lesley Manville, alongside Charlene McKenna, Frédérique Bel, Greg Daniels, Hojin Kwon, Kevin McKidd and Yasmin Finney.
The Digital Jury will beryllium chaired by Susanne Daniels, nan erstwhile caput of originals astatine YouTube, joined by different YouTube alum, Luke Hyams. The Feature Reports and News Jury will beryllium chaired by American filmmaker Joshua Seftel, alongside Mouhssine Ennaimi, Hélène Mannarino, Margo Smit and Will Hanrahan.
The Festival has a nationalist programme combining screenings, premieres and talent events. Out-of-competition screenings this clip see Les Derniers Jours de Charles Baudelaire, directed by Arielle Dombasle, arsenic good arsenic nan documentary La Vie de Lise, which will besides beryllium presented retired of competition.
Stars from The Bold and nan Beautiful will beryllium successful municipality to meet fans, including Katherine Kelly Lang, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Thorsten Kaye, Tanner Novlan and Kimberlin Brown. The Young and nan Restless will besides beryllium there, represented by Michelle Stafford and Michael Graziadei. Dick Wolf shows, including FBI, will besides beryllium feature, pinch Zeeko Zaki successful town. Nick Gehlfuss, prima of CBS play CIA, will besides attend.
Fans will beryllium capable to meet nan formed of Un Si Grand Soleil, including Aurore Delplace, Chrystelle Labaude, Frédéric van den Driessche and Smadi Wolfman.
There is besides an manufacture strand, entitled The Business Forum. Speakers this clip see Sue Latimer, Aldis Hodge, Ben Watkins, Michael Hirst, Barry Buren and Rola Bauer. Organizers said this year’s version will item nan awesome transformations redefining nan industry, including nan effect of AI and nan emergence of nan creator economy.
“This 65th version embodies some our committedness to our practice and our determination to afloat clasp nan ongoing translator of television,” said said Cécile Menoni, Executive Director of nan Monte-Carlo Television Festival. “More than ever, nan Festival is simply a spot for encounters, discoveries and nickname of nan talents shaping nan stories of tomorrow.”
“The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is simply a unsocial constituent of convergence for talent, creators, broadcasters and audiences,” added Laurent Puons, General Manager of Monaco Mediax, which organizes nan Festival. “This 65th version afloat reflects our ambition: to support nan translator of nan manufacture while celebrating excellence and productivity connected a world scale.”
The Festival runs June 12–16.
