Notice to fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer : you have nothing planned, from 14 to 19 April ? All right, Sarah Michelle Gellar will tread the pink carpet at the Canneséries festivalthe festival dedicated to series which takes place every year on the Croisette.
An Icon Award to salute his entire career
After Marcia Cross of Série Mania, who proved to be a fervent supporter of demonstrators and striking garbage collectors, is another star of a cult series from the 90s and 2000s who will be a guest at a series festival in France. On Tuesday 28 March, Canneséries unveiled its line-up and its headliners, starting with the star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
On social media, Canal+ announced that the 45-year-old actress will receive a Icon Awardan award given by Canal + for say goodbye to the whole career. For this sixth edition of Canneséries, Sarah Michelle Gellar will succeed other actresses of iconic series such as Gillian Andersonthe star of X files OR Diana Riggpowered by the cult program Bowler hat and leather boots.
After the dazzling success of the Joss Whedon series, the actress is still present in the chronicles of the series, as main actress and executive producer of herd of wolvesa fantasy series airing on Paramount+.
✨ We are very happy to present the CANAL+ Icon Award to @SarahMGellar TO #CANNES SERIES ! From Buffy the Vampire Slayer, via Ringer or recently #Herd of wolvesseries in which she is executive producer and protagonist, the emblematic actress will be awarded for… pic.twitter.com/Tj5UghMq1h
— CANAL+ (@canalplus) March 28, 2023
The stars of Lupine or Un, Dos, Tres present at the festival
Sarah Michelle Gellar isn’t the only star series fans are looking forward to. Rachel Weisz will also be a guest of the festival on the occasion of the release of False pretextsseries adapted from David Cronenberg’s cult film, available on Prime Video from April 21. Shirin Boutella (Lupine) OR Zabou Breitmann will be part of the Competition Jury chaired by Lior razthe comedian, producer and writer of the Israeli series Faudawhich you can find now on Netflix.
To continue on the theme of nostalgia, we can note that the festival-goers will have the opportunity to meet Mónica Cruz and Miguel Angel Munozthe heroes of One, Two, Threeduring a session dedicated to Uno, Dos, Tres: the next generation.
Welcome, welcome, bruchim habaim, to our Competition Jury, a happy cocktail of actors, showrunners and composers, from all over the world and from all generations!
⭐️ Lior RAZ (President)
⭐️ Shirine BOUTELLA
⭐️ Zabou BREITMAN
⭐️Stewart COPELAND
⭐️ Daryl McCORMACK pic.twitter.com/eQ0CHSkuPf— CANNESERIE (@CANNESERIE) March 28, 2023
To book your tickets for free and participate in the festival, go to the ticket office from 31 March (the inhabitants of Cannes will have two days still to make their reservations since the ticket office will be available from Wednesday 29 March for the people of Cannes.)
Source: Madmoizelle

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