All the official selection of Séries Mania 2026
The Testaments, the series derived from The Hanmdaid’s Tale, will open this 9th edition where we will also see Lucky Luke, Privilèges, Paolo, Eldorado and many other events.
375 series received. And 51 gems from 16 countries were selected by the Séries Mania Festival team, for this 8th season which will be held from March 20 to 27, 2026 in Hauts-de-France.
And headliner, the Lille event, the biggest series festival in Europe – which welcomed more than 100,000 visitors last year – will be entitled to the world premiere of The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale which will be seen in France on Disney+ at the beginning of April. For the occasion, the creator of the adaptation, Bruce Miller, will be present with his actresses and in particular Ann Dowd (the famous Aunt Lydia) and especially Chase Infiniti, young star of One Battle After Another alongside Leonardo DiCpario.
The Testaments, a committed dystopian series denouncing the excesses of current America, will be one of the symbols of the 2026 trends in this selection of Series Mania stated as follows by the general director Laurence Herszberg and the artistic director, Frédéric Lavigne: “Faced with contemporary political, social and ideological upheavals, the series continue to play their role as sensitive seismographs, between alert, resistance and possible escapes”.
IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
DEAR KILLER NANNIES (Latin America) – for Disney+
DUSTFALL (Australia) – for the BBC and ZDF
ANATOMIA OF AN INSTANTE (Spain) – for Movistar Plus+ and ARTE
LOVE IS ENOUGH (Poland) – for HBO Max
MAJOR PLAYERS (UK) – for Channel 4
MY BROTHER (Sweden) – for NRK
PAOLO (France) – for HBO Max
THE AUDACITY (United States) – for AMC
WAITING FOR THE OUT (UK) – for the BBC
IN FRENCH COMPETITION
COMRADES – for Arte
ELDORADO – for Arte
CHAINED – for France Télévisions
GRANDIOSE – for TF1
SUMMER 36 – for TF1
PRIVILEGES – for HBO Max
SPECIAL SESSIONS (out of competition)
ETTY (Netherlands) – for Arte
LUCKY LUKE (France) – for Disney+
RECALÉ (France) – for Netflix
MASTERCLASSES
This year, we will be able to come and listen to the secrets of the English creator Russell T Davies, currently boss of Doctor Who, but also the French actors Thomas NGijol and Jean-Pascal Zadi as well as the novelist Maxime Chattam and the comic book author Pénélope Bagieu. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dominique de Villepin will also give a conference on Serial diplomacy.
