Four supported series selected for Canneseries

On 25 April, the first two episodes of How to Kill Your Sister will have their world premiere on Canneseries' iconic 'pink carpet', in the presence of cast and crew. The series opens the festival's Official Competition.

The series by Pedro Elias, Evelien Broekaert and Jonas Geirnaert will be shown on Streamz and Play4 in autumn 2025 and later on German channel ZDFneo.

How to Kill Your Sister follows Anna who, after eight years of radio silence, unexpectedly arrives at her older sister Kat's door, with a coffin on the roof of her car and disconcerting news: she is terminally ill. Her last wish is simple: to go to Spain together one last time, just like before. Along the way, Anna hopes to finally find out why Kat left her to her own devices after their parents' death.

The two sisters set off on a hilarious road trip, doomed to derail. The closer they get to their destination, the harder it becomes to keep their secrets hidden from each other.

Starring as the two sisters are Marjan De Schutter and Emma Rotsaert, with important supporting roles for Sophie Decleir and Nico Sturm.

How To Kill Your Sister was created and written by Pedro Elias and Evelien Broekaert, while actor, cartoonist and television producer Jonas Geirnaert directed the series. The production is by Hilde De Laere for FBO, in co-production with Telenet and German MadeFor Film GmbH.

The Official Competition is not only opening with a Flemish series, but also closing. Dead End will have its international premiere on Monday 28 April at Canneseries. The series had its world premiere in Belgium at Film Festival Oostende and is currently available on Streamz and on Play4.

The six-part tragicomic thriller series revolves around Ed Bex, a man with a special gift: as soon as he puts something in his mouth, he sees what happened to it. He uses this ability in his work at 'The Last Greeting', where he helps bereaved families reconstruct the last hours of their loved ones. When Inspector Adams enlists Eds help in a murder case, Ed doubts whether he wants to use his talent in this way. Yet the case does not leave him and he becomes embroiled in a mix of absurd situations, personal chaos and moral dilemmas.

The series was written by Malin-Sarah Gozin (Tabula Rasa, Clan) and directed by Gozin and Hans Vercauter. The cast includes Peter Van den Begin, Ward Kerremans, Elise Schaap, Marjan De Schutter, Emilie De Roo, Saïd Boumazoughe and Jesse Bo Gebruers.

Dead End is a production by Dimitri Verbeeck and Bert Hamelinck for Lompvis and Caviar.

An added highlight is a special gala evening with a screening of The big fuck-up (alongside the VAF-supported series Holy Sh!t) on 28 April. Both series highlight young, emerging Flemish acting talent.

In The big fuck-up, we follow the rise and fall of a Belgian gendarme unit led by an American CIA agent. They have to catch drug dealers and become criminals themselves. Jan Laureys is a gendarme who doesn't want to be one.

The series is conceived and written by Bas Adriaensen and Philippe De Schepper and directed by Wim Geudens. The production is by Helen Perquy and Philippe De Schepper for jonnydepony, in co-production with Streamz and Amazon.

The lead role is played by Willem De Schryver, with supporting roles for Koen De Bouw, Dempsey Bovell, Tibo Vandenborre, Koen De Graeve, Lien Joosten, Tom Vermeir, Eric Godon, Tom Van Dyck, Rob Van der Auwera, Natali Broods, Oussama Ahammoud and Holly Mae Brood.

Also, the Franco-German Belgian co-production Surface will get a special screening at Canneséries, in the presence of cast and crew. A production by Quad Drama (FR), in co-production with Nadcon Film (DE) and Panache Productions (BE).

The series is based on Olivier Norek's book, and filming took place partly in Lites' water studio in Vilvoorde. After an intervention that disfigured half of her face, Parisian police captain Noémie Chastain is assigned to a police station in a small town in Occitanie for a forced convalescence. However, her mission takes a dark turn when she is suddenly plunged into a 20-year-old missing person case. A barrel containing the skeleton of a child surfaces from the artificial lake, at the bottom of which lies the submerged old village...