Morgan Freeman To Be Feted At The Monte Carlo TV Festival

Morgan Freeman, Olivier Marchal and Simone Ashley will be lauded at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival in June. Prince Albert II of Monaco will present Freeman with Festival’s Crystal Nymph award.

It had already been announced that civil war drama The Gray House, which Freeman exec produced with Kevin Costner, Leslie Greif and Lori McCreary, will have its world premiere at Monte-Carlo.

The Honorary Golden Nymph, the Festival’s highest distinction, will be presented to the French actor and director Olivier Marchal (36 quai des Orfèvres, Braquo), at the Festival’s closing ceremony. Simone Ashley, whose credits include Bridgerton and Sex Education, will receive the Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent.

Events for fans and public include an Anniversary Tea Party to mark the 50th anniversary of the primetime drama Little House on the Prairie. Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Brian Dietzen and Wilmer Valderrama will be in town for a behind the scenes event for NCIS, which is celebrating its 1000th episode.

An industry strand will have execs chewing over topics including the repercussions of last year’s strikes, coproduction, and the use of AI.

There will be public screenings for the drama projects in official competition, which features nine scripted series, hailing from France, Israel, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, the U.S., the UK. The Festival also has a news and current affairs section. See below for the full roster.

Official Selection – Fiction

Alone at Sea (High Sea Production), France

Der Heimweg (Ziegler Film), Germany

Elsbeth (CBS Studios, King Size Production), USA

Helgoland 513 (UFA Fiction), Germany

Little Did I Know (Bigster Suéde), Sweden

Madam (Tavake / XYZ Films), New Zealand

Night Therapy (Yes TV, Eight Productions), Israel

The Gathering (World Productions), United Kingdom

The Law of the Sea (RTVE), À Punt Spain

Official Selection – News & Documentaries

A Family-Beyond the Age of Isolation (KBS), South Korea

Auslandsjournal – the documentary: Yemen, A Country Torn – In the Grip of the Houthi Militias (ZDF) Germany

Egypt Broken Dreams (RAI, NANOF, CINÉTÉVÉ), Italy

La Guerre de l’Info : Israël/Hamas (France.Tv Studio, France.Tv Presse, France Télévisions), France

Lie To Me (Hacienda Film Norvège), Norway

Mines of Death (TV4 Sweden), Congo

Ukraine’s War: The Other Side (A Sean Langan And Tiger Nest Films), United Kingdom

Ukrainian Chronicles (Bonne Pioche Télévision, LCP Assemblée-Nationale) France

Uvda: Table for Eight (Uvda For Keshet Broadcasting), Israel