Monte-Carlo TV Festival To Open With ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 3; Ester Expósito & Matthew Broome Set For Most Promising Talent Honors
The 65th Monte-Carlo TV Festival will open on June 12–16, 2025, with the first two episodes of AMC’s 'The Walking Dead: Dead City' Season 3. Spanish actress Ester Expósito and British actor Matthew Broome will each receive the International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent. The festival will feature award presentations, out-of-competition screenings, and industry panels focused on AI and the evolving TV landscape. Juries for fiction, digital content, and documentaries have been announced, alongside a public program with cast meet-and-greets and premieres.
- ▪The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 will open the 2025 Monte-Carlo TV Festival with a screening of its first two episodes.
- ▪Ester Expósito and Matthew Broome will receive the International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent.
- ▪Kristin Scott Thomas and Kurt Russell will be honored with the Crystal Nymph Award.
- ▪The festival’s Fiction Jury is chaired by Lesley Manville, while the Digital Jury is led by Susanne Daniels.
- ▪Industry discussions will focus on AI, the creator economy, and transformations in television.
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The 2025 Monte-Carlo TV Festival; the lineup for this year is taking shape Deadline Season 3 of AMC’s The Walking Dead: Dead City will open the 65th Monte-Carlo TV Festival, with the first two episodes set to screen as the event’s curtain-raiser. We previously reported that Kristin Scott Thomas and Kurt Russell will both receive the Crystal Nymph Award in Monte-Carlo. The Festival outlined its 2026 plans today at a presentation at the Médiathèque Caroline of Monaco, a new cultural venue in the Principality. Spanish actress Ester Expósito will be honored with the International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent, recognizing her rise since a breakout role in the Netflix series Elite.
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