All articles by Julien Dubois
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Vigo prize split between Saint-Cyr, Ancienne
For the first time since its creation in 1951, the Jean Vigo prize has been awarded ex-aequo to two features - Patricia Mazuy's Saint-Cyr, and Orso Miret's first feature effort De L'Histoire Ancienne. The two titles will premiere in two Cannes sidebars next month - Saint-Cyr in Un Certain Regard ...
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Tasca asks competition council to rule on UGC card
In her first decision as France's culture minister, Catherine Tasca has asked the country's competition authorities to rule on the controversial issue of cinema chain UGC's "Illimite" card, which gives unlimited access to UGC screens for FFr98 a month.UGC's new promotional effort has been opposed by independent exhibitors, who ...
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Diaphana backs Cesar winner's first feature
Delphine Gleize, who has just received the best short film Cesar for Sale Batards, is preparing her first feature, Carnages. French distributor Diaphana is backing the FFr20m film, set in the world of bull-fighting, which Jerome Dopffer of Balthazar Productions is producing. Dopffer produced most of Gleize's short films. Gleize ...
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Leconte lines up two more for Pathe with Cineb
Prolific French film-maker Patrice Leconte - who has been shooting films back to back lately - is currently working on two new and still untitled projects. Both are still at script stage - one with The Hairdresser's Husband screenwriter Claude Klotz and the other by La Fille Sur Le Pont's ...
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Koepp wins top prize at Gerardmer Fantasy Fest
Stir of Echoes, the second film from director David Koepp following The Trigger Effect, has won the Grand Jury Prize at the 7th Gerardmer Fantasy Film Festival (Jan 26-30).The public prize went to Spanish film The Nameless (Los Sin Nombre), directed by Jaume Balaguero.Michael York chaired the jury, replacing William ...
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DVD market booming in France
DVD sales are expanding rapidly in France according to report from local trade body Syndicat de l'Edition Video (SEV). The report found that DVD sales accounted for 16.8% ($83.6m) of French video distributors' sell-through revenues in 1999 compared to just 2.5% in 1998.In total 4.5 millions DVDs were sold in ...
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Leconte, Besson top Cesar nominations
Patrice Leconte's La Fille Sur Le Pont and Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc are joint favourites in the nominations for this year's Cesars - the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.Leconte's black-and-white romantic drama has racked up eight nods, including best movie, best director, best ...