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Melanie Goodfellow

US attendance up 7% at Marché

22-May-2013
Total attendance expected to top 12,000 participants. US attendees rise by 7%.
Buyers take Stranger By The Lake

22-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger By The Lake proves a buzz title at Cannes.
Distributors snap up Blue Ruin

22-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Memento Film International (MFI) enjoys busy Cannes.
Kino Lorber takes A Touch of Sin

21-May-2013
Kino Lorber has picked up US rights to Jia Zhangke’s hard-hitting Palme d’Or contender A Touch of Sin, capturing the impact of the economic boom on China.
Paris Projects reveals 2013 line-up

21-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Terence Davies, Edwin, Puiu, Matthiesen to present upcoming productions.
Bac happy to take Sadness Club

21-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Picture is the debut feature from Vincent Mariette after award-winning short Les Lezards.
Cannes: Documentary boom

20-May-2013
Documentaries are booming at Cannes, both in selection and the market. Melanie Goodfellow looks at this year’s crop and asks the experts about the current appetite for non-fiction work.
Ocean returns to distribution wave

20-May-2013
Company re-launched in March with release of Under the Fig Tree
Pretty Pictures takes The Notebook

20-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Pretty Pictures has pre-bought French rights for Janos Szasz’ Second World War drama Le Grand Cahier (The Notebook), currently in post-production from Beta Cinema.
Films Distribution sells Cheap Thrills

20-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: A Castle in Italy also racking up sales.
SPC acquires Farhadi's The Past

19-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has struck a multi-territory deal for Iranian Asghar Farhadi’s Palme d’Or contender The Past with Memento Films International (MFI).
MPM boards Lucrecia Martel's Zama

19-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Martel’s first feature in five years is set to shoot in Bolivia and northern Argentina mid-2014.
Major travels to France, Greece

19-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: German M-Appeal has sold Russian Yury Bykov’s Critics’ Week title The Major to French distributors Zootrope and Greek firm Ama Films for theatrical release.
Rezo selects SVoD for President

19-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Deal indicates growing importance of digital players in the market.
Backup signs up Lorna Tee

19-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Tee is a well-known figure in the Asian film industry.
Zhu signs Franco-Chinese deal

19-May-2013
Deal is one of the first official accords to come together since France and China signed a co-production treaty last year.
Buyers lock into Movie Chainer

19-May-2013
Paris-based film financier Backup Media’s new content and rights management software Movie Chainer is proving a hit in the market.
First look at The Last Diamond

19-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: In a timely move following the Chopard jewellery theft on Thursday, Paris-based sales company Other Angle has released first images of Eric Barbier’s heist tale with a twist The Last Diamond starring Yvan Attal and Bérénice Bejo.
Elle Driver to sell covert Iranian film

18-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Pictures revolves around author secretly writing memoirs about his time in Iranian jail.
Bac fires for Dagur Kari’s Fúsi

18-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Bac reunites with Kormakur’s BlueEyes Productions for sale of Kari’s Fusi (formerly working titled Rocketman).
Campbell Bower, Fimmel join Overdrive

18-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Star of upcoming The Mortal Instruments confirmed for long-gestated Pierre Morel-produced Overdrive. Kinology is selling.
Gillibert, Aja In a Perfect World

18-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Adaptation rights taken for Laura Kasischke’s bestseller.
Cifola’s Lion unveils Terzani biopic

18-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Former Rai Sesto Cifola [pictured] touches down in Cannes with new company Lion Pictures International.
Scorsese funds Varda digitisation

18-May-2013
Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation is financing the digitisation of all French filmmaker Agnes Varda’s American films, including Lions Love, Mur, murs and Documenteur, her daughter Rosalie Varda has revealed.
The Past sales heat-up for Memento

17-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Intense drama [pictured] starring Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim and Ali Mosaffa premieres in Cannes on Friday.
Dammicco dances back to Cannes

17-May-2013
Veteran producer launches Adler Entertainment.
WTF picks up Hidden in the Woods remake

17-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre and horror boutique out WTFilms has picked up sales on Chilean director Patricio Valladares’ English remake of his Hidden in the Woods which is due to shoot in the US later this year.
AJ Annila signs We Are What We Are prequel

16-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: AJ Annila’s prequel to shoot in 2014.
Elle Driver unleashes French Women

16-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Paradis, Isabelle Adjani, Laetitia Casta, Sylvie Testud, Geraldine Nakache, Julie Ferrier, Marina Hands, Alice Taglioni, Alice Belaidi, Melanie Doutey, Audrey Dana [pictured] make-up biggest and starriest French female cast ever.
Nicolas Eschbach launches Indie Sales

16-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE : Former TF1 sales chief plans annual 12-picture slate.
Marché launches Cross Media Corner

16-May-2013
Filmmaker Jan Kounen to discuss upcoming multiplatform work Windwalkers [pictured].
Moretz, Butterfield join White Circus

15-May-2013
First feature from creative duo Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski will be executive produced by Terry Gilliam. Kinology launching sales in Cannes.
Bac bolsters line-up and sales team

15-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Bac Films is kicking off Cannes with a reinforced international sales team this year following the arrival of Clémentine Hugot on the eve of the market.
Wild Bunch takes Braff Kickstarter film

15-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Cannes slate also includes latest films from Abel Ferrara, Larry Clark, Xavier Beauvois, Ken Loach, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Laurent Tirard, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Nicole Garcia.
Eye on Films goes global in Cannes

15-May-2013
A total of 25 EoF titles will screen as part of the initiative, kicking off with the Israeli-Palestinian film Water [pictured].
Wild Bunch promotes Carole Baraton

14-May-2013
Long-serving Wild Bunch executive takes on additional responsibilities.
Alain Attal: first blood

13-May-2013
It all began in a restaurant for the producer of Guillaume Canet’s Cannes title Blood Ties. Alain Attal tells Melanie Goodfellow about his US debut.
Dimension 3: viewing the future

13-May-2013
The rise of high frame rate and 4K technology will be among the points of discussion at France’s Dimension 3 (June 18-21). By Melanie Goodfellow.
Byrne, Huppert, Eisenberg board Trier film

9-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Picture is Norwegian Oslo August 31st director Joachim Trier’s first English-language film.
Cannes' Gilles Jacob to step down

8-May-2013
The Cannes Film Festival has confirmed that Gilles Jacob will step down from his role as president in 2015.
Wild Bunch to preview 'Strauss-Kahn film' at Cannes

8-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: No French investment in film as traditional cinema funders shied away from project in act of “self-censorship”, says Maraval.
Memento takes Brechner’s Mr. Kaplan

8-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy about a Jewish retiree who fancies himself a Nazi hunter is in post-production.
Elle Driver unveils biggest Cannes slate

7-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Cannes 2013 line-up includes new films from Coixet, Téchiné, Jacquot and Anurag.
Pretty Pictures acquires Hany Abu-Assad's Omar

6-May-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Cannes Un Certain Regard selection sold by The Match Factory.
Lacaze to head Wild Bunch Distribution

3-May-2013
Former Pathé Distribution head of marketing to take up position mid-May.
Versatile unveils first Cannes slate

3-May-2013
Pape Boye and Violane Pichon’s fledgling Versatile Films to launch first slate in Cannes.
Memento takes Directors’ Fortnight title Blue Ruin

2-May-2013
MFI scores Directors’ Fortnight hat trick with Ilo Ilo and We Are What We Are.
3x3D to close Cannes Critics' Week

30-Apr-2013
Triptych explores impact of 3D on cinema.
Missing Image taken by Films Distribution

29-Apr-2013
Subsidiary Films Boutique also picks up two youthful Cannes titles.
Wide House picks up new Ophüls doc

25-Apr-2013
Oscar-winning Ophüls’ first documentary in 18 years is set to screen in Directors’ Fortnight.
ACID reveals Cannes 2013 line-up

24-Apr-2013
20th anniversary line-up includes films from the UK’s Andrew Kötting, German Ramon Zurcher, Moroccan Hicham Lasri and Franco-American Gabriella Kessler.
Annecy unveils full 2013 line-up

23-Apr-2013
New artistic director Michel Jean reveals his first edition at the helm.
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight line-up

23-Apr-2013
After a poor showing for the UK in Official Selection, Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant and Ruari Robinson’s sci-fi adventure Last Days on Mars make it into parallel Cannes section.
Paris cinema, TV jobs takes dip

23-Apr-2013
Employment in film, television and advertising production in the Paris region jumped a record 8% in 2011 but dipped in 2012, according to an Ile de France Film Commission report released on Monday.
Double Dutch take Winter of Discontent

23-Apr-2013
Canadian sales outfit Double Dutch international (DDI) to screen controversial picture at Cannes market.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw, micro_scope

23-Apr-2013
The founders of Montreal’s micro_scope tell Melanie Goodfellow how their production outfit draws on the city’s rich talent base to achieve international reach
Suzanne to open Cannes Critics’ Week

22-Apr-2013
Director Katell Quillévéré won prestigious Prix Jean Vigo for her debut feature Love Like Poison.
Ari Folman’s The Congress to open Directors’ Fortnight

19-Apr-2013
Israeli director was last at Cannes in 2008 with Waltz with Bashir.
French sales agents lament Alta closure

19-Apr-2013
French sellers ask who will distribute Audiard, Frears, Polanski, Leigh, and Moretti in Spain following news that Alta Films faces closure.
Thierry Fremaux, Cannes Film Festival

19-Apr-2013
Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux announced the Official Selection for the 66th edition on Thursday (April 18). He talked to ScreenDaily afterwards about the selection, why he doesn’t think micro-budget filmmaking is the way forward and Lars von Trier.
Von Trier welcome back at Cannes

19-Apr-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Lars von Trier was never declared ‘persona non grata’ forever, says Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux
Cannes chief on 2013 line-up

18-Apr-2013
Some 1,858 features were submitted to the festival this year. Surprises include first Dutch picture in competition in 38 years.
Cannes Film Festival 2013 line-up

18-Apr-2013
The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been revealed in Paris.
The Bling Ring to open Un Certain Regard

17-Apr-2013
Director was last in Cannes in 2006 with Marie Antoinette which played in competition.
Filmworks CEO Tim Smythe dies

16-Apr-2013
Founding CEO of Dubai-based Filmworks lured shoots of Syriana and The Kingdom to the region.
Zulu to close Cannes Film Festival

12-Apr-2013
Jérôme Salle’s Cape Town-set thriller Zulu, starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, will close the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, running May 15-26.
Memento takes on sales of SXSW hit Short Term 12

11-Apr-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Destin Cretton’s award-winning picture stars Brie Larson as a care-worker in a foster care facility.
Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde unveils Cannes 2013 slate

10-Apr-2013
Filipino Joanna Arong, Burkinabe Michel K. Zongo and Brazilian Gustavo Pizzi head to Cannes with latest projects. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck [pictured] is honorary patron.
Jane Campion to receive Carrosse d'Or

5-Apr-2013
New Zealand filmmaker will be presented with the honorary award on the opening night of Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
Croisette-set comedy Cannes cancelled

4-Apr-2013
Adrien Brody was due to star as a beleaguered director attending the Cannes Film Festival.
French producers rally against crew deal

28-Mar-2013
More than 1,500 French industry professionals - including producers and directors - sign petition against collective labour deal for crew.
Cannes: Will there be women?

28-Mar-2013
Speculation over directors in competition
MyFrenchFilmFestival.com generates 750,000 screenings

27-Mar-2013
Screenings drop year-on-year but receipts for exporters increase; Pierre Pinaud’s On Air [pictured] was the most viewed film.
France's CNC reveals 2012 production figures

27-Mar-2013
Record number of films made amid falling investment. Independent producers sound alarm over finance squeeze.
French producers boycott CNC

21-Mar-2013
Long-running dispute between French producers and crew unions over pay and conditions blows-up.
Roeg readies First World War romance

20-Mar-2013
Montreal-based Amérique Films producing Western Front feature centered on a young British sniper.
Ile-de-France out in force at Filmart

18-Mar-2013
Companies attending include Bayoo, which has worked on films including Jackie Chan’s Chinese Zodiac.
Buyers adopt Gabrielle from eOne

11-Mar-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Coming-of-age tale about a mentally challenged girl is latest production from Incendies production house micro_scope.
Masson heads online with The End

6-Mar-2013
Art house, hybrid work features Elodie Bouchez and Aki Kaurismaki collaborator André Wilms in the cast.
Cannes co-pro market's 2013 selection

5-Mar-2013
Middle Eastern projects make a strong showing this year.
In Bloom sold to UK, Australia, Benelux

28-Feb-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Artscope, the specialist art film label of Paris-based Memento Films International, is handling international sales.
Gilberto Gil doc set for TIDE "day-and-date" release

27-Feb-2013
Operation is part of European Commission-funded media chronology experiment.
Cotillard to star in new Dardennes

25-Feb-2013
Wild Bunch is selling upcoming production due to shoot in Belgium this summer.
Amour wins five Césars

23-Feb-2013
Michael Haneke’s Amour clinches five Césars. Argo wins best foreign film César.
EuropaCorp sets YSL biopic

20-Feb-2013
Feature is due to shoot for ten weeks from mid-June in Paris and Marrakech.
Paris locations tout for film business

18-Feb-2013
Exhibition follows recent hikes in France’s film tax incentives.
Rival YSL films wage fierce battle

13-Feb-2013
French Designer Yves Saint Laurent died nearly four years ago, but rival film companies are battling it out over who has the right to shoot his biography and who is allowed to portray the clothes that set the fashion agenda for a generation.
Memento records S-VHS sales

12-Feb-2013
Paris-based Memento Films International (MFI) has been racking up sales on footage horror picture S-VHS , the sequel to cult hit V/H/S.
Reilhac runs with ‘ultra-trail’ transmedia project

10-Feb-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Former Arte Cinema chief also developing interactive film geo-location App Cinema City.
SND fashions YSL deals

9-Feb-2013
Production starring Pierre Niney [pictured] as the legendary fashion designer is due to start rolling in May.
Wild Bunch to run with Wolf Totem

9-Feb-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Majority Franco-Chinese production due to start shooting in April.
Wirkola preparing Dead Snow sequel

9-Feb-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Sequel to 2009 cult hit Snow Dead is due to shoot mid-2013.
Jaoui's Under the Rainbow scores sales

9-Feb-2013
Filmmaker’s first picture in four years due to be released in France on March 6 on 350 screens.
Back Up unlocks Movie Chainer

9-Feb-2013
Company currently beta testing rights management application ahead of April 30 live launch.
Wild Bunch adds Miss Julie

8-Feb-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales powerhouse Wild Bunch has picked up international sales on Liv Ullmann’s upcoming $5m battle-of-the-sexes drama Miss Julie starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.
Gaumont boards Larrieu Bros noir

8-Feb-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Picture starring Mathieu Amalric, Maïwenn, Sara Forestier, Denis Podalydes and Karine Viard due to start shooting on Feb 12 in Alps.
Parisians launch new sales company Versatile

8-Feb-2013
Violaine Pichon and Pape Boye are joining forces to create new international film sales company Versatile.
Eye on Films, Dailymotion launch online film season

4-Feb-2013
Catalogue of films to be screened for free on the first Monday of every month.
MK2 closes theatrical distribution unit

4-Feb-2013
French theatrical release of MK2 slate in France will be handled by Diaphana in the future.
Films Distribution picks up Golden Bear contender Harmony Lessons

31-Jan-2013
Paris-based sales outfit also selling Nanouk Leopold’s Panorama screener It’s All So Quiet and documentary Parade.
Director Jean-Paul Salomé elected new president of Unifrance

31-Jan-2013
Salomé replaces Mact Productions’ Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre who is leaving to focus on producing.
EU’s MPFG generates €47m in first two years

30-Jan-2013
Productions supported by the European Media Production Guarantee Fund (MPFG) include upcoming A Most Wanted Man, The Congress and Berlinale Golden Bear contender Layla Fourie.
MPM picks up Workers and Habi, the Foreigner

29-Jan-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Sales arm of Paris-based production house MPM heads to EFM with biggest slate to date.
Memento picks up S-VHS following Sundance premiere

28-Jan-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome horror feature complements French sales and production company’s growing genre slate.
Camille Rewinds leads French César Awards with 13 nods

25-Jan-2013
Argo, Bullhead and The Angels’ Share in the running for best foreign film. Noemie Lvovsky’s Camille Rewinds tops the nominations table.
Amour continues winning streak at French Lumière Awards

18-Jan-2013
Rust and Bone, Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble) also come away with prizes.
Jean-Philippe Tirel to quit Wild Bunch Distribution

18-Jan-2013
French distribution veteran, with eye for US independent fare, to launch acquisition company called Selective Films at Cannes.
French films up 88% at international box office in 2012

18-Jan-2013
Unifrance study reveals record year on back of international success of Intouchables, Taken 2 and The Artist.
SND boards Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic

14-Jan-2013
Pierre Niney to play YSL in picture which is due to start rolling this spring, around the same time as Bertrand Bonello’s rival film on the legendary designer.
MK2 takes on sales of LaBruce’s Gerontophilia, Langseth’s Hotel

11-Jan-2013
Berlin slate will also include Xavier Dolan’s psychological drama Tom at the Farm.
Gaumont finds homes for The Brats ahead of Paris RDV premiere

10-Jan-2013
Company will also launch popular comedienne Reem Kherici’s directorial debut picture Paris or Perish (Paris à Tout Prix) [pictured] at the Unifrance meeting.
French Culture Minister calls meeting over Maraval-gate storm

9-Jan-2013
Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval says thrust of Le Monde editorial distorted by “sensationalist” headline.
French box office dipped 5.9% in 2012

7-Jan-2013
French films accounted for 40.2% of market against 45.3% for US pictures.
Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval blasts French star system

2-Jan-2013
Producer and sales chief slams salaries of France’s top stars, calling for rethink of French film subsidy system and cap on actor wages.
A window on France

2-Jan-2013
Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris (Jan 15-21), which showcases the latest productions from the territory, will host its biggest selection yet at the event’s 15th edition. Melanie Goodfellow reports.
Rust and Bone, Holy Motors among Lumiere leaders

19-Dec-2012
Rust and Bone, Farewell My Queen, Holy Motors and Camille Rewinds lead the nominations list for France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes.
Wild Bunch to unveil comedy-driven French 2013 slate at Paris Rendez-vous

19-Dec-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Company will also launch sales on Claire Denis vendetta picture, Luc Jacquet’s immersive forest documentary and upcoming dramas from Abdellatif Kechiche and Bruno Dumont.
Eurimages supports Wenders, Virzi and Mundruczo

17-Dec-2012
Co-production fund announces final selections for 2012 after board meeting in Dubai.
Cairo to get first indie screen

16-Dec-2012
Egyptian filmmaker Tamer El Said of Zero Production and The Kite Runner star and filmmaker Khalid Abdalla spearhead creation of Cimatheque theatre.
Monaliza heads to Marrakech

15-Dec-2012
Distributor and exhibitor Marrakech Spectacles has picked up Moroccan rights for Jordanian director Fadi G. Haddad’s romantic comedy When MonaLiza Smiled, which is screening in DIFF’s Muhr Arab Feature competition.
Benoit Jacquot’s Farewell My Queen wins Louis Delluc Prize

14-Dec-2012
Benoit Jacquot’s French revolution drama Farewell My Queen (Les Adieux à La Reine) has won the Louis Delluc Prize for best French film in 2012, the awards presided over by Gilles Jacob announced on Friday.
Rouge International bulks up slate with Family Film ahead of Les Arcs

14-Dec-2012
Julie Gayet and Nadia Turincev’s Paris-based production company is also set to unveil a rough-cut of A Spell To Ward off the Darkness in Les Arcs.
Rouge International bulks up slate ahead of Les Arcs

14-Dec-2012
Julie Gayet and Nadia Turincev’s Paris-based production company is also set to unveil rough-cut of A Spell To Ward off the Darkness in Les Arcs.
Ibrahim El Batout, Winter Of Discontent

14-Dec-2012
Ibrahim El Batout talks to Screen about his latest film Winter of Discontent.
Batata, Night, Murdoch scoop top DFC prizes

14-Dec-2012
Lebanese feature documentary Batata, contemporary Tunisian drama A Full Moon Night and Jordanian producer Rula Nasser’s Me, Myself And Murdoch won the top three prizes of $25,000 each at the close of DIFF’s co-production market Dubai Film Connection.
Image Nation unveils third Emirati picture

14-Dec-2012
Image Nation Abu Dhabi has signed Emirati director Mohammed Saeed Harib for its third local feature film - a family comedy about a disgraced football player who redeems himself as a coach for a failing team at an Abu Dhabi high school.
Distributors network MEDIS sets out objectives

13-Dec-2012
Recently launched Middle East distributors network MEDIS set its first objectives at an inaugural general assembly in Dubai on Monday (Dec 10).
Eurimages mulls border extension

13-Dec-2012
Pan-European production fund Eurimages is mulling how it can extend cooperation beyond the borders of its 36 member states, executive director Roberto Olla revealed at a Film Forum panel on the body on Wednesday.
Egyptian film rebels form breakaway union

13-Dec-2012
Independent film movement takes root in Cairo challenging film and TV industry’s old guard.
Iraqi-Kuwaiti filmmakers join forces in Babylon

12-Dec-2012
Iraqi-Italian Haider Rashid and Kuwaiti Abdullah Boushahri recently collaborated on It’s About To Rain (Sta Per Piovere).
Starfield unites Under the Bombs team in London

12-Dec-2012
Quartet behind 2007 road move shot against backdrop of 2006 Lebanese War reunites for comedy, provisionally entitled London Haram.
Egypt’s Zad goes into exile with Mact Productions

11-Dec-2012
Amr Waked and Salah Al-Hanafy’s Cairo-based Zad Communication is embarking on its first international co-production, teaming with Paris-based Mact Productions on The Exile, a romantic and political drama set against the backdrop of Luxor in the 1980s.
Masharawi wraps West Bank-set Palestine Stereo

10-Dec-2012
Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi has wrapped his latest feature Palestine Stereo and is looking for post-production finance, according to Tunisian producer Habib Attia of Cinetelefilms.
Euromed spearheads launch of MENA distributors network

10-Dec-2012
A consortium of around 20 distributors from across the Middle East has launched a new regional network, provisionally called MEDIS.
First Afghan web TV channel launches

9-Dec-2012
Kabul and Dubai-based producer Hamida Aman has launched Afghanistan’s first web TV channel Globox.tv, tapping into the country’s burgeoning social media culture.
Wide Management sells Zabana! to Cinecitta Luce

9-Dec-2012
Cinecittà Luce has acquired Italian rights to Algerian Saïd Ould-Khelifa’s Zabana!, a contender in Dubai’s Muhr Arab feature competition, from French sales company Wide Management.
France set to boost film tax incentives

7-Dec-2012
Ceiling on Tax Rebate for International Production (TRIP) could rise $12.9 m (€10m) from $5.1m (€4m).
Tarak Ben Ammar buys private Egyptian TV channel ONTV

5-Dec-2012
Deal part of strategic plan to build North African, Egyptian and European media network aimed at Arab-language audiences.
French film industry protests 3% VAT hike on cinema tickets

5-Dec-2012
VAT on cinema tickets set to rise to 10% at the beginning of 2014.
Dubai axes three Syrian films from official selection

5-Dec-2012
Dubai and Cairo film festivals remove films by pro-Bashar al-Assad filmmakers from line-ups.
Unifrance launches third edition of online film festival

4-Dec-2012
Curzon On Demand, iTunes, Vudu and good!movies among 19 platforms partnering with festival running Jan 17 to Feb 17 2013
Les Arcs industry events to focus on VoD, Bullhead

29-Nov-2012
Two-day programme runs within the co-production village.
Taken 2 takes EuropaCorp back to black

29-Nov-2012
First half-year net profit of $15.5m (€12m) is highest company has recorded in a full fiscal year since flotation in 2007.
Film's place in the queue

29-Nov-2012
The role of cinemas in a digital world was one of the main points of discussion at the annual conference of the Europa Cinemas Network. Melanie Goodfellow reports
ParisFX's sixth edition welcomes speakers including Nicolas Duval, Angela Barson

26-Nov-2012
Highlights include a presentation by Argentine director Juan Solanas about the creative and technical process of making his sci-fi feature Upside Down.
5 Broken Cameras producer reunites with Upian for Jerusalem project

23-Nov-2012
5 Broken Cameras producer Serge Gordey is reteaming with Paris-based web agency Upian to create 24H Jerusalem Online, a multi-screen work aimed at tablets, computer screens and mobiles
Les Arcs co-pro market reveals project line-up

14-Nov-2012
Placido, Brosens & Woodworth, Robelin, Rohrwacher, Kári and Hadzihalilovic head to Les Arcs co-production village.
The world in Rome

8-Nov-2012
The first edition of the Rome Film Festival (Nov 9-17) under artistic director Marco Müller has a wealth of world premieres. Melanie Goodfellow reports
Elijah Wood clicks on Nacho Vigalondo’s Open Windows

2-Nov-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch launches international sales on Spanish director’s English-language debut which began shooting on a high-security set in Madrid this week.
Alain Chabat sets down in LA for shoot of Quentin Dupieux's Réalité

2-Nov-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Film [pictured], also featuring Elodie Bouchez and Jon Heder, is currently shooting in Los Angeles.
Memento boards thriller Back in Crime

1-Nov-2012
Paris-based sales company also set to premiere first images from Jim Mickle’s cannibal picture We Are What We Are [pictured].
Gaspard Ulliel to star in Bonello’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic

1-Nov-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Film is due to shoot late spring. Script will be available before Berlin.
Gaumont kicks off sales on Brats

1-Nov-2012
Anthony Marciano’s film [pictured] stars Alain Chabat, Sandrine Kiberlain and Max Boubli.
Le Pacte reveals snapshot of Wenders' Sebastiao Salgado doc

1-Nov-2012
Wim Wenders co-directing Shade and Light with photographer’s son Juliano Salgado.
Other Angle takes His Wife to AFM

1-Nov-2012
French sales company will also premiere Omar Sy-starrer On The Other Side of the Tracks.
EuropaCorp and Belga Films sign three-year output deal

31-Oct-2012
Wide-ranging deal also covers co-production, financing via the Belgian tax shelter and diversification into next generation multiplexes.
TF1's Wolves strike in Germany, Japan, Russia, Middle East

31-Oct-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Other buzz titles on TF1 International’s AFM slate include The Brass Teapot and Before The Winter Chills.
Elle Driver nabs The Late Bloomer ahead of AFM

29-Oct-2012
Comedy stars Elijah Wood as sex therapist who goes through puberty at 30-years-old.
TIDE Experiment plans four “day-and-date” releases in 2013

25-Oct-2012
France’s cinema industry guild L’ARP has joined forces with European sales agents Fandango, Goldcrest, Urban Distribution and WIDE and more than 30 members of Europa Distribution.
StudioCanal to show first footage of Ben Stassen’s Thunder at AFM

25-Oct-2012
Other StudioCanal AFM buzz titles include Jaume Collet-Serra’s air-flight action thriller Non-Stop reuniting the director with Liam Neeson [pictured].
Wild Bunch boards Simon Brand’s hijacking thriller Default ahead of AFM

24-Oct-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Slate also features new films from Patrice Leconte, Arnaud Desplechin, Santiago Zannou and Philippe Godeau and 11-minute Blood Ties promo.
Europa Distribution mulls Creative Europe plan in Lyon

22-Oct-2012
“No reason to implement revolutionary changes” to existing Media programme says Jakub Duszynksi, co-president of independent distributors body Europa Distribution.
Europa Distribution AGM opens in Lyon with film heritage debate

18-Oct-2012
Body representing 125 independent distributors across Europe will also discuss future of the Media Programme and examine cinema-on-demand distribution schemes.
Cité of light

14-Oct-2012
Recently opened in Paris, Luc Besson’s ambitious Cité du Cinéma combines a new home for EuropaCorp and a major new studio development.
MIPCOM reports biggest market ever

11-Oct-2012
Cinema-television crossover trend strengthens; digital players take on greater content financing role; sales buoyant despite gloomy economic backdrop.
MIPCOM: Angry Birds set for autumn migration to small screen

11-Oct-2012
Rovio Entertainment head of strategic partnerships Andrew Stalbow [pictured] premieres extracts of 52 Angry Birds shorts at MIPCOM, says company has long-format ambitions.
MIPCOM CREATIVE TALKS: Jane Campion on Top Of The Lake

9-Oct-2012
Haunting six-part detective mystery set in remote part of southern New Zealand due to hit screens later this year and early 2013.
MIPCOM: Harvey Weinstein talks TV

9-Oct-2012
Upcoming TWC television productions include big budget Marco Polo, reality show Supermarket Superstar hosted by Stacey Keibler and Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden.
MIPCOM: Harvey Weinstein launches World Dance Awards

9-Oct-2012
Weinstein was joined by Michael Flatley in making the announcement and said the event would be in the vein of the Grammy Awards and would take place around April or May.
MIPCOM Day 1: Canadian co-production talk; big Hitler project announced

9-Oct-2012
MIPCOM kicked off on Monday with the conference programme focused on this year’s honorary country Canada as well as digital developments and Russian period drama “18*12” opening the screenings.
FCCE’s user-generated movie format Entertainment Experience heads to China

9-Oct-2012
Amsterdam-based crossmedia company FCCE debuted user-generated movie format with Paul Verhoeven last year to make thriller Tricked. Format also optioned for Sweden and the Middle East.
MIPCOM: YouTube kick-starts 60 European channels

9-Oct-2012
Google/YouTube global head of content Robert Kyncl delineates content “catalyser” strategy in MIPCOM keynote speech.
Soda Pictures acquires Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours for UK

5-Oct-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales company MPM reports a flurry of post-Toronto deals for picture which is due to screen in the BFI London Film Festival.
Asterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D -- Catherine Deneuve massacres the French language, à l’anglaise

2-Oct-2012
The high-profile cast of Laurent Tirard’s highly anticipated Asterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D — led by Gérard Depardieu, Edouard Baer and Catherine Deneuve — were out in force on Sunday afternoon for a packed, first public preview of the film at Paris’ iconic, 2,800-seat Grand Rex cinema.
French austerity budget hits CNC and broadcasters

29-Sep-2012
National Cinema Centre hit with €150m levy, state broadcaster funding cut by €85m as French government unveils austerity budget.
French court fines five film pirates €1.1m

28-Sep-2012
Landmark ruling comes as future of existing Hadopi anti-piracy measure is under debate.
Luc Besson officially opens Cité Du Cinéma complex

21-Sep-2012
Cinema complex on outskirts of Paris heralded as “Hollywood à la Française” has been operational since the beginning of the summer.
Polanski to shoot adaptation of Venus in Fur, ahead of D

20-Sep-2012
Emmanuelle Seigner and Louis Garrel to star.
Intouchables is France’s foreign language Oscar submission

18-Sep-2012
Film recently overtook Amélie as most seen French-language film at international box office.
Syrian producer Orwa Nyrabia reported freed

13-Sep-2012
Producer and pan-Arab DOX BOX film festival founder had been missing since August 23.
Intouchables smashes int’l box office record

10-Sep-2012
Intouchables overtakes The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain as most seen French language picture.
French buyers circle Una Noche, Booster after Deauville screenings

9-Sep-2012
Deauville promotes US indie fare alongside red carpet rollouts of blockbuster titles Taken 2 [pictured] and The Bourne Legacy.
Beasts of the Southern Wild wins top prize at Deauville

8-Sep-2012
After Sundance and Cannes prizes, Beasts of the Southern Wild continues awards run at Deauville.
TWC On The Other Side of the Tracks with Omar Sy

7-Sep-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Following their US release of Intouchables, The Weinstein Company acquires latest Omar Sy picture from Other Angle.
Les Films du Losange signs Marian Crisan’s Rocker

7-Sep-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Father and son drama set against backdrop of contemporary Romania to premiere at San Sebastian.
Epicentre go for A Month in Thailand after Venice

7-Sep-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Deal closed by Paris-based MPM Films immediately after official screening at Venice.
Korean projects head to France for CNC co-prod meeting

4-Sep-2012
France’s National Cinema Centre (CNC) and the Korean Film Centre (KOFIC) join forces for Franco-Korean co-production workshop in Paris.
Emilie Georges, Memento

4-Sep-2012
Memento Films International has built an eclectic sales slate while ramping up its own productions such as horror remake We Are What We Are.
Ten days on, still no news on missing Syrian producer Orwa Nyrabia

3-Sep-2012
The Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, French producer and directors body L’ARP and director MartinScorsese join chorus of concern for missing producer.
The Two Faces of January starts shooting

31-Aug-2012
Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst co-star in adaptation of Patricia Highsmith thriller, produced by Working Title and financed by StudioCanal.
The Asian-French connection

31-Aug-2012
Record numbers of Asian film-makers brought feature film and documentary projects to the Paris Project co-production event.
Doc & Film picks up Fiennes’ The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

31-Aug-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales outfit takes on documentary ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Mavericks section.
Olivier Père departs Locarno to head up Arte France Cinéma

28-Aug-2012
Locarno Film Festival artistic director Olivier Père will replace Michel Reilhac who is resigning from ARTE to pursue transmedia projects.
MPM Film picks up Venice titles Mold and A Month in Thailand

27-Aug-2012
EXCLUSIVE: MPM also announces Italian sale of Mold to Nanni Moretti and Luigi Musini’s Sacher Distibuzione for Italy.
Syrian producer Orwa Nyrabia reported missing, feared arrested

26-Aug-2012
Respected producer and pan-Arab DOX BOX Film Festival founder disappeared at Damascus airport.
Memento racks up sales on Craig Zobel’s Compliance

30-Jul-2012
EXCLUSIVE: PictureWorks takes India and AT Entertainment, Japan ahead of controversial picture’s international premiereat the Locarno Film Festival.
Nichols' Mud to open Deauville Festival of American Film

25-Jul-2012
Guests of honour include director William Friedkin, who will give masterclass, and prolific Hollywood producer Paula Wagner.
EuropaCorp signs distribution pact with China's Fundamental Films

23-Jul-2012
First picture due for release in Mainland China under the deal will be Luc Besson’s upcoming Malavita.
The Dark Knight Rises Paris premiere and press junket cancelled after US shooting

20-Jul-2012
French promotional activities for new Batman film stopped following massacre at midnight screening near Denver, Colorado.
Scola, Tavernier, Loach and Costa Gavras join Cinecittà protests

11-Jul-2012
Filmmakers support studio worker demonstrations over plans to ‘dismantle’ historic studios where Ben-Hur, La Dolce Vita, Gangs of New York were shot.
French CDP takes The Fourth Direction at Paris Project

5-Jul-2012
Indian film one of 26 projects presented at Paris co-production market aimed at connecting international filmmakers with French professionals.
UPI checks in for French transatlantic flight romcom Amour et Turbulences

3-Jul-2012
Alexandre Castagnetti’s Amour et Turbulences is among three French productions boarded by Universal Pictures International for 2013 slate.
Edouard Waintrop reappointed artistic director of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

29-Jun-2012
Waintrop’s initial one-year contract as head of Cannes’ parallel section extended to 2013 edition.
French Fête du Cinéma sees 43% rise in attendees in rainy June

29-Jun-2012
Dark clouds over northern half of France have silver lining for French exhibitors’ annual La Fête du Cinéma running June 24-27.
EuropaCorp posts profit for first time in two years

29-Jun-2012
Cost cutting measures, such as ditching animation, alongside strong international sales led by Colombiana put company back in the black.
Arte backs Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac

26-Jun-2012
Feature stars Charlotte Gainsbourg as a woman who recounts her erotic life from birth to 50-years-old.
Vector Capital takes stake in Technicolor

21-Jun-2012
San Francisco-based fund to inject much-needed funds into Paris-based media and entertainment technology company.
Technicolor, Tarak Ben Ammar square up for post Quinta Industries battle

20-Jun-2012
Film industry veteran Tarak Ben Ammar says former partner Technicolor acted “disloyally” in the lead-up to the collapse of post-production group Quinta Industries last year. Technicolor denies wrongdoing.
French and Russian producers attend ACE meeting in Paris

15-Jun-2012
Ateliers du Cinéma Européen co-production lab showcases nine projects including Monet’s Water Garden and Siberian train movie Sarma.
Les Films d'ici launches transmedia project Gare du Nord

15-Jun-2012
Filmmaker Claire Simon’s transmedia exploration of Paris’ Gare du Nord station was one of 29 projects presented at Cross Video Days this week.
Laurent Herbiet to shoot Vatican-set political thriller

13-Jun-2012
Kristin Scott Thomas, André Dussollier and Sergi Lopez to star in timely picture capturing Vatican intrigue.
Romanian Crulic – The Path Beyond wins Annecy Animation Festival

11-Jun-2012
Artistic director Serge Bromberg hands programming reins over to Canadian animation specialist Marcel Jean.
Top marks for Hannah Fidell’s A Teacher at US in Progress

11-Jun-2012
Debut feature wins Champs-Elysées Film Festival’s US in Progress initiative aimed at connecting US indie fare with European buyers.
Paris Project unveils 2012 selection

8-Jun-2012
Paris Cinema’s co-production forum, running July 2-4, will present 14 core projects alongside a selection of Cannes Cinefondation and Taiwanese productions.
“Don’t sign co-production treaty with US,” Weinstein tells French

7-Jun-2012
Harvey Weinstein talks US-Franco filmmaking cooperation at Champs-Elysées Film Festival in Paris.
Paris Cinema's 10th edition to open with Carax's Holy Motors

7-Jun-2012
Paris Cinema festival will fete 10th birthday with a Assayas retrospective and tribute to Hong Kong Cinema from 1948 to present day.
Les Films du Losange closes final big territories on Amour

7-Jun-2012
Asian and Latin American distributors fall for Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner Amour.
MK2 has busy sales for Cannes slate

30-May-2012
Top titles include Like Someone in Love, Laurence Anyways and On The Road.
Pathe International racks up 100 deals on its Cannes slate

24-May-2012
Top titles include Beauty and the Beast, An Enemy, What’s in a Name and Happiness Never Comes Alone.
Marco van Geffen's In Your Name wins Arte's Cannes Atelier prize

24-May-2012
Picture is second installment of van Geffen’s Vinex Trilogy revolving around the theme of the happy family.
StudioCanal reports record Cannes market

24-May-2012
Paddington, Mood Indigo, I Give It A Year, Serena and King of Soho lead sales pack.
Cannes Market continues on Cinando

24-May-2012
Industry professionals can carry on screening its films on the market’s Cinando database long after the festival ends.
French indie hub Commune Image makes market debut

23-May-2012
Production “commune”, which supported indie pictures Donoma and La Désintégration, launches partying road movie En Pays Cannibal at Cannes market.
Lionsgate and StudioCanal renew library deal

23-May-2012
StudioCanal to distribute next instalment of The Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire in German speaking territories.
Larry Clark preparing Paris-set skateboarding picture

23-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Larry Clark is set to shoot a French-language picture taking inspiration from the skateboarding scene around Paris’ Trocadero Gardens this summer, the first film for the Kids and Ken Park director shot outside the United States.
CNC reveals details of new World Cinema Fund

23-May-2012
The new €6m subsidy is run jointly by the CNC, cultural body the Institut Français, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
Cannes Market reports 8% hike in attendance

23-May-2012
Asia and Latin American lead the rise in partipicants.
Cannes titles Rust & Bone top opener at French box office

23-May-2012
Jacques Audiard’s competition title Rust & Bone was the topo pening film at the French box office in it first five days on release starting May 16.
French director Morelli explores demons

23-May-2012
French director to bring Chinese classic Water Margin to big screen in 3D animation, entitled Le Prince et 108 demons.
France’s new Culture Minister Filippetti hits Cannes

22-May-2012
France’s new Culture and Communication Minister Aurélie Filippetti was in Cannes on Tuesday for her first big public address since being appointed last week by the country’s new socialist president François Hollande.
Artificial Eye, Alta, Bim head for Mungiu’s Hills

22-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch’s other hot sellers in Cannes include Holy Motors, Suspiria remake, Dark Touch.
eOne takes Rezo’s The Horde

21-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One has picked up multi-territory, including North America and the U.K, on the Russian epic The Horde.
French Connection links with Korean Dream Capture

21-May-2012
French Connection is partnering with Korean Dream Capture Studios to develop an English-language adaptation of Peter May’s thriller The Killing Room, the third tome in his so-called China thrillers.
Garance Capital to launch second fund

21-May-2012
French film investment group Garance Capital is planning to launch a new €5-€10m institution-backed fund to compliment its existing fund aimed at individual investors.
Buyers court StudioCanal’s I Give It A Year

20-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers are feeling the love for Working Title and comedy writer Dan Mazer’s romantic comedy I Give A Year, which is being sold internationally by StudioCanal.
Katayoun Shahabi docs in Cannes

20-May-2012
Iranian producer Katayoun Shahabi is working on a feature-length documentary revolving around two former veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, one hailing from Iran and the other from the United States.
French shooting hours steady

20-May-2012
Most popular shooting location remained central Ile de la France region.
Iris and Rezo prep Rainer bio-pic

20-May-2012
Luxembourgish Iris Group has unveiled a ten-picture slate of films due to be distributed in France and sold worldwide by its Paris-based partner Rezo.
Gens planning Monet art heist caper

20-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: French genre director Xavier Gens is set to direct a comedy crime caper inspired by the real-life robbery of Claude Monet’s Impression, Soleil Levant.
Les Films du Losange fetes 50 years

20-May-2012
As Haneke’s Amour premieres, MD Margaret Ménégoz talks about the company’s storied history.
Gens planning Monet art heist caper

19-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: French genre director Xavier Gens is set to direct a comedy crime caper inspired by the real-life robbery of Claude Monet’s Impression, Soleil Levant from a Paris museum in 1986.
Dupieux and Bernard unveil footage from Wrong Cops

19-May-2012
Quentin Dupieux and producer Gregory Bernard of Réalitism Films are in Cannes drumming up finance for the director’s third film Wrong Cops starring Marilyn Manson and Marc Burnham.
Muyl heads to China for Butterfly remake

19-May-2012
French director Philippe Muyl is heading to China for a Mandarin-language feature inspired by his 2002 film The Butterfly (Le Papillon), which was a huge hit with Chinese audiences
Chomet goes back to Belleville

18-May-2012
Sylvain Chomet is re-teaming with Paris-based animation house Les Armateurs for a prequel to Belleville Rendez-vous (Les Triplettes de Belleville).
Veteran Raymond Danon launches Romy Schneider bio-pic

18-May-2012
Veteran French producer Raymond Danon has touched down in Cannes to finalise the finance on his long-gestated feature about the life of tragic actress Romy Schneider, Romy.
Backup and marche pact on new Cinando rights monitoring service

18-May-2012
Backup and Cannes market partner on new rights management service called MoveChainer.
Oscar winners Cotillard and Farhardi unite on Paris-set feature

17-May-2012
Shoot set to take place in Paris this autumn; Memento Films International to launch international sales at Cannes.
Kristin Scott Thomas reuniting with Philippe Claudel

17-May-2012
Kristin Scott Thomas is reuniting with French director Philippe Claudel on his upcoming Avant l’hiver, which is also set to star Leïla Bekhti and Daniel Auteuil.
Broken goes to Le Pacte and Why Not Productions

17-May-2012
Wild Bunch has sold British Rufus Norris’s Critics’ Week opener Broken to a French consortium of Le Pacte and Why Not Productions.
Booming Cannes Market adds Doc Corner

17-May-2012
Buyers can screen some 350 documentary titles in the dedicated space.
Isabelle Fuhrman, Isabelle Huppert sign up for Wild Bunch's Suspiria

16-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch’s slate also includes a number of other genre titles plus Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye To Language 3D.
Bertrand Bonello to direct Yves Saint Laurent biopic project

16-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: French director Bertrand Bonello has signed to direct a biopic on legendary French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, Paris sales outfit Films Distribution and production companyMandarin Cinema have announced.
Cluzet and Canet board Gaumont's Turning Tide

16-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: €17 million production headlines a packed Gaumont slate also featuring a live action adaptation of Belle and Sebastien and Michael Youn’s comedy Vive La France.
Futurikon has big plans for Miniscule

16-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Futurikon is launching international sales on its innovative 3D feature Miniscule - Valley of the Lost Ants.
Other Angle goes for a bite of Big Bad Wolf

16-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales agent Other Angle has picked up French ensemble comedy The Big Bad Wolf (Le Grand Mechant Loup), a modern-day reworking of the children’s fairy-tale.
Cannes announces five for Un Certain Regard jury

14-May-2012
Actress Leïla Bekhti, filmmaker Tonie Marshall, Argentinian critic Luciano Monteagudo and Sylvie Pras, head of cinemas at Centre Pompidou and artistic director of La Rochelle Film Festival, join previously announced president of the jury Tim Roth.
Cannes sexism debate explodes on eve of festival

14-May-2012
Opinion piece in Le Monde by group of female filmmakers accuses Cannes Film Festival of shutting women directors out.
Catherine Deneuve hits the road with Elle Driver

11-May-2012
Paris-based Elle Driver to unveil five new projects in Cannes including Catherine Deneuve road movie, post-Vogue Carine Roitfeld documentary and Cherien Dabis’ May In The Summer.
Celebrating 65 years of the CNC

10-May-2012
The Cannes Film Festival is not the only French cultural institution feting its 65th anniversary this year. Melanie Goodfellow talks to CNC president Eric Garandeau.
MK2 looks forward to record year in Cannes

10-May-2012
Alongside four titles in Official Selection, the On the Road producers will also market premiere Monkey On My Shoulder, starring Juliette Binoche and Edgar Ramirez.
David Heyman and StudioCanal pact on Paddington

10-May-2012
Britain’s best-loved bear to hit the big screen in CGI live action adaptation of Michael Bond’s children’s classic Paddington Bear.
Shia LaBeouf short to premiere in Critics’ Week Screening

9-May-2012
Actor LaBeouf reveals his “off-beat and irreverent vision” of film criticism in short.
MPM Film hooks sales for Quinzaine screener La Sirga

8-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Colombian William Vega’s La Sirga won the Cinema in Construction prize at Toulouse’s Cinelatino festival just prior to its Directors Fortnight selection.
Djinn Carrenard starts shooting for Faire L’Amour

4-May-2012
After €150 guerrilla film Donoma, director kicks off €2.7 million feature Faire L’Amour, produced by Realitism Films and backed by Arte and Pathé.
Memento to sell Craig Zobel’s controversial Compliance

2-May-2012
Film based on true events prompted controversy at Sundance this year.
Sabine Chemaly to replace Nicolas Eschbach at TF1 International

2-May-2012
Former commercial director at Reed Midem to head up TF1 International.
France launches long-awaited world cinema aid fund

2-May-2012
New subsidy worth €6m in 2012 replaces existing Fonds Sud and the Aid to Foreign Language Films (AFLE).
Wide House picks up world sales on Approved for Adoption

2-May-2012
Hybrid documentary combining animation with live action is set to premiere in competition at Annecy in June.
Riley Keough, Julia Garner to sink teeth into cannibal picture We Are What We Are

2-May-2012
EXCLUSIVE: In Memento Films project directed by Jim Mickle, Keough and Garner to play two sisters forced into cannibalism by father as part of family tradition
Philip Kaufman, Alexandre Desplat and Norman Lloyd to give Cannes masterclasses

30-Apr-2012
The Right Stuff director Philip Kaufman to give “A Lesson in Directing” as one of Cannes Film Festival’s three masterclasses.
Cannes adds another 7 titles to Official Selection

30-Apr-2012
Candida Brady documentary Trashed, Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires and Franck Khalfoun’s Maniac among seven titles added to Official Selection.
The Champs-Elysées Film Festival unveils first edition

26-Apr-2012
Harvey Weinstein, Donald Sutherland and Michael Madsen confirmed as guests at first edition, running June 6-12 on Paris’ best-known boulevard.
UPDATE: Cannes confirms Ewan McGregor, Jean Paul Gaultier are on Cannes jury

25-Apr-2012
McGregor was last officially on the Croisette with Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith in 2005.
Patrice Leconte’s The Suicide Shop to open Annecy

25-Apr-2012
Films in competition include Approved For Adoption, Zarafa and Ronal The Barbarian; Irish animation to be spotlighted in country focus.
Directors’ Fortnight features Ben Wheatley, Michel Gondry, Jaime Rosales and Anurag Kashyap

25-Apr-2012
Bookended by two films about time travel, the Fortnight runs May 17-27 and will showcase 21 features and 10 shorts.
Cannes Critics’ Week to open with Rufus Norris’ Broken

23-Apr-2012
Feature selection also includes Alejandro Fadel’s Los Salvajes, Ilian Metev’s Sofia’s Last Ambulance and Meni Yaesh’s Les Voisins de Dieu
Cannes' 65th edition has strong American flavour

20-Apr-2012
Thierry Fremaux says he will announce two to three more titles in coming weeks.
Cannes announces Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings

19-Apr-2012
Among those selected were China’s Lou Ye, Canada’s Xavier Dolan and Argentina’s Pablo Trapero as well as the Cuban portmanteau 7 Days In Havana, one segment of which is directed by Trapero.
Cannes competition line up unveiled in Paris

19-Apr-2012
Strong showing for US independents with Lee Daniels, Jeff Nichols, Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat in competition alongside Cannes stalwarts like Haneke, Cronenberg, Reygadas, Loach.
French presidential candidates woo cinema world

19-Apr-2012
France goes to the polls this Sunday for the first round of presidential elections. In a campaign dominated by the economy,immigration and unemployment, candidates have also found time to court the cinema world too.
Claude Miller’s Thérèse Desqueroux to close Cannes

18-Apr-2012
Audrey Tautou stars in the title role of the French master’s final film, which will screen on May 27 and is based on François Mauriac’s 1920s novel of the same name.
Cannes confirms Berenice Bejo as mistress of ceremonies

18-Apr-2012
Bejo to host opening and closing ceremonies of festival running 16-27 May.
Tim Roth named president of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Jury

12-Apr-2012
Twenty films to screen in the Official Selection sidebar will be announced at the festival’s press conference on April 19.
French government supports Toulouse studios project

12-Apr-2012
Raleigh-backed project to build studios near southern French city of Toulouse wins government support as construction of Luc Besson’s Paris Cité du Cinema studios is completed.
Pathé Films reorganizes French operation

11-Apr-2012
Veteran Jean-Claude Bordes takes on production consultant role as 35-year-old Vivien Aslanian is promoted to head of distribution.
International productions, foreign investment boost film jobs in Paris

10-Apr-2012
Ile de France Film Commission study shows number of people employed in the cinema and audiovisual sector in greater Paris region grew in 2010.
French director Claude Miller dies after long illness

5-Apr-2012
Career spanned 50 years and some 20 pictures including Garde à Vue, Deadly Circuit (Mortelle Randonnée), L’Effrontée and The Little Thief (La Petite Voleuse).
Music Box acquires US rights to Cate Shortland’s Lore

3-Apr-2012
Memento handling international sales for drama set in Germany in the aftermath of World War Two. Picture will be ready for Cannes.
Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo (L’Ecume des Jours) to start shooting April 10 for StudioCanal

3-Apr-2012
Adaptation of Boris Vian’s 1947 classic novel to shoot mainly in Paris region with Francophile ensemble cast led by Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris.
Something 'fishy' about Cannes line-up leak

3-Apr-2012
A credible-sounding list of selections is called a ‘paper fish’ by Cannes organisers.
Matias Meyer’s The Last Christeros wins CinéLatino

2-Apr-2012
Picture about fight for religious freedom by Roman Catholic rebels premiered at Toronto and also screened in Rotterdam.
French cinema lobbies for digital update of l’exception culturelle laws

26-Mar-2012
Directors Michel Hazanavicius and Luc Besson join campaigns calling for overhaul of France’s famous cultural exception laws taking into account new digital landscape.
Toulouse’s Cinélatino to go ahead despite killings

21-Mar-2012
Festival cancels open-air inaugural ceremony but rest of event, running March 23 to April 1, remains intact.
French film world descends on Paris book fair

19-Mar-2012
Some 200 producers sign up for professional rights market run by Society of French Language Publishers (SCELF) during the Paris Salon du Livre.
Prison love

19-Mar-2012
Director Maïwenn’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Polisse may have missed out on the top prizes at the French Césars last month but consolation came from an expected quarter over the weekend.
Cannes L’Atelier announces 2012 selection

15-Mar-2012
Upcoming films from Marco Van Geffen, Mahmoud Al Massad and Mai Masri are among 15 projects to be presented at the financing event.
Oscar-winning French director Pierre Schoendoerffer dies

14-Mar-2012
Legendary war cameraman, filmmaker and writer won an Oscar in 1968 for his documentary The Anderson Platoon, following American soldiers in Vietnam.
Fabrice Denizot appointed chief marketing officer at EuropaCorp

13-Mar-2012
Cinema executive was formerly head business manager at Paramount Pictures France.
French 3D guru, Pina stereographer Alain Derobe dies

13-Mar-2012
French 3D expert Alain Derobe, the stereographer on Wim Winders’ Pina and Laurent Tirard’s upcoming Astérix and Obélix: On Her Majesty’s Service, has died aged 76.
Syria’s DOX BOX festival goes global amid violence at home

13-Mar-2012
Banned Syrian classics and clandestine films to screen in more than 30 venues worldwide as part of DOX BOX Global Day on andaround March 15, the first anniversary of Syria’s uprising.
Canal Plus chief Bertrand Meheut sounds alarm for French cinema

7-Mar-2012
Meheut says international operators such as iTunes, Google and YouTube as well as Al Jazeera’s sporting ambitions pose threat to France’sunique film finance model.
Oslo August 31st set to break box-office record for a Norwegian film in France

7-Mar-2012
Joachim Trier’s dark tale following recovering drug addict clocks up 30,000 admissions in first weekend with 2,150 entries per screen in Paris.
Lives of YSL and Pierre Bergé to hit big screen

6-Mar-2012
Yves Saint Laurent’s long-term partner Pierre Bergé collaborating on feature to be written and directed by French director Jalil Lespert.
The Artist wins best film at France's Cesars

25-Feb-2012
Untouchable co-star Omar Sy clinches best actor and The Artist’s Bérénice Béjo best actress. Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation picks up best foreign film.
KMBO acquires Teddy Award winner Keep the Lights On

22-Feb-2012
French art-house distributor, which also picked up two other Panorama titles, plans July release.
Jérôme Salle to direct Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou in Zulu

20-Feb-2012
Director of Anthony Zimmer and The Burma Conspiracy adapts compatriot Caryl Férey’s crime novel Zulu set in post-Apartheid SouthAfrica.
Le Pacte racks up sales on Atiq Rahimi’s The Patience Stone

20-Feb-2012
Paris-based company also scores early deals on Guillaume Nicloux’s period drama The Nun and consolidates business on Amazonia.
MyFrenchFilmFestival.com racks-up over one million viewings

15-Feb-2012
Case Départ, Un Poison Violent and J’aime Regarder Les Filles pick up prizes at Internet festival feting French cinema.
Punchline to make jazzy debut

15-Feb-2012
Wide Management and Memento Film International servicing and marketing staffers Lucas Tothe and Sylvain Lagrillère are branching into production with the creation of Punchline Cinema.
MK2 to produce Turturro's Gigolo, Demme's Zeitoun

11-Feb-2012
EXCLUSIVE: John Turturro is set to star in and direct Fading Gigolo, which French mini major MK2 is producing.
Gaumont explores vices with Paulette, Porn In The Hood

9-Feb-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Aside from continuing sales on Culinary Cuisine opener The Chef starring Jean Reno, which has recently sold to Germany (Senator), Canada (Remstar) and Japan (Gaga), Gaumont is set to unveil a slew of new titles at the EFM.
Wild Bunch delves into Lou Ye's Mystery

9-Feb-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch also boosts slate with Leconte’s feature animation The Suicide Shop, Tony Krawitz’s Dead Europe, and more.
Memento bites into Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are remake

9-Feb-2012
EXCLUSIVE: Stake Land director sinks teeth into remake of cult cannibal horror
French Critics Union honours The Minister

7-Feb-2012
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival has also unveiled its winners.
Le Pacte to unveil Atiq Rahimi’s The Patience Stone at Berlin

7-Feb-2012
Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi returns behind the camera for first time in eight years after his award-winning Earth and Ashes.
Denis Villeneuve to direct adaptation of Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza

1-Feb-2012
Paris-based Tu Vas Voir developing adaptation of Sacco’s graphic novel on 1956 Gaza massacre; company also confirms new Walter Salles film to start shooting at end of 2012.
Polisse, The Minister lead Césars nominations

27-Jan-2012
Maiwenn’s gritty drama Polisse picks up 13 nominations, followed by Pierre Schoeller’s political satire The Minister with 11.
Films Distribution takes on Berlin competition title War Witch

25-Jan-2012
Paris sales company’s Berlin slate also includes Oscar nominees A Cat in Paris and Monsieur Lazhar.
Grégory Bernard, producer of Wrong

20-Jan-2012
Grégory Bernard, the Paris-based producer of Quentin Dupieux’s Sundance contender Wrong, tells Screen about their new brand of English-language, French-style cinema.
Nanni Moretti to serve as jury president at Cannes 2012

20-Jan-2012
Italian director and Cannes regular, who won the Palme d’Or with The Son’s Room in 2001, to preside over 65th edition of festival.
Mr Morgan's Last Love

19-Jan-2012
The German and French producers of Sandra Nettelbeck’s English-language Mr Morgan’s Last Love tell Melanie Goodfellow how they put together the complex pan-European project.
Lumière Awards shine on The Artist and Bejo

13-Jan-2012
French equivalent of the Golden Globes also fetes Poliss director Maïwenn and Omar Sy for his performance in Untouchable.
International box office for French films rose 19% to €405 million in 2011

12-Jan-2012
Unifrance study reveals foreign admissions for French films rose by 10% to 65.7 million, but entries for French-language films down by 28%.
The pick-up Artists

12-Jan-2012
Sales agent Wild Bunch adopted a unique strategy when pitching The Artist to international buyers. Melanie Goodfellow tracks the film’s history from sales mystery to global smash
Memento unveils next Agnès Jaoui picture at Paris Rendez-vous

12-Jan-2012
The Taste of Others and Look At Me director returns behind the camera for first time in four years.
Arte France Cinema boards Breillat’s Abus de faiblesse starring Huppert

12-Jan-2012
Film based on Catherine Breillat’s real-life dealings with notorious hustler who shook down celebrities in Europe and Hollywood.
Raleigh confirms involvement in French studio plan

11-Jan-2012
Raleigh Studios mulling second European studio following opening of Budapest facilities in 2010.
TF1 to unveil new Michel Leclerc picture at Paris Rendez-vous

9-Jan-2012
Company will also theatrically screen first footage of Claude Miller’s Thérèse Desqueyroux, which has already racked up slew of sales.
Le Pacte to launch Odoul’s The Rest of the World at Paris Rendez-vous

9-Jan-2012
Damien Odoul’s family drama starring Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Beart, Marie-eve Nadeau set to premiere at Rotterdam.
Private view in Paris

5-Jan-2012
New films from Tony Gatlif, Lucas Belvaux and actor-turned-director Mélanie Laurent will be unveiled for the first time at the Rendez-vous with French film in Paris.
Wild Bunch readies busy Rendez-vous slate, including new Donzelli film

4-Jan-2012
Wild Bunch to launch new films from Valerie Donzelli [pictured], Gilles Bourdos and Xavier Giannoli as well as debut pictures, Regis Roinsard’s Romain Duris-starring Populaire and Helene Fillières’ Tied.
French cinema admissions hit 45-year, 215 million high in 2011

4-Jan-2012
Preliminary figures from France’s National Cinema Centre reveal 4.2% rise in cinema attendance in 2011.
Thomas Langmann

23-Dec-2011
Thomas Langmann, the French producer of The Artist, War Of The Buttons and Patrice Leconte’s upcoming 3D animation The Suicide Shop, tells Melanie Goodfellow about arriving as a complete unknown to shoot his tribute to classic cinema in Los Angeles
Asterix is “not in danger” say producers at Fidélité Films

21-Dec-2011
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia producers Marc Missionnier and Olivier Delbosc of Paris-based Fidélité Films say film will be delivered on schedule.
36 French features in danger following Quinta Industries collapse

21-Dec-2011
Unfinished pictures could be wiped off computers belonging to post-production subsidiaries of bankrupt Quinta Industries if creditors seize equipment.
Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre wins Louis Delluc Prize

16-Dec-2011
Aki Kaurismaki wins Louis Delluc Prize for best French film in 2011. Picture is also Finland’s Foreign Language Oscar contender this year.
Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Industries, LTC laboratories go into judicial liquidation

16-Dec-2011
CNC schedules emergency meeting with the administrators and key French players in the post-production scene on Dec22 to see if parts of group can be salvaged.
A touch of class

16-Dec-2011
Quad, the French producer trio behind Heartbreaker and Intouchables, tell Melanie Goodfellow why they believe their projects enjoy popular and global appeal
Jean Dujardin

15-Dec-2011
The Artist star talks about how he soaked up the ‘mythical’ atmosphere in Hollywood, where the film was shot
Unifrance, Allocine unveil second MyFrenchFilmFestival.com

15-Dec-2011
Internet festival partners with SnagFilms, Mubi, Filmstarts.de, FilmIn and leading Chinese portal Youku among others.
Canadian Cal Christiansen animates David Hare’s Wall

14-Dec-2011
Multimedia treatment for David Hare’s play Wall looking at Israeli separation barrier and its impact on both Israelis and Palestinians.
Singapore's French connection

9-Dec-2011
Unifrance president and Mact producer Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre tells Melanie Goodfellow why the organisation is focusing on Singapore as it seeks to invest in new markets
Bejo boards The Scapegoat alongside Personnaz, Kusturica

1-Dec-2011
In first major role after The Artist, Bérénice Bejo set to play investigative journalist Tante Julia in adaptation of French writer Daniel Pennac’s classic The Scapegoat (Au Bonheur des Ogres).
Valerie Donzelli

1-Dec-2011
The French film-maker talks about Oscar contender Declaration Of War and her third feature, in production now.
Iranian sales agent Katayoun Shahabi released on bail

10-Nov-2011
Accused of collaborating with banned BBC Persian Service, Sheherazad Media International chiefShahabi still faces trial.
The fee furore

6-Nov-2011
Is a solution to the virtual print fee problem any nearer for Europe’s indie distributors? Melanie Goodfellow listens in on the heated debate at Europa Distribution’s annual conference in Lyon
Tunisia gets ready for its close-up

6-Nov-2011
The North African country has long been popular with international directors shooting on location, but since this year’s revolution the local industry is looking to expand.
Kiarostami begins The End shoot in Japan

5-Nov-2011
Film marks director’s second production shot outside his native Iran, after award-winning Certified Copy.
Arte Cinema gets budget boost amid parent channel’s revamp

26-Oct-2011
French state contribution to Franco-German broadcaster ARTE to increase by 7.3 percent in 2012 to €270.2million as part of plan to bump-up audience figures and lure in younger viewers.
Pierre Menahem to look after Nana sales

25-Oct-2011
Veteran sales agent continues to develop his freelance sales agent model with Valérie Massadian’s Locarno prizewinner Nana.
Benoit Louvet replaces Patrick Binet as head of TF1 International

21-Oct-2011
Long-rumoured departure of Patrick Binet from TF1 International confirmed as TF1 Group rolls out new management team ahead of AFM.
EuropaCorp builds a 'Monster' animated hit

21-Oct-2011
Year-long marketing campaign and 617-screen opening catapults Bibo Bergeron’s A Monster in Paris into second place in the French box office chart for first five days on release. Events included live concert featuring Sean Lennon and Vanessa Paradis.
Canal Plus to launch SVOD service in November

18-Oct-2011
French legislation imposing a 36-month delay between a film’s theatrical release and its availability on a SVOD service seen as obstacle to growth in the market.
Juliette Binoche and Edgar Ramirez to co-star in A Monkey on My Shoulder

14-Oct-2011
French director Marion Laine co-wrote romance about two surgeons.
France’s CNC approves 12 film tax shelter Soficas worth €63 million

13-Oct-2011
National Cinema Centre favoured shelters which put the accent on independent production, and first and second time features.
Attacked Tunisian TV station Nessma cancels second broadcast of Persepolis

11-Oct-2011
Tarak Ben Ammar and Italian Mediaset own 25 percent stakes in liberal pan-Maghreb broadcaster Nessma founded in 2007 by Tunisian Karoui Brothers.
Europa Distribution warns opening up of territorial rights threatens MGs

10-Oct-2011
The implications of the digital age for independent distributors dominated discussions at Europa Distribution’s fifth-annual conference held within the auspices of Thierry Frémaux’s Festival Lumière in Lyon.
Europa Distribution annual conference kicks off in Lyon

7-Oct-2011
The potential of social networks as a marketing tool, VOD and digital transition will be key topics at the fifth-annual conference.
French producers head to Tunisia for first ever co-production forum

5-Oct-2011
Ten months after Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power, a delegation of French producers headed to the country last weekend to forge new links with its fledgling, post-dictatorship film industry.
Rutger Hauer joins cast of big budget miniseries The Flight of the Storks

4-Oct-2011
Other cast members include Harry Treadaway, Perdita Weeks and Clemens Schick. English-language production is due to start shooting this month, stopping off in South Africa, Turkish city of Istanbul and Europe.
France launches winter solstice celebration of short films on Dec 21

4-Oct-2011
National Cinema Centre (CNC) hopes its Le Jour Le Plus Court initiative will encourage thousands of screenings of short films on the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
UPDATED StudioCanal announces €150m slate financing deal

29-Sep-2011
Pan-European major StudioCanal has announced a three-year, €150m slate financing deal with London-based private fund Anton Capital Entertanment [ACE], bringing its total production and acquisitions budget for the period to €500m.
Director Yann Samuell ahead in first week of the war of The War of the Buttons

28-Sep-2011
Rival adaptations of French literary classic The War of the Buttons battle it out at the box office in France on more than 500 prints each. Version directed by Yann Samuell some 130,000 entries ahead in first week.
Music Box acquires US rights to Canadian Oscar submission Monsieur Lazhar

27-Sep-2011
Paris-based sales company Films Distribution has secured a slew of sales on heart-warming tale about an Algerian refugee who lands himself ajob as a replacement teacher, including to US distributor Money Box.
French court rules that Pathé must share Nothing to Declare profits with Thomas Langmann

21-Sep-2011
Two-year-old case stems from an option held by Thomas Langmann’s late father Claude Berri to produce the third film by Nothing to Declare director and star Dany Boon.
International protests grow over Iran’s arrest of filmmakers and producer

21-Sep-2011
Arrested filmmakers include This is not a Film co-director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and producer and sales agent Katayoon Shahabi [pictured] of Sheherazad Media International (SMI).
French film tax incentives less attractive than key EU counterparts, says CNC

21-Sep-2011
Comprehensive 133-page study commissioned by France’s National Cinema Centre reveals French film tax incentives lag behind those of European counterparts Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Britain.
Declaration of War is France’s foreign language Oscar submission

16-Sep-2011
Valérie Donzelli’s tragicomedy about a young couple whose life is turned upside down when their baby son is found to have a malignant brain tumour has entered the Oscar race.
Liza Johnson boards Alice Munro adaptation

12-Sep-2011
As debut feature Return does festival rounds, Johnson gears up to direct Mark Jude Poirier’s adaptation of Alice Munro’s 2001 short story Hateship, Friendship, Courtship and Loveship.
Take Shelter takes top prize at Deauville

11-Sep-2011
Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter wins Grand Prize. Matthew Gordon’s Dynamiter picks up Jury Prize. Tony Kaye’s Detachment nabs festival’s new Revelation award.
French box office surrenders to Declaration of War

9-Sep-2011
Tragicomedy about a young couple battling baby son’s brain tumour draws 210, 000 spectators in opening week. Director Valérie Donzelli due to start shooting next feature Main dans la Main in October.
The Help's international premiere kicks off Deauville's 37th edition

5-Sep-2011
Guests walking Deauville’s famed Les Planches broadwalk this weekend included Francis Ford Coppola, Shirley Maclaine, Bill Murray, Michael Shannon, Ellen Barkin and Kate Bosworth.
Cannes Film Festival shifts dates of 2012 edition to May 16-27

3-Sep-2011
Cannes Film Festival delays 2012 edition by one week to May 16-27, from originally announced May 9-20, due to clash with French presidential elections at the beginning of the month.
France's MPM Film to sell Historias through new in-house sales dept

30-Aug-2011
Marie-Pierre Macia and Juliette Lepoutre’s MPM Film launch in-house sales operation in alliance with former Celluloid Dreams sales manager Pierre Menahem.
Chinese productions shooting in France in last 12 months up tenfold

26-Aug-2011
Sino productions shooting in France over last year include Jackie Chan’s upcoming adventure thriller Chinese Zodiac and box office hit Eternal Moment (Jiang Ai).
Deauville announces line-up, additional premieres

16-Aug-2011
Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain to receive Deauville’s Un Nouvel Hollywood award, feting upcoming American acting talent.
TF1 and Spike Lee come to "mutually satisfactory" agreement over Miracle at St. Anna

25-Jul-2011
Last month a French court fined TF1 €32 million over its failure to honour agreement to commercialise World War II drama at home and abroad in 2009.
French Directors Guild appoints Edouard Waintrop as new head of Directors’ Fortnight

22-Jul-2011
The French Directors Guild has appointed Edouard Waintrop as the new artistic director of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, replacing Frédéric Boyer who was removed from the position last month.
Buttons battle heats up in France

21-Jul-2011
French distributors Mars and UGC will go head to head at the box office this September with separate adaptations of Louis Pergaud’s literary classic The War of the Buttons.
Former StudioCanal France chief Camille Trumer launches entertainment group Talentbox

21-Jul-2011
Paris-based Trumer has acquired talent agent Cineart, press agency Moteur! and is on the verge of signing deal for majorFrench live entertainment producer.
Tate Taylor’s The Help to open Deauville

19-Jul-2011
Francis Ford Coppola guest of honour at the Deauville Festival of American Film, with out-of-competition premieres to include Bringing Up Bobby, The Conspirator, Drive, The Change-Up, Fright Night and The Lion King.
CNC says French cinema admissions fell by 6.1 percent in the first half of 2011

12-Jul-2011
Yo-yo first half of the year at French box office in which admissions slumped 23.6% in April and rocketed 35.7% in June to give overall decrease of 6.1%.
Focus developing UK director Daniel Mulloy’s debut feature A Cold Day

8-Jul-2011
Arta Dobroshi and Melissa Leo favoured to co-star in story set in tough New York high school.
French producers stalk Quebecois Denis Coté’s Bear at Paris Project

8-Jul-2011
Hot titles at ninth edition of Paris Project included Vic & Flo Saw a Bear, Evil Woman, Mitrovica, Cannibal and A Screw. Rotterdam Films seals co-production deal on Thai director Sivaroj Kongsakul’s Cinefondation project Arunkarn.
Taiwan’s Joint Entertainment targets Chinese mainland with wedding comedy Marry Go Round

7-Jul-2011
Taiwanese Joint Entertainment and China’s Enterprising Dragon Entertainment unveiled romantic comedy co-production, due to shoot in Taipei, Paris and provincial Chinese city of Chongqing, to European producers at Paris Project.
TF1 fined €32 million over failure to theatrically distribute Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna

7-Jul-2011
French media group has announced it plans to appeal the ruling, saying size of fine disproportionate to the US box-office performance of the film.
Asghar Farhadi to shoot next film with A Prophet's Tahar Rahim

1-Jul-2011
Memento Films is producing Farhadi’s love story between an Iranian girl and North African boy set against the backdrop of Paris.
Nader & Simin, A Separation a surprise box office hit in France

1-Jul-2011
Memento Distribution aiming for one million entries for Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s Berlin Golden Bear winner capturing marital breakdownin modern-day Iran.
Concerns grow for arrested Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi

29-Jun-2011
French Directors Guild launches petition demanding filmmaker’s release. First signatories include Costa Gavras, Gilles Jacob, Reza Serkanian and Bertrand Blier
An accent on genre

29-Jun-2011
Features about cannibals and female assassins are among the 15 new projects on offer to French partners at this month’s Paris Project co-production platform (July 4-7).
Sunny Side of the Doc sets sail in La Rochelle

21-Jun-2011
Documentary meeting running June 21-24 puts the accent on Asia this year.
French Directors Guild won't re-appoint Boyer as head of Directors Fortnight

21-Jun-2011
The French Directors Guild has confirmed the departure of Frédéric Boyer as artistic director of Directors’ Fortnight.
French directors and distributors protest Harry Potter premiere

15-Jun-2011
8,000 people expected for massive Deathly Hallows event screening on July 12
Paris Project co-production platform unveils July 2011 line-up

14-Jun-2011
Canadian Denis Coté [pictured], UK’s Daniel Mulloy and Hungarian Agnes Kocsis among those seeking co-production partners at event running July 4-7
The Rabbi’s Cat pounces on top prize at Annecy

13-Jun-2011
Gainsbourg director Joann Sfar’s pro-tolerance tale is set against the backdrop of Algerian capital of Algiers in the 1920s.
French animation films seen by 34.5 million people worldwide from 1999-2010

10-Jun-2011
In Annecy for the first time, Unifrance releases 12-year study on performance of French animation films at foreign box office
Arte France Cinema boards latest Carax, Reygadas pictures

10-Jun-2011
Carax feature set to star Denis Lavant; Arte also backing
Cult online world of Dofus to hit the big screen

8-Jun-2011
French online giant Ankama launches into film with Dofus, Wakfu trilogies
Warner Bros Animation to give Daffy Duck 3D theatrical makeover

8-Jun-2011
WBA revives voice of late Mel Blanc for series of 3D theatrical Looney Tunes shorts
Top draw: Annecy International Animation Film Festival

7-Jun-2011
The 2011 Annecy festival is a one-stop shop for the international animation industry.
French BackUp gets animated over Lassie and White Fang adaptations

7-Jun-2011
BackUp’s Cofanim and Devanim funds line up animation investments
Paris Cinema Festival unveils details of 9th edition

31-May-2011
Eight films to compete and more than 40 pre-premieres to screen in Paris event running July 2-13.
EuropaCorp’s international sales fell by 56 percent in 2010/11

27-May-2011
Increased box office receipts and domestic television sales reverse losses.
EuropaCorp strikes deal with theme park giant Europa Park

27-May-2011
Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp enters theme park business
Kino Lorber strikes US deal for The Fairy with MK2

27-May-2011
Directors Fortnight opener has sold to 15 territories.
First French live action 3D feature Behind the Walls to hit screens in July

27-May-2011
Young French filmmakers embrace 3D; other hot projects at Dimension 3 include Shooting D’Artagnan.
Orange and Canal Plus abandon plans to merge cinema channels

27-May-2011
Canal Plus to take minority stake in Orange cinema channels instead
Wim Wenders' Pina takes top prize at Dimension 3

25-May-2011
Dimmy awards given in 11 categories.
3D guru Schklair: Nearly every studio film is considering 3D

25-May-2011
In a keynote speech at the Dimension 3 forum, Steve Schklair says big business lies in TV.
France’s CNC to replace Fonds Sud with new fund

24-May-2011
New fund will have annual budget of €6 million.
Paris when it sizzles

6-May-2011
After one false start in 2006, Woody Allen has finally made a film in Paris, which has been selected to open Cannes this year. Melanie Goodfellow discovers how the master film-maker shot all over the city last summer
Strong arm of the law

6-May-2011
Sylvie Barnaud must be one of the most credited police chiefs in the history of IMDb. Julie & Julia and The Da Vinci Code are just two of the productions to mention the Paris-based police commander for her help during shoots.
The French 50

6-May-2011
France has a dynamic film industry with a global outlook, and its leading players will all be in Cannes. Screen profiles the industry insiders, producers, distributors, sales companies and financiers it pays to know
Ameur-Zaimeche wins France's Prix Jean Vigo

6-May-2011
Costume drama Les Chants de Mandrin, sold by MK2, was produced by
EuropaCorp to shift focus to TV and international sales

4-May-2011
After a turbulent 12 months, Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp came out fighting on Wednesday [May 4] with the announcement of a four-year strategic action plan it hopes will return it to profit in 2011/12 and puts the accent on increased TV production and international sales.
Paris Cite du Cinema on track for 2012 opening

4-May-2011
A decade after Luc Besson first mooted the idea, construction of France’s state-of-the-art film studio complex the Cité du Cinema is on schedule and will be completed in time for a grand opening ahead of Cannes 2012, EuropaCorp project chief Paul Kistner has confirmed.
Tesson to lead Cannes Critics Week after Berjon's term ends

4-May-2011
Former Cahier du Cinema editor Tesson to take charge of Cannes Critics Week.

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