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NewsFrance selects Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’ as Oscar submission
Feature selected by 11-member committee, was one of five shortlisted finalists.
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NewsFrance’s Charades to be honoured at International Film Distribution Summit
Sales company to receive Summit’s best international innovation distribution award.
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NewsArthouse films emerge as bright spot amid challenging 2025 for French cinemas
Films such as ‘Sentimental Value’ and ‘Leave One Day’ are garnering strong admissions.
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NewsVenice Horizons 2024 prize-winner ’Familiar Touch’ scores global sales
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Friedland’s “coming-of-old age film” won three Venice Horizons prizes in 2024.
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NewsFrank Berry’s ‘The Lost Children Of Tuam’, starring Monica Dolan, starts filming for Element Pictures, mk2
EXCLUSIVE: The film about the horrors of an Irish mother and baby home is now shooting in Ireland.
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NewsFrance unveils 2026 shortlist for best international feature Oscar
The anonymous committee will meet the filmmaking teams of the five finalists on September 17.
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NewsUrban Sales boards Costa Rican title ‘If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up The Night’ ahead of San Sebastián launch
EXCLUSIVE: The film is the debut feature of Kim Torres whose short film ‘Night LIght’ was selected for Cannes 2022.
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FeaturesHow Charles Gillibert of CG Cinéma and Les Films du Losange became a go-to ally for independent filmmakers
Gillibert hits the fall festival circuit with a string of prestigious projects including Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ and Alice Winocour’s ‘Couture’.
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Reviews‘Dog 51’ review: Cedric Jimenez’s high-octane thriller is set in a near-future Paris
Adele Exarchopoulos and Gilles Lellouche star in engaging Venice Film Festival closer
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Features“There is a feminine vibe in the air,” says Aude Hesbert, artistic director of the Deauville American Film Festival
Hesbert has launched a series of industry initatives to help attract key French and US execs to the festival.
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NewsMMM Film Sales acquires Stroma Cairns’ Toronto premiere ‘The Son And The Sea’
EXCLUSIVE: Many of the cast in the BBC Film-backed feature are deaf and first-time actors.
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NewsCeline Dornier joins IPR.VC as content executive from Logical Pictures
The appointment signals the investment fund’s aim to ramp up its executive producer role on projects.
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NewsFrench box office slump continues with 29.4% drop in ticket sales in August
Source: Universal ‘The Bad Guys 2’ France’s box office took a nosedive in August with a 29.4% drop in ticket sales year-on-year to 9.97 million admissions* (€73m), according to figures from the CNC. It extends a summer slump after a 17.3% drop in July, and a decline ...
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FeaturesInternational execs ‘optimistic’ about return of young audiences to cinemas
A Venice Film Festival roundtable hosted by Screen International and sponsored by the Saudi Film Commission debated young cinema audience trends.
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NewsCanal+ enters negotiations for 34% stake in cinema operator UGC
”This transaction demonstrates the group’s commitment to cinema and theatrical exhibition.”
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NewsRupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax to sit on Dinard festival jury
The French seaside festival runs from October 1-5.
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Reviews‘Roqia’ review: Atmospheric Algerian debut filters civil war through a genre lens
Writer/director Yanis Koussim turns Algeria’s Black Decade into an effective possession narrative
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Features“We’re evolving,” says Gaumont’s Alexis Cassanet of the company’s shifting strategy
As the world’s oldest studio, Gaumont is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2025.
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Reviews‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’ review: Jude Law impresses as Vladimir Putin in Oliver Assayas drama
Dense Venice competition title also stars Paul Dano as Putin’s chief strategist
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News“‘Etty’ is an escape from hate”: first trailer for Hagai Levi’s Venice premiering show
Mini-series is a loose adaptation of the diaries of Dutch author Etty Hillesum who died in Auschwitz.