All France articles – Page 21
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Reviews‘The Fourth Wall’: Marrakech Review
Laurent Lafitte stars in this period literary drama set against the backdrop of the Lebanon conflict
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Reviews‘Fanon’: Marrakech Review
French psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, and the formative years he spent in 1950s Algeria
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NewsFrench-Danish actor Niels Arestrup dies aged 75
Arestrup played a Corsican crime boss in Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Grand Prix, Oscar-nominated A Prophet.
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Features“It’s humour that will save us,” says ‘Bye Bye Tiberias’ director Lina Soualem as she prepares first fiction feature
‘Alicante’ is about a woman’s relationship with her Algerian parents who have moved to Spain to open a restaurant.
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FeaturesCoralie Fargeat on making ‘The Substance’ her own way: “Everything had to be in excess”
Coralie Fargeat tells Rebecca Leffler about her amour for gore — and Demi Moore — and how she made hit feminist body-horror The Substance her own way
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NewsKaouther Ben Hania, Maryam Touzani projects among 24 backed by Eurimages
16 of the 24 projects funded are to be directed or co-directed by women, representing over 75% of the total funding awarded.
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week closing film ‘Animale’ sells to North America (exclusive)
Film Movement has picked up Emma Benestan’s French female-driven supernatural horror.
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NewsMediawan Rights’ Arianna Castoldi on building an auteur-driven documentary slate
Castolid explains why Mediawan has created a doc strand at a tough time for the genre.
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NewsWomen directors accounted for just 27% of films produced in France in 2023
Just one woman directed a film with a budget over €20m last year.
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NewsFrance’s Respect collective creates code of conduct for navigating sexual assault from script to screen
“The tools that exist don’t tell you what to do when it actually happens on your set.”
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Reviews‘An American Pastoral’: IDFA Review
Timely documentary tracks small-town school board elections in Pennsylvania
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Reviews‘Out Of Control’: Tallinn Review
Omar Sy and Elodie Bouchez star in Anne Le Ny’s domestic drama set in Brittany
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NewsFrench prosecutor requests cultural minister Rachida Dati stand trial in corruption case, Dati responds
Politician declares: ”This infamous indictment is shocking in more ways than one.”
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Reviews‘The Shepherd And The Bear’: IDFA Review
Immersive documentary follows the controversial reintroduction of wild bears to the remote French Pyrenees
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NewsApple received ‘exceptional visa’ to release ‘Blitz’ in French cinemas for rapid two-day release
The visa allows Apple to start streaming Steve McQueen’s awards hopeful from November 22 and avoid the 17-month window.
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NewsFrench broadcasters and film groups create body to protect France’s audiovisual sector
La Filière Audiovisuelle (LaFA) unites rival broadcasters in the face of rapid industry change.
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NewsAlain Guiraudie’s ‘Misericordia’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Film will be released theatrically in spring 2025.
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Reviews‘A Missing Part’: Seville Review
Romain Duris is a French father working in Tokyo who falls foul of Japanese custody laws
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NewsMMM Film Sales boards ‘Nobody Likes Me’ ahead of Tallinn world premiere (exclusive)
The film is the second feature by Czech filmmaking duo Petr Kazda and Tomáš Weinreb.
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NewsLes Arcs unveils projects for 2024 Coproduction Village
10 of the 18 projects are fiction feature debuts.