All articles by Francoise Meaux Saint Marc – Page 15
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Le Pogam exits post as Gaumont marketing chief
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam is understood to be leaving his position as Gaumont's worldwide distribution and marketing chief in the latest of a string of upheavals at the French film group.News of Le Pogam's departure, coming on the eve of Gaumont's Vatel opening the Cannes Film Festival, follows hard on the ...
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Films Distribution picks up De L'Histoire Ancienne
In the run-up to Cannes, French international sales company Films Distribution has acquired Critics' Week title De L'Histoire Ancienne, directed by Orso Miret.The deal follows Films Distribution's acquisition of Un Certain Regard title Wild Blue, directed by Belgian film-maker Thierry Knauff, last week (Screendaily, April 26).De L'Histoire Ancienne - about ...
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MK2 picks up nine from CiBy library
French arthouse specialist MK2 has acquired worldwide rights to nine titles from the library of defunct sales and financing outfit CiBy 2000. Most of the rest of CiBy's catalogue was acquired by France's TF1 International.The titles include: David Lynch Twin Peaks: Fire Walks With Me (1992); Robert Altman's Kansas City ...
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Roissy, Celluloid Dreams cancel merger plans
French sales outfits Roissy Films and Celluloid Dreams have cancelled the merger of their international sales activities because of a misconception that Roissy was financially backing its partner."Joining our two company names proved too confusing for buyers and producers," said Roissy Films chairman Raphael Berdugo. "Each of us will keep ...
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Canal Plus, CLT-Ufa discuss link-up
French pay-TV giant Canal Plus and Luxembourg-based broadcaster CLT-Ufa - which is merging with the UK's Pearson Television - are in talks about a potential co-operation in the areas of TV rights acquisition and production.Speaking at a shareholders meeting on April 28, Canal Plus chairman Pierre Lescure stressed that there ...
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Canal Plus strikes pact with Horwits ahead of sale
Canal Plus Image unveiled details of its flotation today (April 19) and announced it is doubling its investment in film this year and has struck a production deal with Mitch Horwits, the former president of Spelling Films.Canal Plus Image, which has renamed itself StudioCanal, is launching a share offering that ...
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TF1 acquires controlling stake in Telema
In an unexpected switch of allegiance, leading French production house Telema has broken its alliance with Le Studio Canal Plus in favour of free TV broadcaster TF1, which has acquired a controlling 49% stake in the company.Telema has produced a string of French hit comedies such as La Vie Est ...
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Birkin to head Un Certain Regard jury
Paris-based British actress and singer Jane Birkin will chair the jury for the 2000 Cannes Un Certain Regard sidebar. Birkin made her first Cannes appearance 33 years ago for her supporting role in Michelango Antiononi's London-set title Blow-Up. She recently starred in Deborah Warner's The Last September, along with Michael ...
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Warner, Lagardere pact for TV production push
Warner Bros International Television (WBIT)has struck a long-term alliance with Europe Audiovisuel, the audiovisual division of defence, communications and media conglomerate Lagardere.The two companies are to co-produce and co-finance English-language TV programmes for the international market, plus French-language TV drama aimed at the local market.WBIT and Europe Audiovisuel will share ...
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Rapp's Gout takes top prizes at Cognac crime fest
Bernard Rapp 's Une Affaire De Gout bagged three awards at the 18th Cognac Festival of Crime Films (April 6-9), including the Cognac 2000 Grand Prize, the Critics' Prize and the Cine Live Prize.The film noir, which stars Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Lorit and Florence Thomassin, was the token French film ...
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MIP-TV: Hallmark signs output deal with M6
French broadcaster M6 has signed a two-year output deal with US-based TV drama producer Hallmark Entertainment.The deal gives M6 exclusive free TV rights to Hallmark's television movies and mini-series, starting immediately. M6 will also co-finance a number of mini-series with Hallmark each year for the duration of the deal.This is ...
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MIP-TV: Carlton, TeleMuenchen unwrap alliance
UK-based Carlton International Media and Germany's TeleMuenchen have signed a wide-ranging agreement which covers co-production, licensing, a representation deal for German-speaking territories and an output deal with Carlton's Los Angeles-based offshoot Carlton America.Under the terms of the four-part deal:TeleMuenchen will co-produce a minimum of eight TV movies either with Carlton ...
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MIP-TV: Hallmark extends output deal with RTL
US-based TV drama producer Hallmark Entertainment has extended its three-year output deal with Germany's RTL Entertainment for a further three years.Under the initial agreement, RTL held exclusive rights for all German-speaking territories to major dramas produced by Hallmark Entertainment. The German broadcaster also co-produced Hallmark event mini-series such as Merlin, ...
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MIP-TV: Delon, Belmondo sign up for TF1 drama
French broadcaster TF1 has unveiled two big-budget television mini-series, to be produced by regular producing partner GMT, which are set to star big-screen talents, Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo.Delon will star as a Marseilles cop in La Trilogie De Marseilles, an adaptation of three best-selling French crime novels, Total ...
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TPS film channels outrank CanalSatellite
Television Par Satellite (TPS) movie channels, Cinestar 1 and Cinestar 2, are outperforming rival CanalSatellite's three CineCinema channels, according to Mediametrie's viewership survey Audicabsat.The TPS channels were France's top-rating film channels with a 5.8% share of the country's 11 million cable and satellite subscribers according to Mediametrie figures for November ...
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Messier keen on Canal Plus, Platco collaboration
Vivendi chairman Jean-Marie Messier would like to see a link-up between Vivendi-owned Canal Plus and News Corp's planned digital platform, Platco, according to Reuters. Messier stated Thursday, April 6, that a merger between Canal Plus and part News Corp-owned BSkyB - in which Vivendi and Canal Plus have a 24.5% ...
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Taxi 2 breaks first week record in France
Arp Selection's Taxi 2 has broken another French box office record, selling more tickets in its first week - 3.48 million - than any other film in French box office history.The record was previously held by another French title - Gaumont's The Visitors 2 : The Corridor of Times, which ...
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Canal Plus to up investment in Italian production
Canal Plus and its Italian pay-TV operation TelePiu have pledged to step up their involvement in Italian films by investing L90bn in 2000-2001, compared to L60bn in 1998-1999.The agreement, signed April 6 with Italian minister of culture Giovanna Melandri, is the second step in a two-part deal. The first step ...
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Suzhou wins top honours at Paris Festival
Suzhou He (Suzhou River), a second film by Chinese film-maker Ye Lou, picked up the Grand Prize at the 15th Paris Film Festival (March 27 - April 3). The film also walked away with the best actress award for Xun Zhou.Suzhou became one of the hottest films at this year's ...
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Canal Plus abandons search for Italian partner
France's Canal Plus has abandoned its search for a local partner for Italian pay-TV platform Telepiu, according to French daily newspaper La Tribune.Canal Plus, which hold nearly 100% of Telepiu, was going to sell a share in the loss-making operator to Italian utilities and communications group Enel. However, the deal ...