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NewsFrance's minister of culture talks plan to woo more international productions
“We have beautiful landscapes and cities, but more and more shoots are happening in studios and our studios are small and not modernised enough.”
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NewsTodd Haynes’ ‘May December’ lands top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Banel & Adama also lands on the grid with a 2.3 average.
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NewsFilm Constellation locks key territories for Man Ray Cannes Classics title ‘Return To Reason’ (exclusive)
It is the first 4K restoration of Man Ray’s four surrealist short films, paired with an original soundtrack by Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan’s New York band Sqürl.
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News‘May December’ star Natalie Portman highlights "different expectations" for women at Cannes Film Festival
“Some people in France call May-December relationships ‘Le Macron’” jokes Todd Haynes.
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NewsUK’s Adrian Wootton to head jury of Malta’s inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival
The inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival will take place June 25-30 in Malta
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NewsWorld Soundtrack Awards matches composers with filmmakers (exclusive)
Composers including Howard Shore, Patrick Doyle and Daniel Pemberton have taken part.
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NewsAgencies launch Asian Film Alliance Network to foster cross-country collaboration
The Asian Film Alliance Network will promote co-productions, co-financing and training among other initiatives.
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NewsGlobal Screen boards Emily Atef’s Kenya-set AIDS drama ‘Mercy’ (exclusive)
UK-France-Germany co-production depicts the AIDS pandemic at the end of 1990s.
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NewsSovereign to release ‘Lost In The Night’ in the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Amat Escalante’s title debuted in the Cannes Premiere section.
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NewsMedia Luna takes on psychological thriller ‘Sparrow Call’ (exclusive)
The film stars David Bark-Jones, Billie Vee, Anita Albrecht and Amber Lily-Butterworth.
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NewsTruenorth launches Icelandic talent agency (exclusive)
One of the first clients is Rúnar Ingi Einarsson of company Norður, who is in Cannes as producer of Intrusion (Fár).
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NewsEntertainment Squad, Australia’s Radioactive strike distribution pact (exclusive)
Source: Courtesy of Entertainment Squad Lili Taylor and Stefania LaVie Owen in ‘Paper Spiders’ Shaked Berenson’s Los Angeles-based Entertainment Squad has signed an output deal with Jessica Butland’s fast-rising Australian theatrical distributor Radioactive. The companies collaborated on the New Zealand release of Lili Taylor mental health dramedy ...
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NewsCity of Rio in bid to ramp up incentive fund (exclusive)
RioFilme applies to double annual funding to projects that qualify for cash rebate.
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NewsRenny Harlin on his vision for action epic ‘Deep Water’: “I feel like a kid again”
“People are missing the reality. I want to rig the actors to the wires and yank them out of the plane.”
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NewsNew projects from ‘Flee’, ‘On The Adamant’ producers join Full Circle Lab (exclusive)
Six upcoming projects selected for development platform.
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NewsClara Films lines up ‘You Tell Me’ to star Chilean icon Paulina Garcia (exclusive)
Cast includes Francisco Reyes (A Fantastic Woman) and Mariana Di Girólamo (Ema).
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NewsTrustNordisk unveils ‘Back To Reality’ (exclusive)
Project to be written and directed by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen.
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NewsHirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes title ‘Monster’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is handling sales in Asia, while Paris-based Goodfellas has the rest of the world.
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NewsSandra Rudich, Julie Gayet launch €35m Sisterland to nurture French female-driven projects (exclusive)
Producer Rudich will oversee an investment fund and production company.
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NewsCannes’ UK Pavilion to tackle green crisis in production; plus ‘How To Have Sex’ talent talk
A talent talk with Cannes Un Certain Regard title ‘How To Have Sex’ director Molly Manning Walker is also on today’s line-up.