All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 102
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NewsOscar-winning French director Pierre Schoendoerffer dies
Legendary war cameraman, filmmaker and writer won an Oscar in 1968 for his documentary The Anderson Platoon, following American soldiers in Vietnam.
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NewsFabrice Denizot appointed chief marketing officer at EuropaCorp
Cinema executive was formerly head business manager at Paramount Pictures France.
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NewsFrench 3D guru, Pina stereographer Alain Derobe dies
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.
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NewsSyria’s DOX BOX festival goes global amid violence at home
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.
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NewsCanal Plus chief Bertrand Meheut sounds alarm for French cinema
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.
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NewsOslo August 31st set to break box-office record for a Norwegian film in France
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.
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NewsLives of YSL and Pierre Bergé to hit big screen
Yves Saint Laurent’s long-term partner Pierre Bergé collaborating on feature to be written and directed by French director Jalil Lespert.
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NewsThe Artist wins best film at France's Cesars
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.
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NewsKMBO acquires Teddy Award winner Keep the Lights On
French art-house distributor, which also picked up two other Panorama titles, plans July release.
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NewsJérôme Salle to direct Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou in Zulu
Director of Anthony Zimmer and The Burma Conspiracy adapts compatriot Caryl Férey’s crime novel Zulu set in post-Apartheid SouthAfrica.
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NewsLe Pacte racks up sales on Atiq Rahimi’s The Patience Stone
Paris-based company also scores early deals on Guillaume Nicloux’s period drama The Nun and consolidates business on Amazonia.
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NewsMyFrenchFilmFestival.com racks-up over one million viewings
Case Départ, Un Poison Violent and J’aime Regarder Les Filles pick up prizes at Internet festival feting French cinema.
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NewsPunchline to make jazzy debut
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.
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NewsMK2 to produce Turturro's Gigolo, Demme's Zeitoun
EXCLUSIVE: John Turturro is set to star in and direct Fading Gigolo, which French mini major MK2 is producing.
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NewsGaumont explores vices with Paulette, Porn In The Hood
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.
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NewsWild Bunch delves into Lou Ye's Mystery
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch also boosts slate with Leconte’s feature animation The Suicide Shop, Tony Krawitz’s Dead Europe, and more.
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NewsMemento bites into Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are remake
EXCLUSIVE: Stake Land director sinks teeth into remake of cult cannibal horror
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NewsFrench Critics Union honours The Minister
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival has also unveiled its winners.
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NewsLe Pacte to unveil Atiq Rahimi’s The Patience Stone at Berlin
Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi returns behind the camera for first time in eight years after his award-winning Earth and Ashes.
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NewsDenis Villeneuve to direct adaptation of Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza
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.