All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 103
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NewsPolisse, The Minister lead Césars nominations
Maiwenn’s gritty drama Polisse picks up 13 nominations, followed by Pierre Schoeller’s political satire The Minister with 11.
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NewsFilms Distribution takes on Berlin competition title War Witch
Paris sales company’s Berlin slate also includes Oscar nominees A Cat in Paris and Monsieur Lazhar.
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FeaturesGrégory Bernard, producer of Wrong
Grégory Bernard, the Paris-based producer of Quentin Dupieux’s Sundance contender Wrong, tells Screen about their new brand of English-language, French-style cinema.
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NewsNanni Moretti to serve as jury president at Cannes 2012
Italian director and Cannes regular, who won the Palme d’Or with The Son’s Room in 2001, to preside over 65th edition of festival.
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FeaturesMr Morgan's Last Love
The German and French producers of Sandra Nettelbeck’s English-language Mr Morgan’s Last Love tell Melanie Goodfellow how they put together the complex pan-European project.
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NewsLumière Awards shine on The Artist and Bejo
French equivalent of the Golden Globes also fetes Poliss director Maïwenn and Omar Sy for his performance in Untouchable.
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NewsInternational box office for French films rose 19% to €405 million in 2011
Unifrance study reveals foreign admissions for French films rose by 10% to 65.7 million, but entries for French-language films down by 28%.
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FeaturesThe pick-up Artists
Sales agent Wild Bunch adopted a unique strategy when pitching The Artist to international buyers. Melanie Goodfellow tracks the film’s history from sales mystery to global smash
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NewsMemento unveils next Agnès Jaoui picture at Paris Rendez-vous
The Taste of Others and Look At Me director returns behind the camera for first time in four years.
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NewsArte France Cinema boards Breillat’s Abus de faiblesse starring Huppert
Film based on Catherine Breillat’s real-life dealings with notorious hustler who shook down celebrities in Europe and Hollywood.
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NewsRaleigh confirms involvement in French studio plan
Raleigh Studios mulling second European studio following opening of Budapest facilities in 2010.
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NewsTF1 to unveil new Michel Leclerc picture at Paris Rendez-vous
Company will also theatrically screen first footage of Claude Miller’s Thérèse Desqueyroux, which has already racked up slew of sales.
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NewsLe Pacte to launch Odoul’s The Rest of the World at Paris Rendez-vous
Damien Odoul’s family drama starring Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Beart, Marie-eve Nadeau set to premiere at Rotterdam.
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FeaturesPrivate view in Paris
New films from Tony Gatlif, Lucas Belvaux and actor-turned-director Mélanie Laurent will be unveiled for the first time at the Rendez-vous with French film in Paris.
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NewsWild Bunch readies busy Rendez-vous slate, including new Donzelli film
Wild Bunch to launch new films from Valerie Donzelli [pictured], Gilles Bourdos and Xavier Giannoli as well as debut pictures, Regis Roinsard’s Romain Duris-starring Populaire and Helene Fillières’ Tied.
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NewsFrench cinema admissions hit 45-year, 215 million high in 2011
Preliminary figures from France’s National Cinema Centre reveal 4.2% rise in cinema attendance in 2011.
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FeaturesThomas Langmann
Thomas Langmann, the French producer of The Artist, War Of The Buttons and Patrice Leconte’s upcoming 3D animation The Suicide Shop, tells Melanie Goodfellow about arriving as a complete unknown to shoot his tribute to classic cinema in Los Angeles
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NewsAsterix is “not in danger” say producers at Fidélité Films
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia producers Marc Missionnier and Olivier Delbosc of Paris-based Fidélité Films say film will be delivered on schedule.
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News36 French features in danger following Quinta Industries collapse
Unfinished pictures could be wiped off computers belonging to post-production subsidiaries of bankrupt Quinta Industries if creditors seize equipment.
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NewsAki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre wins Louis Delluc Prize
Aki Kaurismaki wins Louis Delluc Prize for best French film in 2011. Picture is also Finland’s Foreign Language Oscar contender this year.