All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 7
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Media Luna boards sales on TIFF Discovery title ‘Certified Mail’ (exclusive)
The film stars Egyptian actress Basma, best known internationally for her recurrent role in FX’s political drama Tyrant.
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Locarno’s new artistic director Lili Hinstin on her ambitions for the festival
“The choices you make for your first festival all tend to become a kind of manifesto.”
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Producer Dominique Boutonnat appointed head of France’s CNC in controversial move
Boutonnat is a close associate of French president Emmanuel Macron.
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French producer and Indie Sales co-founder Eric Névé dies aged 57
Producer credits included Dobermann, La Pirogue, Fast Convoy, and Suburra.
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Memento boards Fabrice du Welz’s Locarno title 'Adoration'; first look (exclusive)
Thriller evolves around a crazed and destructive love story between two teenagers who meet at a psychiatric hospital.
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Locarno Film Festival unveils 2019 line-up
Titles include Patrick Vollrath’s hijack thriller 7500, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dutch actress Halina Reijn’s racy feature debut Instinct.
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EuropaCorp confirms rescue deal talks with US firm Vine (update)
’Vine has expressed interest in a potential stake in the capital of the company.’
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France defies Trump to adopt digital tax aimed at US tech giants
The new law will cover the revenues of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.
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Storm brewing over state funding for French film as CNC president resigns
Frédérique Bredin resigns overnight as row grows over proposals to cap institution’s funds.
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'Gentle Monster' wins top prize at Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel International Film Lab
Anna Nemes and Laszlo Csuja’s female body building drama won award worth $50,000.
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France's Canal Plus confirms plan to cut up to 500 jobs
The group has seen subscriptions tumble in the face of rising competition from global platforms like Netflix.
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French-language dub of 'Parasite' in works as it draws 1m spectators in France
The Korean Palme d’Or winner has grossed approximately $8m in France to date.
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Daniela Elstner appointed managing director of Unifrance
Respected international sales veteran replaces outgoing Isabelle Giordano.
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Serge Toubiana re-elected as president of France's Unifrance
His first task in new two-year term will be appointing replacement for managing director Isabelle Giordano.
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France takes steps to increase "competitiveness in the Oscar race"
The country has added industry professionals to Oscar submission committee and tweaked its eligibility rules.
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Why Vincent Maraval is re-launching Wild Bunch's sales division as a standalone company (exclusive)
International sales supremo to focus on deepening feature film sales activities and auteur talent management.
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Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp posts $139m loss for 2018-19 financial year
Financially ailing company in talks with Pathé for film group to acquire majority stake.
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Saudi Arabia’s new Red Sea International Film Festival sets dates, unveils team
The inaugural event will run March 12-21, 2020 in Jeddah.
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Lionsgate, Curzon, Mubi execs picked for new Locarno under-30s industry event
24 young cinema industry professionals under the age of 30 will attend new think tank event.
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Tributes paid to Edith Scob after French actress dies aged 81
Actress worked with Georges Franju, Luis Buñuel, Andrzej Zulawski, Jacques Rivette, Leo Carax, Olivier Assayas and Mia Hansen-Løve.