All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 92
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NewsWild Bunch adds Miss Julie
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales powerhouse Wild Bunch has picked up international sales on Liv Ullmann’s upcoming $5m battle-of-the-sexes drama Miss Julie starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.
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NewsEye on Films, Dailymotion launch online film season
Catalogue of films to be screened for free on the first Monday of every month.
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NewsMK2 closes theatrical distribution unit
French theatrical release of MK2 slate in France will be handled by Diaphana in the future.
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NewsFilms Distribution picks up Golden Bear contender Harmony Lessons
Paris-based sales outfit also selling Nanouk Leopold’s Panorama screener It’s All So Quiet and documentary Parade.
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NewsDirector Jean-Paul Salomé elected new president of Unifrance
Salomé replaces Mact Productions’ Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre who is leaving to focus on producing.
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NewsEU’s MPFG generates €47m in first two years
Productions supported by the European Media Production Guarantee Fund (MPFG) include upcoming A Most Wanted Man, The Congress and Berlinale Golden Bear contender Layla Fourie.
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NewsMPM picks up Workers and Habi, the Foreigner
EXCLUSIVE: Sales arm of Paris-based production house MPM heads to EFM with biggest slate to date.
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NewsMemento picks up S-VHS following Sundance premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome horror feature complements French sales and production company’s growing genre slate.
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NewsCamille Rewinds leads French César Awards with 13 nods
Argo, Bullhead and The Angels’ Share in the running for best foreign film. Noemie Lvovsky’s Camille Rewinds tops the nominations table.
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NewsAmour continues winning streak at French Lumière Awards
Rust and Bone, Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble) also come away with prizes.
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NewsJean-Philippe Tirel to quit Wild Bunch Distribution
French distribution veteran, with eye for US independent fare, to launch acquisition company called Selective Films at Cannes.
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NewsFrench films up 88% at international box office in 2012
Unifrance study reveals record year on back of international success of Intouchables, Taken 2 and The Artist.
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NewsSND boards Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic
Pierre Niney to play YSL in picture which is due to start rolling this spring, around the same time as Bertrand Bonello’s rival film on the legendary designer.
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NewsMK2 takes on sales of LaBruce’s Gerontophilia, Langseth’s Hotel
Berlin slate will also include Xavier Dolan’s psychological drama Tom at the Farm.
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NewsGaumont finds homes for The Brats ahead of Paris RDV premiere
Company will also launch popular comedienne Reem Kherici’s directorial debut picture Paris or Perish (Paris à Tout Prix) [pictured] at the Unifrance meeting.
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NewsFrench Culture Minister calls meeting over Maraval-gate storm
Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval says thrust of Le Monde editorial distorted by “sensationalist” headline.
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NewsFrench box office dipped 5.9% in 2012
French films accounted for 40.2% of market against 45.3% for US pictures.
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NewsWild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval blasts French star system
Producer and sales chief slams salaries of France’s top stars, calling for rethink of French film subsidy system and cap on actor wages.
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FeaturesA window on France
Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris (Jan 15-21), which showcases the latest productions from the territory, will host its biggest selection yet at the event’s 15th edition. Melanie Goodfellow reports.
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NewsRust and Bone, Holy Motors among Lumiere leaders
Rust and Bone, Farewell My Queen, Holy Motors and Camille Rewinds lead the nominations list for France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes.