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All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 26
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NewsCannes Marché confirms four-day online ‘Pre-Cannes Screenings’ in May
The exact end-of-May dates are still be confirmed
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NewsEuropean producers launch new code of fair practices for streamers
Paris-based European Producers Club (EPC) has spearheaded the code.
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NewsDavid Beckham to deliver MIPTV keynote
Former soccer star will discuss his new production venture Studio 99.
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NewsSpike Lee reconfirmed as Cannes 2021 jury president
US filmmaker was to have presided over the 2020 edition of Cannes until it was cancelled due to the pandemic.
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NewsElle Driver unveils raft of EFM deals on ‘Beautiful Minds’ (exclusive)
Film is inspired by the experiences of co-director Alexandre Jollien who was born with cerebral palsy.
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NewsQumra 2021: “I would love to do a French ‘Small Axe’”, says Claire Denis
French director discussed her childhood in 1950s West Africa.
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NewsAlbert Dupontel’s ‘Bye Bye Morons’ tops awards at politically-charged Césars
46th ceremony unfolded amid growing anger within French film industry over cinema closures.
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NewsDoha Film Institute’s Qumra talent incubator launches 2021 edition
The seventh edition will nurture 48 projects by first and second-time directors hailing mainly from the Arab world.
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NewsShow goes on for French Césars as disquiet grows over prolonged cinema closures
Frontrunners in 46th edition include Emmanuel Mouret’s love triangle drama Love Affair(s), Albert Dupontel’s Bye Bye Morons.
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NewsLosange secures key deals on Berlinale title ‘Fabian’ (exclusive)
Dominik Graf’s Golden Bear contender came in joint second on Screen’s Berlin jury grid.
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Features‘Drift Away’ director Xavier Beauvois describes why the film is about the “real desperation” in France today
Jérémie Renier stars as a local policeman whose life is undone when he mistakenly kills a man.
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NewsKino Lorber pounces on ‘Fabian – Going To The Dogs’ for North America (exclusive)
Dominik Graf’s film premiered in the Berlinale Competition.
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FeaturesEFM director Dennis Ruh on the challenges of holding his first edition online
Industry reaction to this year’s online market has been positive.
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FeaturesSellers hail busy EFM as buyers look beyond the pandemic
“The market has been a breath of fresh air.”
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NewsCapricci takes French rights to Hong Sangsoo’s ‘Introduction’ (exclusive)
Feature is Hong’s fifth film in competition at the Berlinale and follows The Man Who Ran which won Silver Bear in 2020.
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NewsHeretic Outreach unmasks first deals on ‘Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn’ (exclusive)
Romanian director Radu Jude’s social satire is in the running for this year’s Berlinale Golden Bear.
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FeaturesHow producer Ada Solomon has incorporated the pandemic into her projects
Solomon lead produced Radu Jude’s Berlin Competition title Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn.
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NewsOver 800 leading French cinema figures call for reopening of theatres
More than 2,000 cinemas in France have been dark since the end of last October as part of anti-Covid-19 measures.
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NewsVersatile posts new sales on adult film world drama ‘Pleasure’ (exclusive)
The feature recently world premiered in Sundance and was feted with a Cannes 2020 special label.
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NewsElle Driver EFM slate includes ‘Beautiful Minds’, new films by Guillaume Nicloux, Céline Devaux (exclusive)
’Beautiful Minds’ is inspired by the real-life experiences of co-director Alexandre Jollien who was born with cerebral palsy but overcame his disabilities to study philosophy