All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 3
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NewsWild Bunch International board Cannes title ‘Salam’, Philippe Garrel’s ‘The Plough’ (exclusive)
Bio-doc Salam tells the behind-the-scenes tale of once-famous French rapper who disappeared from the public view
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s AlUla shooting location welcomes first local production ‘Norah’ (exclusive)
World heritage site in northwestern Saudi Arabia has previously hosted international productions Kandahar and Cherry.
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NewsCelluloid Dreams to launch Jafar Panahi’s new film ‘No Bears’ at Cannes (exclusive)
It is the Iranian director’s first film since road movie 3 Faces which won best screenplay in competition at Cannes in 2018.
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NewsMENA’s Front Row boards Moroccan director Hicham Ayouch’s ‘Abdelinho’
Front Row has been pushing into production with first titles including Perfect Strangers and Intouchables remakes.
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News‘The Alleys’, ‘Feathers’ lead nominations in Critics Awards for Arab Films
Past best film awards from the previous five editions include Wajib, Yomeddine and Gaza Mon Amour.
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NewsSaudi’s Red Sea Film Festival appoints producer Mohammed Al Turki as CEO
New position will see Saudi producer step up involvement in festival to spearhead its growth and that of local film and TV industry.
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FeaturesFestival dominance but box office challenges: what next for French cinema?
French investment obligations for platforms and an overhaul of the media chronology rules could offer some respite.
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NewsAnca Damian’s Annecy competition title ‘The Island’ secures French distribution (exclusive)
Damian won Annecy’s top Crystal prize in 2012 for Crulic – The Path Beyond.
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NewsFrance’s Nord-Ouest Films hires new producer to expand international footprint (exclusive)
A former mk2 films sales executive has been brought in to scout for international co-production opportunities.
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NewsFirst image of John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant in ‘Mr. Blake At Your Service!’ (exclusive)
Malkovich and Ardant previously appeared on the big screen together in the 2015 period drama Casanova Variations.
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NewsIndie Sales acquires Annecy title ‘No Dogs Or Italians Allowed’ (exclusive)
French director Alain Ughetto’s explores grandparents’s journey as Italian immigrants settling in France at the turn of the 20th-Century.
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NewsSND to launch sales on ‘The Jungle Bunch’ animation sequel at Cannes (exclusive)
The franchise revolves around a group of misfit jungle animals on a mission to save the animal kingdom.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight title ‘Under The Fig Tree’ sells to France, Middle East (exclusive)
French-Tunisian director Erige Sehiri’s first fiction feature follows youngsters working in the fig harvest in Tunisia.
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NewsJean Eustache’s ‘The Mother And The Whore’ to open Cannes Classics
This year’s line-up will also celebrate classics such as Singin’ In The Rain and Indian director Satyajit Ray’s 1970 work The Adversary.
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NewsWild Bunch International unveils Cannes 2022 slate, includes new films by Ken Loach, Maïwenn (exclusive)
Paris-based sales is also handing 14 titles due to premiere in Official Selection or one of the parallel sections.
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NewsCannes adds two new titles to 2022 Official Selection
The new additions bring the total number of films in Official Selection to 68.
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NewsBruno Dumont’s ‘The Empire’ to star Lily-Rose Depp, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin; Memento International boards sales (exclusive)
Dumont describes his ambitious Northern France-set sci-fi extravaganza as a ”space and earth opera”.
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NewsFrench gender equality group Le Collectif 50/50 rocked by sexual assault accusation
The pioneerinig body has been at the forefront of gender equality drive in French cinema.