All articles by Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte – Page 10
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Veterans of TF1, UGC launch new sales outfit Elle Driver
A new sales outfit will debut next week at the Unifrance Paris Rendez-Vous. Elle Driver, headed up by Eva Diederix and Adeline Fontan Tessaur has taken up residence at Stephane Celerier's Mars Distribution offices and, with help from an outside investment fund, will work 'with quality films that can travel,' ...
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Paris Screenings - Springboard to success
French sales companies are often one of the first ports of call for an international buyer looking for veteran film-makers, cutting-edge work from genre masters such as Guillermo del Toro and arthouse experiments such as Todd Haynes' I'm Not There.Outfits including Wild Bunch, Celluloid Dreams and Bac Films have established ...
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France - Drivers follow positive signs
Along with the crop of new films at this year's Unifrance Paris Rendez-Vous, there will also be a debut sales company in town.Eva Diederix and Adeline Fontan Tessaur have taken up residence at Stephane Celerier's Mars Distribution and, with an outside investment fund, are launching international sales outfit Elle Driver.The ...
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Paris Screenings - 'the grande fete of french cinema'
The tenth anniversary of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris will give international buyers the first chance of the year to see the French films on offer from the country's sales companies.This year, more than 350 buyers and 120 journalists from two dozen countries will make the trip ...
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Films Distribution to premiere three new features at Rendez-Vous
French sales outfit Films Distribution has announced the world premieres of three new titles at the upcoming Rendez-Vous with French cinema. The event, organized by French film export body Unifrance, runs Jan 10-14 in Paris.At the Rendez-Vous, Films Distribution will screen The Maiden And The Wolves directed by Gilles Legrand ...
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France Televisions deal boosts feature films on French TV
France's public television holding company, France Televisions, has signed an agreement with local film producers which increases the number of feature films airing on its channels as well as guaranteeing higher investment in film production. France Televisions is comprised of channels France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and ...
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Tarak Ben Ammar acquires French post house Eclair
Continuing his acquisition spree, Tarak Ben Ammar has acquired the entirety of French post-production company Eclair. The entrepreneur, who in November acquired control of Italian distributor Eagle Pictures, announced Wednesday that he has bought the 57% stake in Eclair which he did not already own. Ben Ammar had taken a ...
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Rezo works on new Cebula and Laine projects
At the upcoming Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, Rezo Films will unveil two new films, one from director Idit Cebula and the other from Marion Laine. The former, Two Lives Plus One, is produced by Les Films du Kiosque and stars Emmanuelle Devos and Gerard Darmon in the story of ...
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La Graine Et Le Mulet wins France's Louis Delluc prize
The 2007 Louis Delluc prize has been given to Abdellatif Kechiche's La Graine Et Le Mulet. Cannes Festival president Gilles Jacob, who also heads the Louis Delluc jury, presented the award to Kechiche in a ceremony in Paris on Wednesday - the same day that the film opens in French ...
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Paramount signs French home entertainment deal with Gaumont
Paramount Home Entertainment France and Gaumont Video have signed an accord which will see the former release the French major's films in the French DVD sector.Paramount's Luigi-Theo Calabrese said the partnership should allow the duo to 'pass the 10% market share bar for France.' No specific duration was indicated for ...
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Sichler to leave StudioCanal as VP and managing director
StudioCanal has announced the departure of board vice president and managing director in charge of international development Frederic Sichler. Sichler, who formerly ran StudioCanal's operations in Paris, has been shuttling between London and Paris since the company took over the UK's Optimum Releasing in May of 2006. According ...
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Gaumont starts shoot for Splice starring Adrien Brody
Vincenzo Natali has started principal photography on Splice, which Gaumont is co-producing with Canada's Copperheart Entertainment. The film is set to shoot until February 29 in Toronto, with a 2009 release planned.Splicestars Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley and Delphine Chaneac.Natali, who found cult success with Cube and also directed a vignette ...
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Marrakech to open with Elizabeth and close with The Neighbor
The seventh edition of the Marrakech Film Festival will open with Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age and close with Eddie O'Flaherty's The Neighbor, organisers have announced.The jury will be headed by Milos Forman who will be backed up by Kapur, John Hurt, Pavel Lounguine, Aissa Maiga, Claude Miller, Parker ...
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Labadie to kick start new distribution company with Le Cahier
After being unexpectedly ousted last month from Bac Films, a company he founded 21 years ago, Jean Labadie is back with a new independent distribution company. Le Pacte will release its first film in February - Hana Makhmalbaf's Le Cahier - and carry on through the year with a total ...
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Gaumont eyes acquisition of animation house Alphanim
French major Gaumont is currently negotiating to acquire French animation house Alphanim, the company said in a statement. Alphanim was founded by Christian Davin in 1997 and boasts more than 700 hours of programming. Its catalog notably includes series Galactik Football, Robot Boy and Delta State. In 2007, Alphanim expects ...
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Dulluc prize shortlists films by Rohmer, Chabrol, and Honore
Eight films have been short-listed for France's prestigious Louis Delluc prize. Half of the nominees hail from confirmed masters and half from younger talent. The films are: Eric Rohmer's The Romance Of Astrea And Celadon , Belle Toujours from Manoel de Oliveira, A Girl Cut In Two by Claude Chabrol, ...
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Coach 14 strikes deals for Proyecto Dos and Lazo Rotos
At the AFM, Paris-based sales company Coach 14 has sold new titles Proyecto Dos by Guillermo Groizard and Lazo Rotos from Miguel Garcia-Borda to Germany's Telepool. Dos and another new title, Galantuomini from director Edoardo Winspeare, have stirred interest from the US and the UK while the former is also ...
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Kiarostami's first non-Iranian feature to be shot in French
MK2 has announced a shift in its Abbas Kiarostami project which was initially announced in Cannes. The film, entitled Certified Copy, was originally scheduled to be shot in English but with the final casting has been switched into French. The film will star Sami Frey and Juliette Binoche in what ...
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Six win places on Cannes Cinefondation Residence programme
The Cannes Cinefondation Residence programme has announced its participants for the upcoming 15th session. Director Sebastien Lifshitz and his jury chose six film-makers to take part in the Resdience out of more than 140 candidates, Cannes festival organisers announced Wednesday. Four female directors and two men will work on honing ...
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TF1 adds Spike Lee's Miracle and David Morey's Mutants
TF1 International will be present at the upcoming AFM with two important new titles as well as a wolrd premiere and promo reels for several of its highly-anticipated projects. The sales outfit recently signed Spike Lee's Miracle At St. Anna, a film based on the novel by James McBride and ...