All articles by Nancy Tartaglione – Page 20
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FRANCE 31 January
Mike Nichols' Closeropened in the top spot this week with nearly 500,000 admissions. Japanese legend HayaoMiyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle spent its second week at number two witha now cumulative $4,668,259. The film fared well against the competition, asdid many others this week, only dropping off by 13% from the previous ...
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Wild Bunch unveils European Film Market slate
French sales and distributionoutfit Wild Bunch has lined up several new titles ahead of next month'sEuropean Film Market in Berlin.The company has taken worldrights, outside France, to competition title The Wayward Cloud bydirector Tsai Ming-Liang. Wild Bunch chief Vincent Maraval told ScreenDaily.comthat the Taiwanese-Chinese-French co-production, which juxtaposes colourfulmusical scenes with ...
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France's CNC unveils Euros 22m funding for film-makers
France's advance on receipts schemewill benefit from a budget of Euros 22m for 2005, the French Film Commission(CNC) said this week.The advance on receiptsscheme is a subsidy for filmmakers which is paid back following the film'srelease.The CNC said this aid wouldgo to roughly 60 films chosen from about 600 project-stage ...
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Jeunet's Engagement heads Cesar nominations
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement leadsthis year's Cesar nominations with 12 nods including best picture, director andactress. The recognition for the Jeunet film follows a decision bythe Cesar organisers, the Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema, to modifyits eligibility rules to allow the film to compete. Engagement has ...
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Buyers hit Paris for weekend Rendez-Vous
The 7th annualFrench Film Rendez-Vous opens today (Jan 21) with 350 foreign distributors and110 foreign journalists making the trek to Paris to get a taste of forthcomingFrench films.Organised by French export body Unifrance, the event runs until Mondayand is an intimate gathering where buyers are treated to screenings and meetand ...
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Kusturica to preside over Cannes jury
Emir Kusturica will presideover the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival organizers announcedWednesday.The director, who hails fromSarajevo, is no stranger to the festival. His first trip was in 1985 with WhenFather Was Away On Business which took the Palme d'Or that year. In 1989 he won best directorat the ...
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French production levels dip in 2004
French filmproduction levels dropped slightly in 2004 according to new figures from localindustry body the CNC.Last year, 203films were produced or co-produced of which 167 were co-productions of Frenchinitiative.This represents a4% drop from 2003 when 212 films were produced or co-produced with 183co-productions instigated by the French.However, 2004 was still ...
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French journalists crown Rois Et Reine
France's Etoiles De LaPresse were handed out Monday evening in Paris with Arnaud Desplechin's RoisEt Reine taking prizes in four categories: best film, best director, andthe top acting awards for Emmanuelle Devos and Matheiu Amalric. The film wasalso recently given the Prix Louis Delluc.The Etoiles are voted on byscores of ...
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Gerardmer names Levinson president of 12th edition
The 12th annual FantasticFilm Festival of Gerardmer has named Barry Levinson as its jury president. Thefestival, which brings together a mix of horror and fantasy films, will runfrom January 26 -30 in the French town of Vosges.Other members of the featureand short films juries include director Laurent Bouhnik, writer Eric ...
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FRANCE 14 January
Alexander rode to the top of the chart with over half amillion admissions in its debut week. The film pushed Ocean'sTwelve down to number two where it has taken more than $19m. French film LesSoeurs Fachees jumped up to number 3 from the fifth spot last week butstill lost 19% ...
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Gondry embarks on Science Of Sleep
Director Michel Gondry, whocontinues to receive plaudits for 2004's Eternal Sunshine Of The SpotlessMind, began shooting The Science Of Sleep last week in Paris. The film boasts a pedigreecast with Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal and French stars Alain Chabat andCharlotte Gainsbourg.Gaumont is co-producing thefilm with Partizan and will handle ...
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Canal Plus strikes NBC Universal film deal
TheCanal Plus group and NBC Universal have concluded a long term exclusiveagreement which will see Canal's pay-TV service air all films emanating fromthe US studio.Theaccord includes first window rights for the main Canal Plus channel and secondwindow for its thematic channels and rights for its pay-per view service.Canal'sdeputy managing director ...
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StudioCanal acquires rights to Wong's Lady
France'sStudioCanal has acquired all rights outside the US and Asia on the next filmfrom director Wong Kar Wai, A Lady From Shanghai.StarringNicole Kidman, it is being produced by Birth and Ken Parkproducer Jean-Louis Piel. Althoughthe film will not be classified as a French co-production, StudioCanal willparticipate as a financial co-producer ...
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Wild Bunch sets out stall for Rendez-Vous
French sales anddistribution outfit Wild Bunch has announced a slew of new titles which arelikely to be the talk of the upcoming French Film Rendez-Vous organised byexport body Unifrance.Along with three films fromnew directors, Wild Bunch will handle the latest films from Bertrand Blier andNicole Garcia. Wild Bunch chief Vincent ...
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French box office hits 20-year high
The French box office for2004 was released Tuesday by France's exhibitors federation (FNCF). In what isthe best year of the past twenty, 196 million tickets were sold, a 12% increaseon 2003. The first half of the yearproved the engine for the growth, with a 19% increase over the first six ...
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Celluloid dreams of local distribution
Paris-based sales house Celluloid Dreams will add theatricaldistribution to its sales and finance activities beginning in February 2005.According to Le Film Francais (an EMAP stablemate of Screen International) thesales outfit run by Hengameh Panahi has created a subsidiary to be known asCelluloid Dreams Distribution to be run by Stephane Auclaire.The ...
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2004: Farce and Passion in France
The year started brightly with the implementation of atax-credit scheme meant to bolster production at home - and ended bleaklywith the ruling that a film French to its Tricolore core, Jean-PierreJeunet's A Very Long Engagement,did not qualify for state subsidies.The pedigree of its production company, 2003 Productions,was considered American given ...
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Rois Et Reine wins France's Prix Louis Delluc
France's prestigious Prix Louis Delluc has been awarded toArnaud Desplechin's Rois Et Reine.At a small ceremony at Paris' Fouquet's restaurant on theChamps Elysees on Friday, Desplechin accepted the prize from Cannes Festivalpresident Gilles Jacob who also heads the Delluc jury.The prize for best first film, a relatively new category,went to ...
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Global appetite wanes for French film
Some 330 French films werereleased in at least one territory around the world in the first eleven monthsof 2004, according to French film export body Unifrance. The films achieved 33 million admissionsaround the world, down 11% on the same period in 2003.Several factors explain thedownturn, including the fact that local ...
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CNC calls for debate on French subsidy system
Heeding a request madeearlier this month by new culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, theFrench film board (CNC) has called a meeting of professionals for thisWednesday to discuss the possible opening of the local subsidy system tonon-European companies.The minister's request cameon the heels of a Paris court's decision to reject ...