All articles by Nancy Tartaglione – Page 21
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French parliament improves film tax credit scheme
The French parliament has amended the country's taxcredit scheme for cinema, boosting the maximum credit available to Euros 1m perfilm.The tax credit system was put into place in January thisyear and allows productions and co-productions, which qualify as French underFrench film board (CNC) guidelines, to write off between 10% and ...
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Marrakech names Sideways as best film
The fourth annual MarrakechFilm Festival drew to a close on Sunday with Alexander Payne's Sidewayswinning the top prize.The jury prize went to China'sMenying Tong Nian by Xiao Jiang and Senegal's Moolaade by OusmaneSembene in a tie.The jurywas presided over by British director Alan Parker and included RosannaArquette, Guillaume Canet and ...
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FRANCE 10 December
Both Pixar's powerhouse TheIncredibles and French cop drama 36, Quai Des Orfevres remained atthe top of the chart this week with a 33% and 38% drop off resepectively.New entry Narco, acomedy starring Guillaume Canet, opened strongly in third place with a $7,365per screen average. That film was followed by The ...
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France, Switzerland sign co-production agreement
Franceand Switzerland have signed a co-production agreement with a view to "tightenthe bonds between the two cinematographic industries."Swissculture minister Pascal Couchepin was on hand with his French counterpartRenaud Donnedieu de Vabres in Paris for the signing of the new agreement whichreplaces and updates a 1977 accord. The new terms include ...
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Snoop Dogg joins Besson's Arthur
Rapper Snoop Dogg has joinedthe cast of Luc Besson's Euros 65m animated film Arthur and will voicethe role of Max.In an interview with Frenchdaily Le Parisien, Besson said the film, which will be his first directorialeffort since 1999's The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc, had beenshooting for the ...
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Mesrine project on the rocks after producer assaults agent
The future of producerThomas Langmann's two-part project about career criminal Jacques Mesrine hasbeen called into question following the loss of its lead actor and analtercation between Langmann and agent Francois Samuelson.Barbet Schroeder is set todirect the Euros 45 million films which Benoit Magimel had been set to headlineas France's former ...
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FRANCE 3 December
The Incredibles overwhelmingly grabbed first place in its debut week with 1,404,006admissions knocking Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement down tothird place behind Gerard Depardieu/Daniel Auteil cop drama 36, Quai DesOrfevres which brought in 652,148 moviegoers in its first week.Bertrand Tavernier's adoption themedHoly Lola came in at number four with ...
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French film-makers call for subsidy overhaul
French film industryprofessionals responded favorably on Wednesday to a request made by cultureminister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres calling for a dialogue on rules surroundingthe country's film subsidy system.On Tuesday, Donnedieu de Vabresasked Catherine Colonna, president of French film body the CNC, to opendiscussions with industry groups with the aim of ...
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...as French culture minister seeks to clarify support system
Culture minister RenaudDonnedieu de Vabres has asked France's Film Office, the CNC, to open a dialoguewith film industry professionals in order to better define the rulessurrounding the local support system.The demand comes on theheels of a court ruling which last week cancelled the French status ofJean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long ...
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French industry proposes VOD rules
Filmindustry professionals gathered last week to present proposals which would helpto regulate the local video on demand (VOD) market and keep piracy in check.Thememberships of the authors, directors, producers association (ARP), the writersguild (SACD), exhibition watchdog FNCF, and the video publishers union (SEV)along with internet service providers and terrestrial and ...
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Paris film fest to get 20th edition makeover
The Paris Film Festival willbe re-christened the Paris Ile de France Film Festival when its 20thedition runs next spring from March 28 to April 5.Organisers announced thechange on Monday and said that the festival would be broadened to include thesurrounding suburbs.Since its inception in 1986,the festival has been restricted to ...
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FRANCE 22 November
Jean-PierreJeunet's A Very Long Engagementcontinued its first place run for the third consecutive week and has nowbrought in $23,778,320.EuropaCorp.'sBanlieue 13 took the second spot withan impressive 471,029 admissions in its debut week followed by new EtienneChatiliez comedy La Confiance Regnein third position for just over $2 million.Shark Tale swam down ...
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FRANCE 16 November
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's AVery Long Engagement remained in the top spot this week with a still strongper screen average of $9,088, however the film did drop off by 45%.Shark Tale alsoheld its position at number 2 with a steep drop of 75% which was likely down tothe fact that kids returned ...
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Magimel tipped to star as career criminal Mesrine
Hot French star BenoitMagimel (The Piano Teacher) has beentipped to star as Jacques Mesrine in Barbet Schroeder's upcoming two-partadaptation of books written by the career criminal.The first instalment of thefilm, The Death Instinct, is based onMesrine's autobiography L'Instinct DeMort, written during one of the prison terms of France's Public EnemyNumber ...
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French protest at 9 Songs 'pornographic' rating
Michael Winterbottom'scontroversial 9 Songs has been given an 18 rating from France'sclassification board, essentially qualifying it as pornographic.Two filmindustry representative groups, the writers', directors', producers'association (ARP) and the Societe des Realisateurs de Films (SRF), which headsup Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, have both protested the decision.In a statement, the two groupssaid, ...
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French producers hit by Warner funding wrangle
In the ongoing battle between the local film industry and 2003Productions, some producers and France's film board, the CNC, are starting tofeel the pinch.On Friday, the Administrative Court of Paris announced it would cancelthe approval of eligibility for state funds given by the CNC to producers ofJosiane Balasko's latest film, ...
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Eight films shortlisted for France's Prix Louis Delluc
Eight films have beenshortlisted for France's Prix Louis Delluc, considered one ofFrance's most prestigious cinema awards. Six other features have been shortlisted for the Prix LouisDelluc for a first feature effort.The jury is headed up by Cannes president Gilles Jacob. Theprizes will be handed out in mid December.The eight films ...
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Amazonas festival to open with ecological drama
TheAmazonas Film Festival (Nov 26 - Dec 1) will open with ecological adventuretale Taina 2 - A New Amazon Adventure by Mauro Lima in Manaus, Brazil.The filmis the story of a young Indian girl facing up to a dangerous gang who smuggle rare specimens of Amazon fauna.Thefestival was created by ...
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FRANCE 29 October
In its second week, SharkTale stayed at the top of the chart for an additional 678,986 admissions.The second and third place films are also repeats of last week with L'Enquete Corse and Arsene Lupin only dropping off by 18% and 27% respectively.The sequel to French hit comedy Pedale Douce - ...
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French engage with Amelie follow-up
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's highlyanticipated Euros 45m A Very Long Engagement scored the fifth bestopening day of the year when it was released in France on Wednesday (Oct 27).With 220,821 tickets soldthroughout the country on 707 screens, the wartime epic had the best opening of2004 for a French film.Compared with other filmslaunched ...