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Germany and France in industry Rendez-Vous
The first ever German-French Film Rendez-Vous was held at Lyon's Institut Lumiere on Nov 3 and 4.The two day event, an initiative of the German-French Film Academy and organised by French export body Unifrance, was an opportunity for directors, producers, politicians and executives to discuss issues currently facing the two ...
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Paris looks to lure film shoots
A new film commission has been created in the north of Paris, with the aim of luring productions to the area. The Pole Nord-Parisien has brought together 8 municipalities which will participate in the new organisation in order to attract producers to shoot in what is a particularly urban zone. ...
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France's CNC awards screenwriting prize to Mihaileanu
France's national cinema centre, the CNC, has awarded its prize for best screenwriter of 2003 to Radu Mihaileanu. The award went to the Romanian writer for his film Va, Vis Et Deviens which was written in collaboration with Alain-Michel Blanc.Va, Vis Et Deviens is about an Ethiopian child adopted by ...
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In one of the biggest openings this year, Francis Veber's latest comedy Tais Toi managed to almost break the cherished 1 million admissions mark in its first week. In January, Taxi 3 claimed an impressive 65% of the market over its five-day launch with 2,036,368 admissions ($10.6m) taken from 969 ...
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France's Louis Delluc prize names nominees
Five films have been nominated for the 61st Prix Louis Delluc, one of France's top honours for film.The five candidates are: Jacques Rivette's Histoire De Marie Et Julien; Jacques Doillon's Raja which screened at both Venice and Marrakesh; Noemie Lvovsky's Les Sentiments - also a Venice competitor; Cannes entry Tiresia ...
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Romand-Monnier joins France's Cinematheque
Michel Romand-Monnier has been named deputy managing director of Cinematheque, France's national film archives. The move follows the nomination of Claude Berri to the presidency of Cinematheque earlier this month.Romand-Monnier will take up his duties on November 3.With a long career encompassing communications and the film industry, the 49 year ...
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Beaune conference ends upbeat, but down on US
The 13th annual Rencontres Cinematographiques de Beaune in France was a generally upbeat affair, but also one that marked the departure of lobbyist, Pascal Rogard. The Rencontres, which is organised by France's association of writers, directors and producers (ARP) was founded by Rogard (who remains as managing director of ...
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Jeunet's Engagement set for French approval
Following months of uncertainty, Jean Pierre Jeunet's latest effort, A Very Long Engagement, looks set to receive its stamp of approval from France's national cinema centre (CNC).In an interview with French daily Les Echos published Tuesday, CNC director David Kessler said he was prepared to sign off on the film ...
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France increases film, television funding
Elaborating on culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon's presentation of France's 2004 cultural budget in late September, France's National Cinema Center (CNC) has issued its funding details for the coming year.As previously noted on ScreenDaily.com the overall budget for film and television jumps to Euros 504.3m for 2004. That figure represents a ...
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FRANCE
It's a rare, thing when there are relatively no changes in the French box-office from one week to the next. Especially considering the fact that the number one film had a pretty un-extraordinary showing in the US. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen continues at number one followed by the same ...
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Francois Da Silva appointed at Europa Corp.
Former Cannes Directors' Fortnight artistic director Francois Da Silva has joined Europa Corp. as Artistic Advisor. Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam's successful Paris-based studio announced Da Silva's appointment on Tuesday in a press release and said he had been effectively working with the company since October 1.Da Silva surprised ...
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Lescure returns to his roots
Pierre Lescure is returning to his roots. The former Canal Plus chairman, who started as a radio and television journalist, will present a cinema news program on French terrestrial network France 5 beginning this season.Although no start date is slated for the show, entitled 24 1/2, France 5 today announced ...
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Celluloid takes on sales for European trio
Paris based sales house Celluloid Dreams has picked up three new films, including Belgian Oscar entry Sea Of Silence. Silence is directed by Stijn Coninx and will have its market premiere at November's Mifed film market in Milan.The Warner Bros. release goes out on October 30 in Benelux and tells ...
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Tavernier adopts Cambodian project
Following 2002's World War II drama Laissez-Passer, veteran French director Bertrand Tavernier is turning his sights on Cambodia. Holly Lola starts shooting this week and is about a couple seeking to adopt a child in the former French territory. The film stars Jacques Gamblin who also appeared in Laissez-Passer. He ...
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CNC figures paint mixed picture for French box office
France's National Cinema Centre (CNC) this week released box office figures for September - as well as unveiling an accord with the UK Film Council and announcing the winner of its screenwriting prize.While overall figures for 2003 continue to spell depressing news - down 5.6% compared to 2002 - the ...
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Despite the beating it took from the critics, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen opened at number one this week - largely due to a lack of strong competition, but also thanks to a very visible poster campaign that's been running for some weeks. Another surprise was the poor performance of ...
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Gaumont pins hopes on future film output
French major Gaumont is pinning its hopes on a string of forthcoming films to improve its bottom line - after revealing that it had lost millions of Euros on its latest film at the French box office.On Monday, the company unveiled a net loss of Euros 2.6m in the first ...
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Piracy dominates debates at Marrakech
Although the company is set to complete its deal to sell its US entertainment assets to NBC in the next few days, some things are still business as usual at Vivendi Universal. The company sponsored a special round table at the Marrakech Film Festival on Monday October 6 to ...
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Armenia names Vodka Lemon for Oscars
Venice prizewinner Vodka Lemon has been selected as Armenia's entry for the foreign language Oscar category.The film is directed by Hiner Saleem, an Iraqui-Kurd, and is a co-production from French production company Dulcine Films along with Franco-German channel Arte, Canal Plus, Sintra Films, Amka Films, France's CNC and Eurimages.International sale ...