Rebecca Leffler
Based in France
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Buyers take shine to Agathe Riedinger’s Cannes Competition title ‘Wild Diamond’ (exclusive)
Pyramide International is handling sales.
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India’s Cannes Competition entry ‘All We Imagine As Light’ charms buyers (exclusive)
Luxbox is handling international sales.
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US collective Omnes Films head talks Cannes selections, expanding slate (exclusive)
Coming up are Los Capítulos Perdidos, No Sleep Till.
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Neue Visionen unwraps French family comedy ‘Present Perfect’ (exclusive)
Present Perfect is directed by Raphaele Moussafir.
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How the #MeToo movement helped inspire Noémie Merlant to make ‘The Balconettes’
Noémie Merlant tells Screen about the journey to Cannes for her second feature, female-led horror comedy The Balconettes.
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Inside France’s masterplan to lure more international blockbusters
France is positioning itself as a one-stop shop for international production.
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France’s dynamic Agat Films-Ex Nihilo unveils eclectic shared slate (exclusive)
“We are a house of auteur cinema.”
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Imagineers Studio launches French superhero film ‘Fantax’ (exclusive)
Fantax is set to start shooting in Paris and the UK in the summer of 2025.
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Neon takes US rights to ‘The Unknown’ starring Léa Seydoux
It is the third feature for Harari who is fresh off an Oscar win for co-writing Anatomy Of A Fall
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France’s rising generation of female directors look for festival buzz despite lack of official selection parity
Emerging filmmakers are looking to hold their own in the male auteur-dominated line-up.
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Tarzan and Arab Nasser to make ’Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ in Jordan (exclusive)
Bac Films is handling international sales and French distribution.
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First Look at German family adventure ’Akiko The Flying Monkey’ (exclusive)
The live-action title is produced by writer-director Helmer’s production house Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion.
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MPM sends ‘Fine Young Men’, ‘Vanishing Goats’ to Cannes (exclusive)
Alejandro Pease’s queer coming-of-age drama is set in a Catholic school.
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How Cannes Competition title ‘Wild Diamond’ explores “extreme femininity”
First-time French filmmaker Agathe Riedinger talks to Screen.
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Mubi, Le Pacte take in László Nemes’ ‘Orphan’ (exclusive)
Nemes will shoot the film in Budapest this summer.
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Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst and Daniel Brühl to star in Ruben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’
Ostlund is the double Palme d’Or winning director of ‘The Square’ and “The Triangle Of Sadness’.
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‘Moi Aussi’ director Judith Godrèche plots feature (exclusive)
Godrèche now developing a feature with the theme of female empowerment.
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The bittersweet story behind Directors’ Fortnight opener ‘This Life Of Mine’
Director Sophie Fillieres died last July, aged 58, just after wrapping the shoot of her seventh feature.
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Female directors’ animated anthology ‘Animal Tales Of Christmas Magic’ draws in key buyers (exclusive)
The Bureau Sales is handling the 2D animation inspired by techniques such as papercut, linocut and watercolour art.
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Cannes pays tribute to Meryl Streep and Greta Gerwig at opening ceremony
French actress Camille Cottin emceed the evening with a blend of humour and sarcasm.