Rebecca Leffler
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NewsLaurent Cantet, Palme d’Or-winning French director, dies
The French director of films including 2008’s The Class was 63.
FeaturesWhy an IP focus will take centre stage at Cannes 2024
The Market is hosting Cannes Remakes, Spotlight on IP from Asia, and a bolstered Shoot the Book! programme.
NewsStopmotion animation ‘The Songbirds’ Secret’ flies to France TV Distribution (exclusive)
The children’s adventure film has been created by using paper cut-outs in stopmotion animation.
NewsOther Angle cracks open sales on French comedy ‘A Smile Doesn’t Lie’ (exclusive)
Title being packaged as a project with strong remake potential.
Newsmk2 Films boards Directors’ Fortnight apocalyptic love story ‘Eat The Night’ (exclusive)
The second feature from directing duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.
NewsMemento takes on Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Other Way Around’ (exclusive)
Memento International has boarded Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s eighth feature The Other Way Around set to world premiere at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar.
NewsMPM Premium acquires Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’ (exclusive)
MPM Premium has taken world sales rights to Hernán Rosselli’s Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, an Argentinian film about a crime family that is screening in the 2024 Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
NewsPulsar Content boards Cannes’ ACID selection ‘Mi Bestia’ (exclusive)
The coming of age film is the directorial debut of Colombian filmmaker Camila Beltrán.
FeaturesDirectors’ Fortnight’s Julien Rejl on a line-up “exploring serious issues with comedy, fantasy, and imagination”
”“We don’t want radical films or films that are chic or snobby,” said Rejl.
NewsCannes 2024 Directors’ Fortnight line-up unveiled
56th edition is heavy on films from first-time US filmmakers and South American titles.
NewsCharades takes on Critics’ Week queer musical ‘Queens Of Drama’ (exclusive)
Alexis Langlois’ debut feature will play as a special screening in the Cannes sidebar.
NewsGoodfellas boards father-daughter thriller ‘Le Royaume’ ahead of Cannes premiere (exclusive)
The film is produced by prolific French production house Chi-Fou-Mi.
NewsLes Films du Losange boards Roberto Minervini’s Un Certain Regard title ‘The Damned’ (exclusive)
The film is set during the American Civil War and is Minervini’s first fiction feature.
NewsLuxbox boards Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Competition title ‘All We Imagine As Light’ (exclusive)
The film is Kapadia’s fiction feature debut after winning the Golden Eye documentary prize at the festival in 2021.
NewsLes Films du Losange boards Alain Guiraudie’s Cannes Premiere drama ‘Misericordia’ (exclusive)
Tense rural drama from Cannes regular is set in an oppressive French village.
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NewsCharades boards Hiroshi Okuyama’s Un Certain Regard selection ‘My Sunshine’ (exclusive)
The sales company has also released a first-look image.
News“We fly them to the moon”: Thierry Fremaux and Iris Knobloch unleash Cannes 2024 lineup
The 77th festival’s official selection was unveiled today in Paris.
NewsGerman comedy drama ‘The Zweiflers’ wins top prize at Canneseries
Seventh annual Canneseries festival ran April 5-10 in France.
NewsCannes’ Critics Week completes 2024 jury
Spanish writer-director-producer Rodrigo Sorogoyen will preside over the festival’s parallel selection.