All articles by Rebecca Leffler
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FeaturesGodard, Seberg, Belmondo: how ‘Nouvelle Vague’ found its little-known cast to play the iconic ‘Breathless’ trio
Casting director Stéphane Batut talks about finding the right actors to play real-life characters in Richard Linklater’s love letter to the French New Wave.
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NewsMarion Cotillard to lead Nicole Garcia’s ‘Milo’ for Tresor Films, Studiocanal
Alain Attal produces via Tresor Films, with Studiocanal co-producing, financing and handling international sales.
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NewsPyramide launches sales on Nicolas Pariser’s ‘Un Peu Avant Minuit’ starring Melvil Poupaud
EXCLUSIVE: Pariser’s previous two films – The Green Perfume and Alice And The Mayor – played in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight.
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NewsCesar Academy unveils Revelations 2026 shortlist
Chanel is a partner on the Revelations initiative, which aims to spotlight and promote the rising generation of French acting talent.
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NewsLes Arcs selects eight emerging directors for 2025 Talent Village
Recent alumni of the initiative include Dorian Jespers and Bernhard Wenger
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NewsBuyers embrace Canadian open relationship comedy ‘Follies’
EXCLUSIVE: France’s Totem is selling the film that screened at festivals including Locarno and Toronto.
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News‘Nouvelle Vague’, ‘Arco’, ‘The Little Sister’ in the running for France’s Louis Delluc prizes
The Louis Dellluc prize, awarded by critics and professionals, traditionally kicks off awards season in France.
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NewsFrench sex toy comedy ‘Good Vibes Only’ excites buyers
EXCLUSIVE: The films has sold to multiple European territories and Latin America.
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NewsThe Pool Films unveils first genre-led sales slate, one-stop-shop production model
EXCLUSIVE: The Paris-based company’s inaugural slate includes horror thriller ‘Eugene The Marine’.
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NewsFilms Boutique launches sales at AFM on fiction-archive adventure film ‘L’Age d’Or’
Thouin’s debut feature blends images of real people from Gaumont Pathé’s vast archives with scenes of contemporary actors.
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FeaturesAFM 2025: Nine buzz titles from France
Screen presents a selection of the buzziest projects from France available to international buyers at this year’s American Film Market.
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News‘Night Of The Zoopocalypse’ scores more global sales as it crosses £1m at UK box office
The comedy-horror animation was released in the UK by Kazoo Films
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NewsStudiocanal launches sales on wartime family adventure ‘Children Of The Resistance’
Christophe Barratier’s Second World War-set family adventure is based on a popular French graphic novel by Vincent Dugomier and Benoit Ers.
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NewsAFM first look: Melvil Poupaud stars in comedy horror ‘Stronger Than The Devil’
New Paris-based company The Pool Films is launching sales on the title at AFM
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NewsFrench box office resumes downward plunge in October
Studiocanal’s ‘Dog 51’ was the highest-grossing French film for the month.
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NewsPathé launches sales on Abdellatif Kechiche’s ‘Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due’
Pathé will launch sales at AFM for the third instalment in Abdellatif Kechiche’s coming-of-age saga after the film world premiered at Locarno.
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NewsPulsar Content sends same-sex motherhood drama ‘Love Letters’ across the globe
Film stars Ella Rumpf and Monia Chokri.
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NewsCounterfeiter thriller ‘The Money Maker’ racks up global deals for The Bureau Sales
EXCLUSIVE: The film tells the story of a real-life Polish counterfeiter in post-Second World War France
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News‘Colours Of Time’, ‘Nouvelle Vague’ impress Los Angeles audiences at The American French Film Festival
Ticket sales rose 14% year-on-year for the event that aims to reinvigorate US audiences for French films.
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NewsGaumont to launch French basketball comedy ‘The American Dream’ at AFM
The film tells the true story of two French friends who became NBA super-agents