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All articles by Rebecca Leffler
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NewsFrance selects Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’ as Oscar submission
Feature selected by 11-member committee, was one of five shortlisted finalists.
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NewsArthouse films emerge as bright spot amid challenging 2025 for French cinemas
Films such as ‘Sentimental Value’ and ‘Leave One Day’ are garnering strong admissions.
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NewsIsraeli anti-war film ‘The Sea’ sweeps politically-charged Ophir awards as government pulls funding
The story of a Palestinian boy who dreams of seeing the sea is now Israel’s entry to the international Oscar category.
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NewsVenice Horizons 2024 prize-winner ’Familiar Touch’ scores global sales
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Friedland’s “coming-of-old age film” won three Venice Horizons prizes in 2024.
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FeaturesOlivier Assayas talks Putin thriller ‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’: “I think it would amuse him to be played by Jude Law”
The film is based on Giuliano da Empoli’s 2022 speculative historical novel of the same name.
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FeaturesRichard Linklater on making ‘Nouvelle Vague’ and why Godard would have approved of its Netflix deal
It took a US filmmaker to bring the French New Wave to the big screen - and to a new generation.
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NewsFrance unveils 2026 shortlist for best international feature Oscar
The anonymous committee will meet the filmmaking teams of the five finalists on September 17.
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NewsUrban Sales boards Costa Rican title ‘If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up The Night’ ahead of San Sebastián launch
EXCLUSIVE: The film is the debut feature of Kim Torres whose short film ‘Night LIght’ was selected for Cannes 2022.
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FeaturesHow Charles Gillibert of CG Cinéma and Les Films du Losange became a go-to ally for independent filmmakers
Gillibert hits the fall festival circuit with a string of prestigious projects including Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ and Alice Winocour’s ‘Couture’.
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Features‘Couture’ with Angelina Jolie is about the “fragility of life”, says director Alice Winocour
Alice Winocour mixes the worlds of high fashion and hospitals in Couture.
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Features“There is a feminine vibe in the air,” says Aude Hesbert, artistic director of the Deauville American Film Festival
Hesbert has launched a series of industry initatives to help attract key French and US execs to the festival.
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NewsCanada’s Oscar submission ‘The Things You Kill’ sells to key territories
EXCLUSIVE: Alireza Khatami’s dramatic thriller won the best director prize in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic category this year.
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News‘The Last One For the Road’ parks at multiple global distributors ahead of TIFF slot
EXCLUSIVE: North American premiere scheduled for September 11.
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NewsCeline Dornier joins IPR.VC as content executive from Logical Pictures
The appointment signals the investment fund’s aim to ramp up its executive producer role on projects.
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NewsFrench box office slump continues with 29.4% drop in ticket sales in August
Source: Universal ‘The Bad Guys 2’ France’s box office took a nosedive in August with a 29.4% drop in ticket sales year-on-year to 9.97 million admissions* (€73m), according to figures from the CNC. It extends a summer slump after a 17.3% drop in July, and a decline ...
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NewsCanal+ enters negotiations for 34% stake in cinema operator UGC
”This transaction demonstrates the group’s commitment to cinema and theatrical exhibition.”
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Features“We’re evolving,” says Gaumont’s Alexis Cassanet of the company’s shifting strategy
As the world’s oldest studio, Gaumont is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2025.
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News“‘Etty’ is an escape from hate”: first trailer for Hagai Levi’s Venice premiering show
Mini-series is a loose adaptation of the diaries of Dutch author Etty Hillesum who died in Auschwitz.
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FeaturesHow mk2 is connecting auteurs and audiences, and expanding its slate of English-language arthouse films
”A decade ago, we stopped distributing films and everyone said, ‘You’re crazy.’ But we had a strategic vision, and it is working.”
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NewsFirst trailer for Francois Ozon’s ‘The Stranger’ ahead of Venice premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Film stars Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Swann Arlaud and Denis Lavant.