All articles by Rebecca Leffler
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FeaturesFresh zones, night shoots and on-set medics: how French producers adapted to the scorching summer
“We used giant umbrellas with UV protection to shield both our actors and the camera equipment.”
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NewsFrench producer Nicolas Altmayer dies in car crash
Altmayer died with his partner, longtime Dior executive Mathilde Favier.
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NewsHBO, BFI, Mubi executives join France’s Lumière summit as programme is unveiled
EXCLUSIVE: Event in Saint-Paul de Vence will examine the challenges facing the global screen industries against a backdrop of profound disruption
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News‘Projet K’ starring Diane Kruger, Dany Boon, Tim Roth starts filming in France, Belgium, Bolivia for Netflix
EXCLUSIVE: The majority French-language feature is based on the true story of Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld.
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NewsVenice-bound ‘A Day In The Life Of Jo: Chapter Phaedra’ lands sales agent
Lentzou’s debut feature ’Moon, 66 Questions’ premiered at the 2021 Berlinale.
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News‘The Odyssey’ sails France box office back to pre-Covid levels
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ lands record-breaking opening.
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NewsAli Asgari’s Venice competition title ‘A Bit Of Light’ lands France deal
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-and Berlin-based Salaud Morisset are handling international sales.
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NewsLe Pacte boards Venice-bound ‘Furies’, executive produced by George Clooney
EXCLUSIVE: The company is handling international sales on the debut feature and will also release in France
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NewsDaniel Auteuil’s Cannes title ‘When The Night Falls’ secures US distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The Second World War drama played in the Cannes Premiere section of the festival and is sold by SND.
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NewsCanal+ pledges $1bn five-year cinema investment from 2028
Media group pledges support to debut films, emerging talent, commercial titles.
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NewsFrance’s CNC makes bold funding move to help boost gender parity in film sector
Productions that fail to hire a minimum number of women will see a 10% drop in CNC funding.
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NewsLucky Number to ignite sales on Venice Horizons title ‘The Burning Giants’
EXCLUSIVE: The Thai film is about an ethnic Karen man with bizarre burn marks, who is captured and sent to a quarantine facility.
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NewsMia Threapleton, Danny Huston join political thriller ‘The Price Of Peace’
Guy Pearce, Jared Harris and Merab Ninidze also star in the film.
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NewsZou Jing’s Cannes Critics’ Week title ‘A Girl Unknown’ lands multiple deals
EXCLUSIVE: The film is Zou Jing’s debut feature.
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NewsMartin Provost’s French drama ‘Love Lessons’ woos buyers ahead of Locarno world premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Fabrice Luchini stars in the film that will screen as part of the Piazza Grande programme.
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NewsCannes’ Critics’ Week’s Next Step Studio teams with Sarajevo’s CineLink
The partnership will support CineLink’s wider commitment to bring new voices into the international industry, said industry head Maša Marković,
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NewsNetflix, Prime Video and Disney+ challenge content investment obligations in France with formal appeals
Netflix claimed the measures “lock in a rigid editorial blueprint that ignores what audiences actually watch”.
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NewsFrance box office soars in first six months of 2026
Local films are performing well, led by ‘Guru’, ‘Children Of The Resistance’ and ’De Gaulle: Resistance’.
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NewsPathe’s two-part ‘De Gaulle’ biopic conquers major international markets
EXCLUSIVE: The two films, Resistance and Liberte, have sold as a package to more than 20 territories
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NewsFrench heatwave sends audiences to air-conditioned cinemas
Three cinemas in Paris are offering free tickets to children, the elderly, and pregnant and disabled people.