All articles by Rebecca Leffler
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NewsNature-driven French drama ‘The Bird Singers’ flies to Ginger & Fed
EXCLUSIVE: Ginger & Fed founder Sabine Chemaly described the film as “a rural Billy Elliot”.
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Features“Two worlds came together”: How Pathe targeted two distinct audiences for French hit ‘Marsupilami’
Pathé targeted two adjacent audiences for its latest revival of legacy comic-book character Marsupilami. Screen discovers how a twin-track approach created France’s biggest box-office hit of the year so far.
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NewsFrench chef who inspired ‘Ratatouille’ to be subject of biopic
Mediawan Group’s Chi-Fou-Mi Productions and 31 Juin Films will produce the film about Bernard Loiseau.
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NewsDaniel Auteuil’s WWII drama ‘When The Night Falls’ scores key pre-sales for SND
EXCLUSIVE: It is based on the real story of a civil servant and a priest who worked together to save children during the Nazi occupation.
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NewsNorth American buyer takes bite out of Brazilian vampire thriller ‘Love Kills’
EXCLUSIVE: The romantic thriller premiered at the Sitges FIlm Festival last year.
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NewsIndie Sales boards Carine Tardieu’s ‘All The Little Live Things’ with Benoit Magimel
EXCLUSIVE: Production kicks off in June on Tardieu’s first project since ‘The Ties That Bind Us’, winner of this year’s best film Cesar
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NewsFrench actress Nathalie Baye dies at 77
The actress’s career spanned five decades and collaborations with François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Steven Spielberg.
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NewsCanal+ Europe appoints new CEO
The appointment also sees Christophe Pinard-Legry join the Canal+ management board chaired by Maxime Saada.
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News‘The White Lotus’ confirms Cannes Film Festival-set storyline
Filming will take place at the Croisette-situated Hôtel Martinez.
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NewsFrench court drama ‘Women On Trial’, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, heads to Gaumont
EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Gainsburg stars as influential Tunisian-French lawyer and activist Gisele Halimi.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight comedy drama ‘Shana’ scooped up by Losange Films
EXCLUSIVE: Eva Huault and Noemie Lvovsky star in the debut feature of Lila Pinell.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight reveals 2026 lineup
Selection includes new titles by Clio Barnard, Quentin Dupieux, Radu Jude and Kantemir Balagov.
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NewsPyramide hops on French truck driver romance ‘Flesh And Fuel’ ahead of Critics’ Week premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Alexis Manenti stars as a truck driver whose emotional life is reduced to anonymous encounters in parking lots.
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NewsLuxbox boards Mexican Critics’ Week drama ‘Six Months In A Pink And Blue Building’
EXCLUSIVE: The film centres around an 11-year-old boy growing up in Mexico City in the early 1990s.
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NewsCharades boards Julien Gaspar-Oliveri’s Cannes Critics’ Week title ‘Stonewall’
EXCLUSIVE: The film is about a brother and sister who must face their father’s release from prison.
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week unveils 2026 selection
Eleven features selected for Cannes parallel section that spotlights first and second features.
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News“The trend is audience-friendly auteur films,” says Thierry Fremaux of this year’s Cannes official selection
“As far as UK cinema goes, first of all, we’re not finished yet, so let’s wait and see,” he revealed.
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NewsStudiocanal boards Rudi Rosenberg’s Cannes-bound ‘Words Of Love’ starring Hafsia Herzi
EXCLUSIVE: The comedy drama will have its world premiere in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsEmmanuel Marre’s drama ‘A Man Of His Time’ picked up by Charades ahead of Cannes Competition debut
EXCLUSIVE: Swann Arlaud stars in the film inspired by the life of the director’s great-grandfather.
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NewsIris Knobloch, Thierry Fremaux on Cannes lineup, politics and returning auteurs
“Cinema doesn’t ask us to be in agreement – it asks us to be present,” said Knobloch.