All articles by Rebecca Leffler
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How 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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‘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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“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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Canada’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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‘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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Celine 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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French 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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Canal+ 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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“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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“‘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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How 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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First 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.
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Nadav Lapid’s satire ‘Yes’ scores multiple sales following Directors’ Fortnight premiere
The film world premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar.
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‘Silent Rebellion’ makes noise among buyers ahead of Venice Spotlight premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Lila Gueneau stars alongside Gregoire Colin, Thomas Doret and Aurelia Petit.
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Paradise City Sales boards Damien Hauser’s Venice-bound ‘Memory Of Princess Mumbi’
EXCLUSIVE: The project is the first-ever Kenyan feature to be selected at Venice’s Giornate degli Autori.
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Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’ scores key sales ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The film stars Vicky Krieps as a French doctor in Japan whose partner goes missing.
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“It’s the Wild West,” says James Cameron of the use of generative AI in film
”I want to learn it, I want to master it for myself, then use my own best judgment about how I apply it to my personal art,” he added.
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Luxbox launches sales on Ulrich Köhler’s ‘Gavagai’
EXCLUSIVE: New York premiere is produced by Germany’s Sutor Kolonko and France’s Good Fortune Films.
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French box office continues summer slump with 17% drop in ticket sales in July
‘Jurassic Park: Rebirth’ tops French box office in July with 2.4 million admissions.
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Cinefrance launches sales on Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’
EXCLUSIVE: Ad Vitam will release the film in France.