All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 12
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NewsMuriel Meynard named French producer of the year by Cesar academy
Meynard has been with the Agat Films – Ex Nihilio producing collective since 2006.
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NewsUkrainian school documentary ‘Timestamp’ scores sales ahead of Berlin competition premiere (exclusive)
Kateryna Gornostai’s film focuses on a Ukrainian school during the war.
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FeaturesHow Berlinale doc ‘All I Had Was Nothingness’ shines a new light on Claude Lanzmann’s ‘Shoah’
All I Had Was Nothingness director Guillaume Ribot tells Screen about opening a window into Claude Lanzmann’s filmmaking journey on Shoah.
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NewsSundance award winner ‘Cactus Pears’, Saudi thriller ‘Night Courier’ woo EFM buyers for MPM Premium (exclusive)
Deals close in German-speaking Europe, France.
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NewsMemento International rebrands as Paradise City Sales
EFM slate includes Shatara Michelle Ford’s Panorma selection Dreams In Nightmares, Lili Horvát’s My Notes On Mars.
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NewsCanal+ threat to cut French film investment puts industry on edge
Threat follows Disney’s negotiation of nine-month theatrical window for its films in France.
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NewsFirst look at Gregory Gadebois in ‘Les Miserables: The Story of Jean Valjean’ (exclusive)
The prequel to ‘Les Miserables’, now shooting in France, is being handled by Ginger and Fed.
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NewsRomantic comedy ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ seals UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Laura Piani’s French-language film stars Camille Rutherford as a contemporary writer trying to finish her novel.
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NewsPlaytime picks up Yves Montand-Simone Signoret love story ‘C’est Si Bon!’ (exclusive)
Roschy Zem and Marina Fois star in the Paris-set romance inspired by the celebrity couple.
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NewsBuyers swoon over family comedy ‘What Is Love?’ starring Laure Calamy for Ginger and Fed (exclusive)
Laure Calamy stars in the French-language film that is described as a ’comedy of re-divorce’.
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News‘In The Nguyen Kitchen’ sells to UK-Ireland for The Party (exclusive)
The French musical comedy stars Clotilde Chevalier, Anh Tran Nghia, Gael Kamilindi and Thomas Jolly.
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NewsLaszlo Nemes’ ‘Orphan’ heads across Europe in key deals (exclusive)
The Hungarian drama is being sold by Charades and New Europe Film Sales.
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FeaturesEFM 2025: The buzz titles from France
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2025 European Film Market (EFM), which runs February 13-19.
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NewsStudiocanal-backed action thriller ‘Coka Chica’ leads elevated genre slate of French outfit Bien ou Bien (exclusive)
Screen reveals a first-look picture of Roxine Helberg’s Dominican Republic-set film.
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NewsCoproduction Office boards Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’ (exclusive)
SBS International is handling US and UK rights.
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NewsBuyers dial in for The Bureau Sales’ ‘Guess Who Is Calling’ (exclusive)
The French comedy was a hot title coming out of the Paris Rendez-Vous event in January.
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NewsSeries Mania 2025 to open with France's ‘Carême’; includes 26 world premieres
French TV festival runs March 21-28 in Lille.
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NewsLe Pacte adds Spanish drama ‘Sundays’ to lively EFM slate; unveils ‘The Great Arch’ first look (exclusive)
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s ’Sundays’ is the Spanish filmmaker’s follow-up to Panorama 2022 selection ’Lullaby’.
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NewsEuro distributors venture into The Bureau Sales’ doc ‘Whispers In The Woods’ (exclusive)
‘Whispers In The Woods’ is the latest film from French director Vincent Munier, known for ’The Velvet Queen’
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News‘It Takes Two To Tango’ dances to global deals for Indie Sales (exclusive)
Jean-Pierre Améris’ film is about a 70 year-old on a train to Geneva to end his life.