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All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 16
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NewsFrance selects ‘Emilia Perez’ as Oscar submission
Jacques Audiard’s mostly Spanish-language Cannes hit is being handled in the US by Netflix.
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News‘My Favourite Cake’ co-directors say Iranian government has reinstated travel ban
Tragicomedy premiered in Berlin. France’s Totem Films has closed multiple sales.
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NewsFrance unveils 2025 Oscars shortlist
France bidding to win first award in the renamed international feature film category since 1993.
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NewsThe Bureau Sales closes multiple sales on TIFF selection ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ (exclusive)
French romantic comedy screens again for the public on Saturday (September 14).
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NewsFrance unveils 11 members of new-look Oscars selection committee
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson will preside over the group of leading industry figures.
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FeaturesWhat can TIFF do to draw the French – and European – industry back?
Rising costs, waning world premieres and less business are keeping many French buyers and sellers from making the trans-Atlantic trek.
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FeaturesJoshua Oppenheimer on giving a musical twist to the apocalypse in ‘The End’
‘The End’ stars Tilda Swinton and George MacKay and had its world premiere at Telluride.
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Features“It’s a left-wing feel-good movie”: Julie Delpy on her French comedy ‘Meet The Barbarians’
The actress/filmmaker tackles the global refugee crisis and far-right politics with a comedy drama set in Brittany.
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NewsLaurent Tirard, French director of ‘Little Nicholas’ and ‘Moliere’, dies aged 57
Tirard’s credits also include Asterix & Obelisk: God Save Britannia.
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NewsLou Ye’s lockdown docudrama ‘An Unfinished Film’ completes slew of sales; first trailer unveiled (exclusive)
The film premiered at Cannes and is now screening at Toronto.
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News‘Souleymane’s Story’ sells widely for Pyramide on eve of Toronto (exclusive)
The fast-paced Paris drama premiered won several prizes in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in May.
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FeaturesThe films that impressed French audiences at Angouleme 2024
The Angouleme Francophone Film Festival is the first stop for the French industry after the summer break.
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NewsIndian road movie ‘All We Imagine As Light’ enjoys global sales sweep ahead of TIFF and NYFF (exclusive)
Payal Kapadia’s Cannes prize winner is the story of two nurses in search of a break.
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NewsJuho Kuosmanen’s ‘Silent Trilogy’ makes noise with key sales deals (exclusive)
The triptych premiered at Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival and then screened in Karlovy Vary.
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NewsFrench box office dips in August but local titles save three-month summer period
Three French films may now hit 8 million admissions this year, for the first time since 1998.
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Features“Calm on set”: How Venice title ‘My Everything’ has helped to pioneer accessibility practices while filming
’My Everything’ and box office smash ’A Little Bit Of Everything’ both boasted the first ’accessibility coordination manager’ role.
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NewsFestival favourite ‘Misericordia’ sells around the world (exclusive)
The film debuted at Cannes and is now screening at the Telluride, Toronto and the New York film festivals.
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News‘Basileia’: first trailer for Venice Days closing night film (exclusive)
Cast includes Godland star Elliott Crosset Hove, Angela Fontana, and Koudous Seihon.
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NewsFirst trailer for Venice Horizons debut feature ‘My Everything’ starring Laure Calamy (exclusive)
Calamy stars as a single mother whose disabled son has impregnated his co-worker.
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NewsMemento International moves in for Venice Horizons title ‘Familiar Touch’ (exclusive)
‘Familiar Touch’ is described as a coming-of-old-age film by US filmmaker Sarah Friedland.