All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 22
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FeaturesInside France’s masterplan to lure more international blockbusters
France is positioning itself as a one-stop shop for international production.
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NewsImagineers Studio launches French superhero film ‘Fantax’ (exclusive)
Fantax is set to start shooting in Paris and the UK in the summer of 2025.
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NewsNeon takes US rights to ‘The Unknown’ starring Léa Seydoux
It is the third feature for Harari who is fresh off an Oscar win for co-writing Anatomy Of A Fall
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NewsFrance’s rising generation of female directors look for festival buzz despite lack of official selection parity
Emerging filmmakers are looking to hold their own in the male auteur-dominated line-up.
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NewsTarzan and Arab Nasser to make ’Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ in Jordan (exclusive)
Bac Films is handling international sales and French distribution.
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NewsFirst Look at German family adventure ’Akiko The Flying Monkey’ (exclusive)
The live-action title is produced by writer-director Helmer’s production house Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion.
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NewsMPM sends ‘Fine Young Men’, ‘Vanishing Goats’ to Cannes (exclusive)
Alejandro Pease’s queer coming-of-age drama is set in a Catholic school.
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FeaturesHow Cannes Competition title ‘Wild Diamond’ explores “extreme femininity”
First-time French filmmaker Agathe Riedinger talks to Screen.
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NewsMubi, Le Pacte take in László Nemes’ ‘Orphan’ (exclusive)
Nemes will shoot the film in Budapest this summer.
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NewsKeanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst and Daniel Brühl to star in Ruben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’
Ostlund is the double Palme d’Or winning director of ‘The Square’ and “The Triangle Of Sadness’.
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News‘Moi Aussi’ director Judith Godrèche plots feature (exclusive)
Godrèche now developing a feature with the theme of female empowerment.
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FeaturesThe bittersweet story behind Directors’ Fortnight opener ‘This Life Of Mine’
Director Sophie Fillieres died last July, aged 58, just after wrapping the shoot of her seventh feature.
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NewsFemale directors’ animated anthology ‘Animal Tales Of Christmas Magic’ draws in key buyers (exclusive)
The Bureau Sales is handling the 2D animation inspired by techniques such as papercut, linocut and watercolour art.
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NewsCannes pays tribute to Meryl Streep and Greta Gerwig at opening ceremony
French actress Camille Cottin emceed the evening with a blend of humour and sarcasm.
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NewsFrench producer Alain Sarde accused of sexual assault by nine women
Veteran producer of films such as The Pianist and Mulholland Drive has denied the accusations.
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NewsSales bloom for Blandine Lenoir’s French family drama ‘Juliette in Spring’ (exclusive)
Key deals have been done in Australia and New Zealand, Germany and Spain among others.
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FeaturesCannes 2024: the buzz titles from France
Screen picks through some of the hottest titles from the France that are available in the market.
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NewsHouda Benyamina’s ‘All For One’ acquired by Studiocanal/Orange Studio (exclusive)
The film is Benyamina’s second feature following ‘Divines’.
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NewsLars Mikkelsen, François Cluzet lean in to ‘The Great Arch’ for Le Pacte (exclusive)
The film is a 1980s-set saga about a Danish architect tasked with building France’s La Defense structure.
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NewsFirst look at Leila Bekhti in Gaumont’s ‘Once Upon My Mother’ (exclusive)
Project directed by Ken Scott.