All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 28
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NewsFrance's minister of culture talks plan to woo more international productions
“We have beautiful landscapes and cities, but more and more shoots are happening in studios and our studios are small and not modernised enough.”
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NewsSandra Rudich, Julie Gayet launch €35m Sisterland to nurture French female-driven projects (exclusive)
Producer Rudich will oversee an investment fund and production company.
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NewsCannes clarifies ticket system as industry delegates get to grips with screening access
”We want to be clear the market badge has priority over festival badges,” said Guillaume Esmiol.
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NewsFrance ramps up studios and training with 68 projects chosen for €350m “Great Image Factory” initiative
’The Great Image Factory’ is part of the French government’s €54bn France 2030 plan.
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Features‘Banel & Adama’ director Ramata-Toulaye Sy on having her debut in competition: “I’ve already won”
How first-time filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy landed a coveted slot in Cannes’ main Competition with Banel & Adama.
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NewsFrench actor Lambert Wilson named jury president for Locarno 2023
Locarno Film Festival runs August 2-12.
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FeaturesFrance Télévisions' head of cinema talks championing film and rising budgets: "we are being more selective"
Manuel Alduy talks to Screen about bringing the public broadcaster into a new era.
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NewsJohnny Depp says “I don’t have much need for Hollywood”, arrives late to ‘Jeanne Du Barry’ press conference
‘Jeanne Du Barry’ opened the Cannes Film Festival last night.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: How ‘A Small Light’ highlighted a new heroine in the Anne Frank story
Showrunner Tony Phelan and director Susanna Fogel discuss the Nation Geographic / Disney+ seiries starring Bel Powley.
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NewsFilms du Losange reveals trailer for ‘Nina And The Hedgehog’s Secret’ ahead of Cannes market and Annecy premieres (exclusive)
The film follows a 10-year-old girl who has always filled her imagination with her father’s entertaining stories about a hedgehog
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NewsLaure Calamy, Ariane Labed, Jeremie Renier sign open letter denouncing sexual harassment in French industry
The letter targets “the political positions displayed by the Cannes Festival” in particular.
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NewsCoproduction Office recruits new buyers to Competition title ‘Club Zero’ (exclusive)
Jessica Hausner’s English-language film stars Mia Wasikowska, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Elsa Zylberstein.
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FeaturesCatherine Corsini on her challenging return to Cannes with ‘Homecoming’: “directors have faults because we’re intense"
The film was caught up in turmoil when the festival offered Corsini a berth in official selection, only to leave Homecoming out of the press conference announcement.
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NewsCatherine Deneuve pays tribute to Ukraine as Cannes opens with Maiwenn’s ‘Jeanne Du Barry’
Michael Douglas also received his honorary Palme d’Or,
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NewsFrench film guilds pen fiery letter denouncing copyright infringements and protecting auteur status
It was signed by auteurs including Claire Denis, Jacques Audiard, the Dardenne brothers and Katell Quillévéré.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2023: Névil de Montalembert (France)
Montalembert is an agent at Agence Adéquat.
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NewsCharades, CAA break out thriller ‘The Rule Of Jenny Pen’ with Geoffrey Rush, John Lithgow (exclusive)
It is New Zealand-based Māori filmmaker James Ashcroft’s second feature following his debut.
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NewsPyramide boards Larrieu brothers’ upcoming melodrama ‘Jim’s Story’ (exclusive)
’Jim’s Story’ is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Pierric Bailly.
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NewsPulsar boards ‘A Free Woman’ starring Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (exclusive)
Morgan Simon’s completed second feature also stars Félix Lefebvre, and Lubna Azabal and is screening first footage at the Cannes market.