All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 3
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NewsDistrib Films picks up US rights to French coming-of-age drama ‘Block Pass’ (exclusive)
Antoine Chevrollier’s debut feature premiered at Critics’ Week in Cannes 2024.
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NewsEuropean buyers snap up Radu Jude’s ‘Kontinental ’25’ after Berlin competition premiere (exclusive)
Sales for Romanian writer-director’s social satire are handled by Paris-based Luxbox.
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NewsMind-reading comedy ‘What Marielle Knows’ sells widely after Berlin competition bow (exclusive)
Frédéric Hambalek’s dark comedy is sold by recently-launched Paris-based sales company Lucky Number.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsCoproduction Office boards Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’ (exclusive)
SBS International is handling US and UK rights.
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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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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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NewsSeries Mania 2025 to open with France's ‘Carême’; includes 26 world premieres
French TV festival runs March 21-28 in Lille.