All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 31
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News“The hardest thing is to say no”: Thierry Fremaux’s hot take on Cannes 2023’s still evolving selection process
Fremaux reveals the film he saw yesterday that he included today.
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NewsFrench films to open Cannes 2023 but several big (male) names are conspicuously absent
No slot (yet) of Bertrand Bonello, Michel Gondry, Bruno Dumont, Robin Campillo, Catherine Corsini and Quentin Dupieux.
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NewsInternational auteurs dominate 2023 Cannes Competition line-up
New films from Wes Anderson, Jessica Hausner, Nanni Moretti, Catherine Breillat, Todd Haynes, Ken Loach and Wim Wenders have all been selected for the 2023 Cannes competition.
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NewsGerard Depardieu accused of sexual misconduct by 13 women in ‘Mediapart’ report
The accusations span the production of projects including Netflix series Marseille, period biopics L’Autre Dumas and La Vie En Rose and French comedy Disco.
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Features10 things to know ahead of this year’s Cannes Marche du Film
The Marche 2023 is the first under the solo leadership of executive director Guillaume Esmiol.
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NewsMichelle Yeoh to receive Kering Women in Motion award at Cannes Film Festival
Malaysian actress won the Oscar for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.
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NewsMaïwenn’s ‘Jeanne du Barry’ starring Johnny Depp to open 2023 Cannes Film Festival
’Jeanne du Barry’ will be released on the same day in French cinemas.
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NewsInternational production spending in France surges to almost €1bn in 2022 (exclusive)
“It’s clearly not just a post-Covid catch-up trend.”
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NewsFrance’s box office continues recovery in March but still down 20% on pre-pandemic levels
Creed III was the top title of the month.
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News‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ heading to Cannes Film Festival
The festival will also pay a special career tribute to Harrison Ford.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: MipTV, Mipcom director Lucy Smith on what she has learned from Shonda Rhimes and Bob Iger
She also discusses why she loves her job and how she unwinds from its fast pace
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NewsMartin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ confirmed for Cannes
Film will screen on Saturday, May 20 in the Grand Théâtre Lumière.
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NewsCannes’ Directors’ Fortnight unveils 2023 poster and gears up for revamped edition
The 2023 Directors’ Fortnight runs in Cannes from May 16-27.
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FeaturesWhy French auteurs are arriving fashionably late to the series business
”Here in France, I think filmmakers are so used to doing things a certain way, that the transition has been more difficult”
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NewsFrench film production in 2022 boosted by streamers and rise in international co-productions
But production levels were below pre-pandemic levels of 2019.
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NewsWild Bunch International changes company name to Goodfellas
International sales company Goodfellas is owned and operated separately from the Wild Bunch Group.
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NewsHow Cédric Klapisch juggled making a feature and Covid challenges with shooting series ‘Greek Salad’ in Athens
Series is a spin-off from auteur’s film trilogy of ’Pot Luck’, ’Russian Dolls’ and ’Chinese Puzzle’.
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NewsCanneseries 2023 line-up includes world premieres of ‘Dead Ringers’, ‘Fatal Attraction’, ‘Silo’
Big presence from US streamers at festival’s 6th edition.
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News‘The Affair’ co-creator Hagai Levi to write and direct WW2 series ‘The Girl Who Learned How to Kneel’ for Arte France (exclusive)
Series is adaptation of diaries of Dutch author Etty Hillesum, who was murdered in Auschwitz.
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NewsFrance’s CNC appoints head of ‘attractiveness department’ to lure international productions
Daphné Lora replaces Mathieu Ripka who stepped down last year.