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All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 33
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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.
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Features“I wanted to work with him”: Maiwenn explains why she cast Johnny Depp as a beloved French king in ‘Jeanne Du Barry’
French director/actor Maïwenn of Cannes opening night film Jeanne Du Barry, tells Rebecca Leffler about bringing the period drama to the biggest arthouse stage.
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NewsOther Angle sharpens slate with Reda Kateb’s ‘On The Edge’ (exclusive)
The film will be released in cinemas by Universal Pictures International in France in 2024.
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NewsJim Sheridan to co-direct ‘Re-creation’ about the unsolved murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (exclusive)
Sheridan teams with writer-director David Merriman for hybrid docu-drama about unsolved Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case.
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NewsVive la revolution! French-accented Cannes 2023 gears up
All the films opening the sections at this year’s political event are French for the first time in many years.
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FeaturesCannes 2023: the buzz titles from France
As the 2023 Cannes Marche du Film kicks off, Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers.