All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 5
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         News NewsNine talking points from the 2025 Cannes Film FestivalFrom tariffs to trees, there was plenty to talk about at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. 
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         Features FeaturesPathe’s Ardavan Safaee and Chapter 2’s Dimitri Rassam on taking a swing with original IP thriller ‘13 Days, 13 Nights’Afghanistan thriller ’13 Days, 13 Nights’ is premiering out of competition in Cannes. 
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         News NewsCannes Competition fantasy epic ‘Resurrection’ swept up by international buyersEXCLUSIVE: Jackson Yee and Shu Xi star in the film that is being sold by Les Films du Losange. 
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         News NewsMathieu Kassovitz, space entrepreneur Gildo Pastor team for tech-powered Venturi ProductionEXCLUSIVE: “I have films that have been in the works for the past 20 years that I’ve been looking for producers crazy enough to invest in,” said Kassovitz. 
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         News NewsMubi picks up Julia Ducournau’s Cannes Competition film ‘Alpha’ for Latin America and India amid worldwide sales sweepEXCLUSIVE: The Competition title is being sold by Charades and FilmNation. 
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         News NewsFrench and international film industry brace for impact of Canal Plus cuts“Producers are starting to realise what is ahead.” 
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         News NewsGuillaume Canet to star in Robert Badinter biopic for PatheEXCLUSIVE: Robert Badinter led the fight to abolish the death penalty in France. 
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         Features FeaturesIsraeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on his post-October 7 film ‘Yes’: "I can never run away from the war - it will follow me"Its filmed in a war zone and is now premiering in Directors’ Fortnight. 
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         News NewsRuben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’ sells to FranceEXCLUSIVE: The film starring Kirsten Dunst and Keanu Reeves is now shooting in Hungary. 
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         Features FeaturesFrance is now a go-to shooting destination to replicate territories such as Hollywood, Mexico and IraqFrance has a competitive tax incentive, revamped studios and VFX prowess. 
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         News NewsFrance’s Les Valseurs secures Brazil’s Ricardo Alves Jr to direct ‘My French Teacher’EXCLUSIVE: Production outfit Les Valseurs is in Cannes with three films in Official Selection. 
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         News News‘The Richest Woman In the World’ starring Isabelle Huppert woos buyers for PlaytimeEXCLUSIVE: Huppert stars as French billionaire Liliane Bettencourt. 
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         News NewsFrance’s Reborn Studio to match top filmmakers with luxury brandsEXCLUSIVE: “Fostering relationships with filmmakers and luxury houses is a win-win for everyone in the film industry,” said co-founder Laure Parleani. 
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         Features FeaturesHafsia Herzi: ‘The Little Sister’ spotlights “a character I’d never seen before in cinema”Film tells the story of a 17-year-old French Algerian woman grappling with her attraction to women. 
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         News NewsKirsten Dunst to star in Flora Birnbaum’s debut feature ‘Self Help’mk2 Films has boarded for international sales with UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent representing North America. 
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         News NewsWTFilms unleashes French body horror ‘Species’ with Mara Taquin, Karin ViardEXCLUSIVE: The debut feature from Marion Le Corroller is about a young medical student who witnesses a new virus spreading among young patients. 
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         News NewsSergei Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’ scores early sales ahead of Cannes premiereThe film focuses on a young prosecutor who sets out to challenge the system during Stalin’s Great Terror in 1937. 
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         News NewsPyramide adopts rising filmmaker Zou Jing’s ‘A Girl Unknown’, starring Li GengxiEXCLUSIVE: Li Gengxi also stars in Cannes Competition film ‘Resurrection’. 
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         Features FeaturesHow Robin Campillo helped guide the late Laurent Cantet’s last film ‘Enzo’ to the big screenThe coming-of-age drama that opens this year’s Directors’ Fortnight is billed as ‘a film by Laurent Cantet, directed by Robin Campillo’. 
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         News NewsRobert De Niro criticises Trump tariffs at Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony”You can’t put a price on creativity, but apparently you can put a tariff on it.” 
 








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