All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 6
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NewsMother-daughter comedy sequel ‘LOL 2.0’ starring Sophie Marceau woos buyers for Ginger & Fed
EXCLUSIVE: The film garnered an impressive 100,000 admissions on its first day of release on February 11.
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NewsLe Pacte boards ‘Mystik: The Stolen Cat’, starring Raphael Quenard
EXCLUSIVE: The offbeat romantic comedy is co-directed by Quenard with Azedine Kasri.
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NewsCoproduction Office boards Sergei Loznitsa’s Soviet Union doc ’Imperium’
EXCLUSIVE: The Ukrainian filmmaker is using archival footage to paint a visual picture of life in the Soviet Union.
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NewsAnthony McCarten’s ‘The Price Of Peace’ to star Guy Pearce, Jared Harris, Merab Ninidze
The drama is set during the 1945 Potsdam Conference and will begin production this summer in London.
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NewsMarche du Film head Guillaume Esmiol on the “complete overhaul” of online industry platform Cinando
The new-look site has launched in time for the European Film Market.
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NewsCoproduction Office takes on global sales rights to Julian Rosefeldt’s ‘Euphoria’
EXCLUSIVE: The feature version of the artist’s 24-channel film installation recently played at Goteborg.
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NewsCharades set to launch sales on Japanese animated feature ‘We Are Aliens’ at EFM
The tale of two unlikely childhood friends charted across three decades is the feature debut of rising filmmaker Kohei Kadowaki
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News‘Salvation’: first trailer for Emin Alper’s Berlin competition title
Set in a remote village high in the Turkish mountains, Salvation tracks the return of an exiled clan that reignites a decades-old land feud.
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NewsLe Pacte acquires Afghanistan-set drama ‘When She Hears The Bells’ starring Golshifteh Farahani
EXCLUSIVE: The film is about a woman who helps a group of boys flee Kabul in 2021.
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NewsJapanese animation ‘Chimney Town: Frozen In Time’ acquired for sales ahead of Berlin world premiere
The 3D animation is the follow-up to the filmmaker’s Poupelle Of Chimney Town.
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NewsPathe to launch sales at EFM on family adventure ‘Melody For A Bear’ starring Lucas Bravo
EXCLUSIVE: Project is an English-language father-daughter story.
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NewsWTFilms bolsters EFM slate with thriller ‘A Gambler’ and action horror ‘No Way Down’
Pio Marmaï stars in ‘A Gambler’ as a theatre director with a bad habit.
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NewsFrance to make key changes to TRIP rebate in effort to become more competitive
France has been losing out to its European neighbours, say local producers.
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NewsFrench box office makes striking January comeback
Ticket sales rose 15% to nearly 16 million admissions.
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FeaturesStudiocanal’s French production and distribution strategy has an eye firmly on international outreach
The company’s French release slate for 2026 includes Fred Cavayé’s ambitious, big-budget adaptation of Les Misérables
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NewsVertigo acquires mystery drama ‘Black Church Bay’ starring Joe Locke and Tom Cullen for UK-Ireland
The deal was forged with The Bureau Sales; Tom Cullen and Heartstopper lead Joe Locke star
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NewsAgnes Jaoui on her upcoming, opera-set comedy drama ‘Crescendo’; Studiocanal to launch sales at EFM
Jaoui also stars opposite Daniel Auteuil in the film about an opera production rocked by sexual assault accusations
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NewsStudio TF1 unveils opera biopic ‘Malika’, comedy-focused EFM slate
Moroccan singer Lilya Adad plays the lead role in the 1980s-set drama.
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NewsAlba Rohrwacher, Tahar Rahim to star in family drama ‘L’Incident’; Be For Films launches sales
EXCLUSIVE: Stars play a couple grappling with the aftermath of a family drama.
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NewsFrench theatre comedy ‘Comedie Francaise’ sells to UK-Ireland for Charades
EXCLUSIVE: The French sales outfit has also secured key European deals.