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All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 6
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NewsSND boards ‘The Girls We Want’ ahead of Directors’ Fortnight premiere
Exclusive: The Marseille-set film is the debut feature of French filmmaker Princia Car.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight reveals 2025 lineup
Lineup includes new titles from Robin Campillo, Lee Sang-il and Christian Petzold.
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NewsTotem Films boards international sales for Alexe Poukine’s Critics’ Week selection ‘Kika’
EXCLUSIVE: Alexe Poukine’s debut fiction feature will premiere in the Critics’ Week competition.
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week unveils 2025 selection
Eleven features selected for Cannes sidebar, with seven in competition.
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NewsNetflix France challenges current French windowing system in open letter
Netflix France’s VP of content called for “balanced rules that reflect our significant contribution to French creation”.
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NewsSexual violence is “systemic” in French cultural sector, says damning government report
A special committee of France’s National Assembly tasked with probing sexual assault within the film and cultural industry published its findings on Wednesday.
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News“The films select us”: How the Cannes team found their 2025 selection
`’Cannes is the entire selection of 60 films, not just the competition,” said Thierry Fremaux.
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News“We’re loyal to our auteurs”: Thierry Fremaux and Iris Knobloch unveil Cannes 2025 line-up
The line-up is still evolving. “We’re still at work,” Fremaux said.
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NewsFrench film production continues strong post-pandemic run
Total investment in French films reached €1.44bn in 2024, according to CNC’s annual report
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NewsDaniel Kaluuya, Rodrigo Sorogoyen join 2025 Cannes Critics’ Week jury
Sorogoyen will head this year’s jury after having to step down last year.
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NewsFrance’s inaugural World AI Film Festival aims to show AI won’t destroy creativity
Two-day festival dedicated to film and artificial intelligence kicks off in Nice on Friday (April 11)
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NewsFrench cinemas hit by worst March box office in 20 years
Ticket sales were down 17.5% year on year in March.
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NewsFrance’s Studio TF1 plans to double film production by 2027
The production-distribution group will continue to be led by Rodolphe Buet.
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Features“The English-language market is key,” says Mediawan Pictures CEO of the group’s ambitious strategy
Elisabeth d’Arvieu, CEO of Mediawan Pictures, explains why leveraging the company’s global reach and talent relationships is key.
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FeaturesHow France maintains its vibrant market for arthouse films
“The work of distributors and cinemas has been built up for the past 20 or 30 years, and audiences have evolved with it.”
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NewsJJ Abrams’ ‘Duster’, AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ heading to Canneseries 2025
France’s TV festival has unveiled its official selection, including the international competition.
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NewsSpanish marital drama ‘Querer’ wins international competition at Series Mania
Movistar Plus+ series is about a family grappling with accusations of marital rape.
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NewsNine talking points from Series Mania 2025: “The scripted TV market is not going down any further”
From the rise of co-productions to the absence of political talk, Screen rounds up scripted festival’s main talking points
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NewsProsecutors recommend 18-month suspended jail sentence for Gerard Depardieu
French actor accused of sexual assault during the 2021 film shoot for Jean Becker’s The Green Shutters.
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NewsBanijay Studios France, Shine Fiction rebrand as sole premium series entity
Dominique Farrugia to run new structure. Shine Fiction’s French series Carême was Series Mania opening series.