All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 8
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FeaturesFrance is now a go-to shooting destination to replicate territories such as Hollywood, Mexico and Iraq
France has a competitive tax incentive, revamped studios and VFX prowess.
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News‘The Richest Woman In the World’ starring Isabelle Huppert woos buyers for Playtime
EXCLUSIVE: Huppert stars as French billionaire Liliane Bettencourt.
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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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NewsFrance’s Reborn Studio to match top filmmakers with luxury brands
EXCLUSIVE: “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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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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NewsWTFilms unleashes French body horror ‘Species’ with Mara Taquin, Karin Viard
EXCLUSIVE: 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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NewsSergei Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’ scores early sales ahead of Cannes premiere
The film focuses on a young prosecutor who sets out to challenge the system during Stalin’s Great Terror in 1937.
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NewsPyramide adopts rising filmmaker Zou Jing’s ‘A Girl Unknown’, starring Li Gengxi
EXCLUSIVE: Li Gengxi also stars in Cannes Competition film ‘Resurrection’.
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FeaturesHow Robin Campillo helped guide the late Laurent Cantet’s last film ‘Enzo’ to the big screen
The 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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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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FeaturesCannes 2025: 20 buzz titles from France
Screen presents a selection of the buzziest projects from France available to international buyers at this year’s Cannes market.
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NewsGerard Depardieu found guilty in sexual assault trial
Depardieu given 18-month suspended jail term and placed on sex offenders register.
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NewsRoberto Saviano to co-direct ‘I’m Still Alive’
EXCLUSIVE: The film is about a 26 year-old sentenced to death by the Napolitan mafia and living life under heavy police protection.
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Features‘Leave One Day’: Amélie Bonnin on making history by directing the first debut feature to open Cannes
French filmmaker Amélie Bonnin talks about how she infused music and memories into Leave One Day, the first debut feature to open Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsPyramide launches detective story ‘Maigret And The Dead’ starring Denis Podalydes
EXCLUSIVE: Podalydes takes over the role from the disgraced Gerard Deapardieu
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NewsPathe bolsters international expansion with investment from shipping billionaire Rodolphe Saade
Rodolphe Saade’s family holding Merit France has taken a 20% stake in the family-owned company.
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NewsFrance’s SND Films appoints Alexis Reybet-Degat head of international library and scripted sales
Reybet-Degat most recently worked at Studiocanal.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2025: Salomé Rizk (France)
Festivals manager and sales agent at Totem Films.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2025: Alfred Deragne (France)
Head of acquisitions and co-productions, at Indie Sales
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2025: Lucie Desquiens (France)
Acquisitions manager and sales agent at Charades.