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NewsLaurent Tirard, French director of ‘Little Nicholas’ and ‘Moliere’, dies aged 57 4l313w
Tirard’s credits also include Asterix & Obelisk: God Save Britannia.
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NewsLou Ye’s lockdown docudrama ‘An Unfinished Film’ completes slew of sales; first trailer unveiled (exclusive) 3jm6b
The film premiered at Cannes and is now screening at Toronto.
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News‘Souleymane’s Story’ sells widely for Pyramide on eve of Toronto (exclusive) 4i5n6s
The fast-paced Paris drama premiered won several prizes in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in May.
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The films that impressed French audiences at Angouleme 2024 1e6j3v
The Angouleme Francophone Film Festival is the first stop for the French industry after the summer break.
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Indian road movie ‘All We Imagine As Light’ enjoys global sales sweep ahead of TIFF and NYFF (exclusive) 6f1t1w
Payal Kapadia’s Cannes prize winner is the story of two nurses in search of a break.
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NewsJuho Kuosmanen’s ‘Silent Trilogy’ makes noise with key sales deals (exclusive) d4p2f
The triptych premiered at Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival and then screened in Karlovy Vary.
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French box office dips in August but local titles save three-month summer period 4x6038
Three French films may now hit 8 million issions this year, for the first time since 1998.
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Features“Calm on set”: How Venice title ‘My Everything’ has helped to pioneer accessibility practices while filming s6z4k
’My Everything’ and box office smash ’A Little Bit Of Everything’ both boasted the first ’accessibility coordination manager’ role.
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NewsFestival favourite ‘Misericordia’ sells around the world (exclusive) 1h6z5d
The film debuted at Cannes and is now screening at the Telluride, Toronto and the New York film festivals.
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News‘Basileia’: first trailer for Venice Days closing night film (exclusive) 2u1g5h
Cast includes Godland star Elliott Crosset Hove, Angela Fontana, and Koudous Seihon.
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NewsFirst trailer for Venice Horizons debut feature ‘My Everything’ starring Laure Calamy (exclusive) 6i5868
Calamy stars as a single mother whose disabled son has impregnated his co-worker.
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Memento International moves in for Venice Horizons title ‘Familiar Touch’ (exclusive) 4t4s6p
‘Familiar Touch’ is described as a coming-of-old-age film by US filmmaker Sarah Friedland.
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NewsThe dark comedy is UK-French filmmaker Jethro Massey’s debut feature.
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Buyers fall for Emmanuel Mouret’s ‘Three Friends’ ahead of Venice premiere (exclusive) 653433
Camille Cottin, India Hair and Sara Forestier star as three friends navigating life and love.
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Cannes titles ‘Jim’s Story’, and ‘Wild Diamond’ sell widely for Pyramide (exclusive) 4r4o24
The Larrieu brothers’ ‘Jim’s Story’ is also performing well for an arthouse title at the French box office.
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NewsAlain Delon, French icon of ‘Le Samourai’, dies aged 88 1346o
Delon died ”peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” according to a family statement.
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NewsApple’s ‘Wolfs’ to skip theatrical release in and head straight to streaming 584o3z
’s windowing rules do not allow for the one-week theatrical release Apple is planning in other key territories.
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Urban Sales dives into Frida Kempff’s TIFF premiere ‘The Swedish Torpedo’ (exclusive) 5u76y
The female empowerment drama is based on the true story of a single mother swimming the English Channel on the eve of WW2.
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NewsFrench industry titan and pioneering producer Margaret Menegoz dies at 83 2fh2q
Hungarian-born German-French producer died in Montpellier on August 7.
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Deauville American Film Festival unveils 50th anniversary competition line-up 5jn1q
The French festival runs September 6-15.
