Locarno Film Festival runs August 2-12.
French actor Lambert Wilson has been named president of the jury at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival (August 2-12).
The prolific actor and his fellow jurors will award the summertime Swiss festival’s Golden Leopard Pardo d’oro to one of the yet-to-be-ennounced titles in the festival’s international competition.
Locarno’s artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro said Wilson, who has worked with top French filmmakers during his decades long career including Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy, Andrzej Żuławski and André Techiné, “has left a lasting mark on European and international cinema” and called him “ versatile performer,...
French actor Lambert Wilson has been named president of the jury at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival (August 2-12).
The prolific actor and his fellow jurors will award the summertime Swiss festival’s Golden Leopard Pardo d’oro to one of the yet-to-be-ennounced titles in the festival’s international competition.
Locarno’s artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro said Wilson, who has worked with top French filmmakers during his decades long career including Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy, Andrzej Żuławski and André Techiné, “has left a lasting mark on European and international cinema” and called him “ versatile performer,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
La Famille Bélier is the original French film adapted to Sian Heder’s Oscar-winning Coda.
Paris-based sales company Other Angle has boarded Victoria Bedos’ coming-of-age identity comedy-drama Dressed To Impress.
Bedos is the creator and co-writer of La Famille Bélier, the original French film adapted to Sian Heder’s Oscar-winning Coda that sold more than 7.45 million tickets during its 2014 run in France.
Dressed To Impress (French title: La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser) is produced by Hélène Cases of France’s Lionceau Films and Universal will release the film in France on April 26th. Other Angle will kick off sales for the title at EFM.
Paris-based sales company Other Angle has boarded Victoria Bedos’ coming-of-age identity comedy-drama Dressed To Impress.
Bedos is the creator and co-writer of La Famille Bélier, the original French film adapted to Sian Heder’s Oscar-winning Coda that sold more than 7.45 million tickets during its 2014 run in France.
Dressed To Impress (French title: La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser) is produced by Hélène Cases of France’s Lionceau Films and Universal will release the film in France on April 26th. Other Angle will kick off sales for the title at EFM.
- 2/17/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Running Jan. 10-17, Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris – an export focused market that unites buyers, producers, talent and press from film and television – will fête its 25th edition with a return to pre-pandemic (in-person) attendance numbers, and a once-more ebullient social calendar, rife with the cocktails, awards ceremonies and evening events that fell by the wayside over the past few vintages.
“We’ll have a renewed effervescence,” says Unifrance director of cinema, Gilles Renouard, of this year’s event. “People are finding each other again, [and] our goal was to get back toward a normal edition with our European distributors.”
Indeed, with 87 films brought to market and more than 400 international film distributors present, such figures mark highs unseen since 2019 – with those numbers bolstered by 100 TV buyers, who have come onboard once Unifrance merged with TV France International in 2021, thus creating a one-stop-shop for film and TV promotion.
“Our objective is not to increase each year,...
“We’ll have a renewed effervescence,” says Unifrance director of cinema, Gilles Renouard, of this year’s event. “People are finding each other again, [and] our goal was to get back toward a normal edition with our European distributors.”
Indeed, with 87 films brought to market and more than 400 international film distributors present, such figures mark highs unseen since 2019 – with those numbers bolstered by 100 TV buyers, who have come onboard once Unifrance merged with TV France International in 2021, thus creating a one-stop-shop for film and TV promotion.
“Our objective is not to increase each year,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The prevalence of female directors is higher in documentary than fiction or animation, study finds.
The share of films made by female directors in Europe is “growing slowly,” reaching 19% in 2017 according to a study.
Overall, only 17% of European feature films were directed by women between 2003 and 2017, with females representing 21% of all directors that made a European film during that time.
In the report on the gender of directors by the European Audiovisual Observatory, 49% of all women directors included in the study had made just one film since 2003.
The study, which considered more than 21,000 European films, also found that the prevalence...
The share of films made by female directors in Europe is “growing slowly,” reaching 19% in 2017 according to a study.
Overall, only 17% of European feature films were directed by women between 2003 and 2017, with females representing 21% of all directors that made a European film during that time.
In the report on the gender of directors by the European Audiovisual Observatory, 49% of all women directors included in the study had made just one film since 2003.
The study, which considered more than 21,000 European films, also found that the prevalence...
- 10/22/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Paris -- Small-screen scribes will be the main characters of the Scenaristes en Series (TV Series Rendezvous) festival, which kicked off its third edition in Aix-les-Bains on Friday.
The two-day event will bring public viewers and professionals together in the Southeastern lakeside town for a behind-the-scenes look at TV fiction production.
French networks TF1, France 2 and 3, Canal Plus and Arte will present their homegrown series for the 2008-09 season, with premiere screenings of Canal Plus' "Mafiosa," France 2's "Nicolas Le Floch," France 3's "Disparitions" and TF1's "Amis de Toujours."
The U.K. will be the country of honor as the BBC's Julie Gardner, Paul Schlesigner and Nicolas Brown will join ITV's Sita Wiliams, Channel 4's Robert Wulff-Cochrane, "Party Animals" screenwriter Ben Richards, "Skins" star Larissa Wilson and "Mistresses" co-creators Lowri Glain and Sj Clarkson to share their recent success stories.
"Skins," "Mistresses," "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes...
The two-day event will bring public viewers and professionals together in the Southeastern lakeside town for a behind-the-scenes look at TV fiction production.
French networks TF1, France 2 and 3, Canal Plus and Arte will present their homegrown series for the 2008-09 season, with premiere screenings of Canal Plus' "Mafiosa," France 2's "Nicolas Le Floch," France 3's "Disparitions" and TF1's "Amis de Toujours."
The U.K. will be the country of honor as the BBC's Julie Gardner, Paul Schlesigner and Nicolas Brown will join ITV's Sita Wiliams, Channel 4's Robert Wulff-Cochrane, "Party Animals" screenwriter Ben Richards, "Skins" star Larissa Wilson and "Mistresses" co-creators Lowri Glain and Sj Clarkson to share their recent success stories.
"Skins," "Mistresses," "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes...
- 10/17/2008
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Gaumont has joined forces with French pay TV group Canal Plus in a new VOD content deal, the companies said Monday.
Gaumont's library will be available as of this month through Canal Plus' VOD service Canal Play.
Gaumont offerings include recent releases such as Christine Carriere's "Darling", in addition to upcoming titles such as Isabelle Mergault's "The Merry Widow" released Jan. 16 in Gaul and Olivier Marchal's Daniel Auteuil-starrer "MR 73" set for a March 26 release date in the territory.
Launched in 2005, Canal Play boasts a catalog of more than 3,500 videos, including 2,000 feature films and TV series including "Desperate Housewives" and kids programming from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Jetix.
Gaumont's library will be available as of this month through Canal Plus' VOD service Canal Play.
Gaumont offerings include recent releases such as Christine Carriere's "Darling", in addition to upcoming titles such as Isabelle Mergault's "The Merry Widow" released Jan. 16 in Gaul and Olivier Marchal's Daniel Auteuil-starrer "MR 73" set for a March 26 release date in the territory.
Launched in 2005, Canal Play boasts a catalog of more than 3,500 videos, including 2,000 feature films and TV series including "Desperate Housewives" and kids programming from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Jetix.
- 1/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- French film production workers began a strike Wednesday, their third over the past four months, to protest long hours and meager pay, upsetting several film shoots in the territory.
"Hundreds of people" lined up outside state-run film administrator CNC's headquarters in protest, according to a CNC spokesperson.
While most films resumed production Thursday, many workers continued to strike, halting production on eight films, including Alfred Lot's "La Chambre des Morts" (Room of the Dead), Jean-Marc Moutout's "Exclusif" (Exclusive), Olivier Bayroux's "Ce soir je dors chez toi" (Tonight I'm Sleeping at Your Place) and Isabelle Mergault's "Enfin Veuf".
Jean Becker's "Deux jours a tuer" (Two Days to Kill), Jacques Maillot's "Les liens du sang" (Blood Ties) and Stephane Kazandjian's "Modern Love" resumed production Thursday after temporary interruptions.
"French film technicians are hard workers. It's not in their culture to strike. They just want to get their message across, but they're not out to completely paralyze film shoots," Film France's Patrick Lamassoure explained, adding that many workers who chose to strike Wednesday still planned to make up for lost hours over the weekend.
"Hundreds of people" lined up outside state-run film administrator CNC's headquarters in protest, according to a CNC spokesperson.
While most films resumed production Thursday, many workers continued to strike, halting production on eight films, including Alfred Lot's "La Chambre des Morts" (Room of the Dead), Jean-Marc Moutout's "Exclusif" (Exclusive), Olivier Bayroux's "Ce soir je dors chez toi" (Tonight I'm Sleeping at Your Place) and Isabelle Mergault's "Enfin Veuf".
Jean Becker's "Deux jours a tuer" (Two Days to Kill), Jacques Maillot's "Les liens du sang" (Blood Ties) and Stephane Kazandjian's "Modern Love" resumed production Thursday after temporary interruptions.
"French film technicians are hard workers. It's not in their culture to strike. They just want to get their message across, but they're not out to completely paralyze film shoots," Film France's Patrick Lamassoure explained, adding that many workers who chose to strike Wednesday still planned to make up for lost hours over the weekend.
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