All France articles – Page 3
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FeaturesWhat can TIFF do to draw the French – and European – industry back?
Rising costs, waning world premieres and less business are keeping many French buyers and sellers from making the trans-Atlantic trek.
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NewsFrance’s mk2 hires former Protagonist, Upgrade exec Vanessa Saal to extend UK footprint
Scaling up co-production activity is part of London-based Saal’s remit.
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Reviews‘Youth (Homecoming)’: Venice Review
Wang Bing’s five-year documentary project about young Chinese factory workers draws to a sombre close
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Features“It’s a left-wing feel-good movie”: Julie Delpy on her French comedy ‘Meet The Barbarians’
The actress/filmmaker tackles the global refugee crisis and far-right politics with a comedy drama set in Brittany.
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NewsLaurent Tirard, French director of ‘Little Nicholas’ and ‘Moliere’, dies aged 57
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)
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)
The fast-paced Paris drama premiered won several prizes in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in May.
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FeaturesThe films that impressed French audiences at Angouleme 2024
The Angouleme Francophone Film Festival is the first stop for the French industry after the summer break.
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Reviews‘The Quiet Son’: Venice Review
A solid Vincent Lindon dominates this disappointingly apolitical film about a French youth enthralled by the far right
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NewsIndian road movie ‘All We Imagine As Light’ enjoys global sales sweep ahead of TIFF and NYFF (exclusive)
Payal Kapadia’s Cannes prize winner is the story of two nurses in search of a break.
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NewsEuropean and Middle Eastern film execs talk challenges and opportunities of preserving film heritage
Screen International roundtable at the Venice Film Festival explored topics such as AI, costs and technology of restoring classic movies.
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News‘Bird’, ‘Bring Them Down’ join line-up of Dinard Festival Of British & Irish Film 2024
‘September Says’, ‘Kneecap’ and ’Paul & Paulette Take A Bath’ are also in the line-up.
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NewsJuho Kuosmanen’s ‘Silent Trilogy’ makes noise with key sales deals (exclusive)
The triptych premiered at Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival and then screened in Karlovy Vary.
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NewsFrench box office dips in August but local titles save three-month summer period
Three French films may now hit 8 million admissions this year, for the first time since 1998.
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Features‘Paul & Paulette Take A Bath’ director on crafting his Venice Critics’ Week debut “outside of the system”
The dark comedy is the first feature from UK born, Paris-based commericals and music video producer Jethro Massey.
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Reviews‘Finally’: Venice Review
The 51st feature from French maestro Claude Lelouch is a playful ‘greatest hits’ musical fable
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Reviews‘The Mohican’: Venice Review
An unassuming Corsican goatherd becomes the figurehead of a resistance movement in this assured thriller
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Reviews‘Youth (Hard Times)’: Locarno Review
The second in Wang Bing’s documentary trilogy returns to the young migrant workers who populate the factories of China’s Xisheng Road
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Reviews‘My Everything’: Venice Review
Call My Agent!’s Laure Calamy stars in Anne-Sophie Bailly’s well-acted if one-sided debut feature
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Features“Calm on set”: How Venice title ‘My Everything’ has helped to pioneer accessibility practices while filming
’My Everything’ and box office smash ’A Little Bit Of Everything’ both boasted the first ’accessibility coordination manager’ role.