All France articles – Page 72
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NewsIcelandic thriller ‘Blackport’ among 2021 Series Mania winners
French series Germinal takes audience award.
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NewsWide acquires rights to Venice Biennale College title ‘Nuestros Dias Mas Felices’ (exclusive)
Family drama is the second feature from buzzy rising Argentinian director Sol Berruezo Picho.
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NewsDinard Festival of British Film sets expanded programme, jury, new sections
The festival films will all be split across six strands, including competition titles.
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FeaturesIsabelle Huppert on “showing malevolence” on screen, being a cinema owner and Venice title ‘Promises’
The French actress is back in Venice starring in Thomas Kruithof’s political drama.
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Reviews‘Promises’: Venice Review
Smart political drama with fine performances from Isabelle Huppert and Reda Kateb opens Venice Horizons 2021
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NewsRussian LGBTQIA+ drama ‘Red Rainbow’ scoops top project prize at Series Mania
Eight-part drama was among 15 projects pitched in Series Mania’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.
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NewsSeries Mania kicks off first physical edition in two-and-a-half years
The festival will showcase 60 drama series while some 2,000 professionals have signed up for industry events.
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NewsBest Friend Forever boards Calais ‘Jungle’ romance ‘A Change Of Heart’ (exclusive)
True love story co-stars French actress Marina Foïs opposite rising French-Afghan actor Seear Kohi.
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NewsSeries Mania to honour HBO Max exec Christina Sulebakk in new women’s initiative
HBO Max EMEA general manager Sulebakk is overseeing the EMEA rollout of HBO Max.
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NewsAfghan filmmaker exodus continues as Shahrbanoo Sadat quits country
The award-winning director is best known for Wolf And Sheep and The Orphanage.
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FeaturesCharlotte Colbert on the “normalisation” of mastectomy wounds in Locarno drama ‘She Will’
The film will have its world premiere in Locarno on August 5.
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NewsSeries Mania TV festival unveils Forum Exclusives line-up
Seven out of the 21 titles are world premieres – a record high for the French festival
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NewsSquare Eyes takes worldwide rights to Directors’ Fortnight doc ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ (exclusive)
The film is the debut feature by Payal Kapadia.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video picks up ‘After’ sequels exclusively for online in UK, France
‘After We Fell’, ‘After Ever Happy’ will debut solely on the online platform.
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FeaturesIndependent VoD players in focus: FilmoTV
Launched by Wild Bunch in 2008, FilmoTV is one is France’s oldest digital distribution platforms and works across both SVoD and TVoD.
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NewsFrance unlocks $107m extra funding for Covid-19 hit cinema industry
$70m has been set aside for cinemas that were closed for a total of 300 days due to the health crisis.
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NewsCovid-19 health pass wreaks havoc on French summer box office
Box office has fallen by 50-70% following the introduction of mandatory Covid passport for cinema attendance on July 21.
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NewsFIDMarseille jury led by Lav Diaz fetes “cinematic poem” ‘Haruhara San’s Recorder’
The winner of the grand prix is directed by Japan’s Kyoshi Sugita.
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NewsTotem racks up deals on Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘Compartment No.6’ (exclusive)
Juho Kuosmanen’s latest shared Cannes’ Grand Prix with Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’, and also scooped the Ecumenical Prize.