All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 10
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MPM Premium launches Gérard Depardieu chef comedy ‘Umami’ at Paris RDV (exclusive)
France and Japan-shot production reunites Depardieu with Sandrine Bonnaire and Pierre Richard.
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Admissions rise year on year at French box office in 2021 but indies struggle
Cinemagoing rose 47% on 2020 but were still 55% down on pre-pandemic levels.
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Mia Hansen-Løve’s ‘One Fine Morning’ sells to key international buyers (exclusive)
Léa Seydoux stars as single mother who embarks on an affair.
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‘Madly In Life’, ‘Playground’ lead Belgium’s Magritte nominations
Awards cover 2020 and 2021 films following last year’s Covid-19 cancellation.
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mk2 films launches new titles by Clément Cogitore, Rachid Hami at Paris RDV (exclusive)
Paris-based sales company is enjoying a high-profile awards season run with The Good Boss.
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Western Europe and Asia were the biggest global markets for French cinema in 2021
Overall admissions increased but French-language films and majority French productions came under pressure.
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Nine talking points for the global film industry in 2022
The struggles of indie films, shrinking theatrical windows and two full years of Covid uncertainty.
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BFF bolsters French slate with ‘Anti-Squat’ acquisition ahead of Paris RDV (exclusive)
The company expands its French-language slate as it heads into its third year of activity.
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Can French cinema repeat its stellar 2021 festival run?
The annual Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, which runs January 11-17, will provide some clues.
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France’s Bac Films, Wild Bunch International form new sales alliance (exclusive)
Bac Films and WBI are also mulling further production and financing partnerships in the longer term.
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Memento to kick off sales on Mayotte-shot ‘Tropic Of Violence’ at Paris RDV
Paris-based company will begin sales on a trio of French-language titles at Unifrance’s annual event.
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Wild Bunch International unveils 2022 French slate (exclusive)
Company enjoyed A-list festival success in 2021 with Cannes and Venice winners Titane and Happening.
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Unifrance confirms Paris Rendez-Vous will go ahead as physical event
Event will screen 88 French-language films, including 55 market premieres, in cinemas off the Champ-Élysées.
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Team Screen’s best films of 2021
Which titles were favourites among Screen’s editorial team & key contributors?
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Saudi’s Muvi Cinemas, Telfaz11 launch joint pop-up Wadi Cinema event
The pop-up initiative showcases independent cinema within the framework of the Diriyah Biennale.
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Netflix boards ‘Perfect Strangers’ as its first Arabic-language feature original
Pan-Arab cast features Lebanon’s Nadine Labaki, George Khabbaz, Egyptian star Mona Zaki and Jordan’s Eyad Nassar.
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Patrice Leconte to direct Louis Braille biopic for Banijay France’s Terence Films
The high-end drama will be freely adapted from Hélène Jousse’s The Hands Of Louis Braille.
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Red Sea’s Shivani Pandya on the “great vibe” of the first edition despite logistical hiccups and a no-show artistic director
Former managing director of Dubai International Film Festival has been a driving force behind the new festival.
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Saudi distributor CineWaves, Egypt’s Film Clinic sign output deal
Cinewaves CEO Faisal Baltyour, Film Clinic head Mohamed Hefzy Riyadh-based distributor CineWaves, one of the first Saudi companies to move into arthouse films, has signed an artistic cooperation pact with Egypt’s Film Clinic Indie Distribution. Under the deal, CineWaves will handle the Saudi release of Film Clinic ...
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Film Clinic acquires non-theatrical MENA rights for Emirati hit ‘The Ambush’
United Arab Emirates’s first-ever local action picture has sold 300,000 tickets at home.