All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 51
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French cinema guilds protest cut to CNC film subsidies in 2020
CNC support for cinema cut by roughly $16m to balance the books.
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Why environmental film projects are now a tough sell
Les Arcs Film Festival launched its inaugural Green Lab this year looking at what the cinema world can do to help tackle climate change.
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Pyramide International boards Mohamed Diab’s ‘Amira’ (exclusive)
It is the third feature by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab after ’678’ and ’Clash’.
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Loco Films scoops sales on Les Arcs winner ‘The Hill Where Lionesses Roar’ (exclusive)
Drama is the debut feature of 18-year-old actress and director Luàna Bajrami.
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Best Friend Forever boards sales on Patric Chiha’s Berlinale title ‘If It Were Love’ (exclusive)
Documentary follows tour of Gisèle Vienne’s rave-inspired dance work Crowd.
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Animation contenders focus: ‘The Swallows Of Kabul’, ‘The Tower’, ‘Another Day Of Life’
A trio of works inspired by real-world events is shaking up the animated feature film category’s traditional focus on comedy and fantasy.
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Les Arcs Film Festival launches €10,000 Green award
Festival is using its carbon offset to launch new fund aimed at fiction features tackling ecological issue.
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First look: Charlotte Gainsbourg in Benoit Jacquot’s ‘Suzanna Andler’ (exclusive)
The production is an adaption of the 1968 play by Marguerite Duras.
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’Atlantics’ director Mati Diop talks taking the plunge with Netflix
Haunting ghost story exploring legacy of African exodus to Europe is Senegal’s Oscar submission.
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Why Arab and African indie filmmakers are embracing genre cinema
Mati Diop, Talal Selhami and Larissa Sansour discuss their different routes to genre at Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops.
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Anna Marsh promoted to CEO of Studiocanal as Didier Lupfer departs
Marsh joined company in 2008 and has steadily risen up ranks.
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’Love Actually’ caught up in political crosshairs of UK election
Spoof ad promoting Brexit policies puts Boris Johnson in role played by Andrew Lincoln.
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Sarah Gavron, Julie Gayet join Les Arcs’s female-representation initiative Femmes de Cinéma
European cinema-focused Alpine festival pushes on with efforts to improve female representation.
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Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops awards 2019 prizes to Ethiopian, Rwandan filmmakers
Emerging African filmmakers triumph at project development event.
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Najwa Najjar talks about her middle-class Palestinian divorce drama ‘Between Heaven And Earth’
The film received a 10-minute standing ovation at its world premiere.
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Ladj Ly and the ‘Les Misérables’ team on weaving hot weather and a World Cup win into France’s Oscar entry
The film won the joint jury prize in Cannes Competition in May.
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‘Les Misérables’ leads nominations in France’s Lumière awards
Cannes Jury Prize winner is also France’s submission to the Oscars this year.
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Mexico’s ‘I Am No Longer Here,’ Tunisia’s ‘A Son’ win at Cairo Film Festival
Other winners include ’Ghost Tropic’, ‘The Fourth Wall’ and ’A Certain Kind of Silence’.
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’Sons of Denmark’, ‘Stitches’ among 10 films due to compete in Artekino Festival
Films will be available to stream for free in 45 European countries.
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Netflix-backed Atlas Workshops to showcase rare films from Comoro Islands, Tanzania and Djibouti
Second edition of project platform will showcase 28 feature projects.