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How the #MeToo movement helped inspire Noémie Merlant to make ‘The Balconettes’ 2c5g2o
Noémie Merlant tells Screen about the journey to Cannes for her second feature, female-led horror comedy The Balconettes.
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Imagineers Studio launches French superhero film ‘Fantax’ (exclusive) 435v51
Fantax is set to start shooting in Paris and the UK in the summer of 2025.
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Inside ’s masterplan to lure more international blockbusters i2d3r
is positioning itself as a one-stop shop for international production.
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’s dynamic Agat Films-Ex Nihilo unveils eclectic shared slate (exclusive) k6f36
“We are a house of auteur cinema.”
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Neon takes US rights to ‘The Unknown’ starring Léa Seydoux 5p1wl
It is the third feature for Harari who is fresh off an Oscar win for co-writing Anatomy Of A Fall
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’s rising generation of female directors look for festival buzz despite lack of official selection parity 2s6r3t
Emerging filmmakers are looking to hold their own in the male auteur-dominated line-up.
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Tarzan and Arab Nasser to make ’Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ in Jordan (exclusive) 8405c
Bac Films is handling international sales and French distribution.
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MPM sends ‘Fine Young Men’, ‘Vanishing Goats’ to Cannes (exclusive) 3b3r5i
Alejandro Pease’s queer coming-of-age drama is set in a Catholic school.
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First Look at German family adventure ’Akiko The Flying Monkey’ (exclusive) 31q18
The live-action title is produced by writer-director Helmer’s production house Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion.
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How Cannes Competition title ‘Wild Diamond’ explores “extreme femininity” 30142o
First-time French filmmaker Agathe Riedinger talks to Screen.
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Mubi, Le Pacte take in László Nemes’ ‘Orphan’ (exclusive) 313x5o
Nemes will shoot the film in Budapest this summer.
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Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst and Daniel Brühl to star in Ruben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’ 6ed8
Ostlund is the double Palme d’Or winning director of ‘The Square’ and “The Triangle Of Sadness’.
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The bittersweet story behind Directors’ Fortnight opener ‘This Life Of Mine’ 3a31y
Director Sophie Fillieres died last July, aged 58, just after wrapping the shoot of her seventh feature.
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‘Moi Aussi’ director Judith Godrèche plots feature (exclusive) 3h5v6i
Godrèche now developing a feature with the theme of female empowerment.
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Female directors’ animated anthology ‘Animal Tales Of Christmas Magic’ draws in key buyers (exclusive) 1b4010
The Bureau Sales is handling the 2D animation inspired by techniques such as papercut, linocut and watercolour art.
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Cannes pays tribute to Meryl Streep and Greta Gerwig at opening ceremony 3k72
French actress Camille Cottin emceed the evening with a blend of humour and sarcasm.
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French producer Alain Sarde accused of sexual assault by nine women 48u9
Veteran producer of films such as The Pianist and Mulholland Drive has denied the accusations.
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Sales bloom for Blandine Lenoir’s French family drama ‘Juliette in Spring’ (exclusive) 4w3q4e
Key deals have been done in Australia and New Zealand, and Spain among others.
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First look at Leila Bekhti in Gaumont’s ‘Once Upon My Mother’ (exclusive) 1t1r5v
Project directed by Ken Scott.
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Lars Mikkelsen, François Cluzet lean in to ‘The Great Arch’ for Le Pacte (exclusive) 44g52
The film is a 1980s-set saga about a Danish architect tasked with building ’s La Defense structure.
