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Fabien Lemercier


9740 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

Mikhaël Hers is shooting The Passagers of the Night

Mikhaël Hers is shooting The Passagers of the Night

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Noée Abita, Quito Rayon-Richter and Emmanuelle Béart star in the cast of this Nord-Ouest Films production  

04/02/2021 | Production | Funding | France

Review: The Witches of the Orient

Review: The Witches of the Orient

Making very creative use of archive material, Julien Faraut looks back on the emblematic journey of an exceptional women’s volleyball team in Japan  

03/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Big Screen Competition

Gérardmer crowns Possessor its champion

Gérardmer crowns Possessor its champion

The jury ruled in favour of the film by Brandon Cronenberg, as well as awarding trophies to Sleep and Teddy, while the audience and critics honoured The Swarm by Just Philippot  

02/02/2021 | Festivals | Awards | France

Review: Pleasure

Review: Pleasure

Sweden’s Ninja Thyberg signs her name to a sucker punch of a debut feature which is carried by Sofia Kappel’s portrayal of a young woman’s rise within the Los Angeles porn industry  

02/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Ibrahim triumphs at Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival

Ibrahim triumphs at Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival

Samir Guesmi’s movie walks away with the French festival’s Grand Prize, while other prize winners include Paloma Sermon-Daï’s Petit samedi and Iryna Tsilyk’s The Earth is Blue as an Orange  

01/02/2021 | Festivals | Awards | France

Review: Luzzu

Review: Luzzu

Maltese director Alex Camilleri reveals his talent with a subtle and unfamiliar debut feature film which tells an empathic, realist and informative tale of a young fisherman pushed to his limits  

01/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: The Swarm

Review: The Swarm

Awarded Critics’ Week’s 2020 label, Just Philippot’s first feature film is causing a sensation everywhere it goes ahead of its cinema release in France, Spain and China, and elsewhere via Netflix  

29/01/2021 | Films | Reviews | France

Review: Levitation of Princess Karnak

Review: Levitation of Princess Karnak

Two friends flee the evacuated city of Paris and travel across France as it wrestles with a mysterious crisis in this astute and original first film offered up by Adrien Genoudet  

29/01/2021 | Films | Reviews | France

Filming to wrap imminently on Claire Denis’ Both Sides of the Blade

Filming to wrap imminently on Claire Denis’ Both Sides of the Blade

Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon and Grégoire Colin lead the cast of the filmmaker’s 13th feature, a Curiosa Films production sold by Wild Bunch International and Anton  

28/01/2021 | Production | Funding | France

The Cannes Film Festival moves to July

The Cannes Film Festival moves to July

Initially scheduled to unfold from 11-22 May, the 74th International Cannes Film Festival will now take place from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 17 July  

27/01/2021 | Cannes 2021

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