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9830 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 20/11/2025.

First clapperboard set to slam on 7 July for Matthieu Rozé’s Azuro

First clapperboard set to slam on 7 July for Matthieu Rozé’s Azuro

Élodie Bouchez, Yannick Choirat, Nuno Lopes, Thomas Scimeca, Maya Sansa and Laetitia Dosch will star in the filmmaker’s first feature, produced by Tabo Tabo Films  

27/05/2020 | Production | Funding | France

Post-production resumes on Honey Cigar

Post-production resumes on Honey Cigar

Starring Zoé Adjani-Vallat, Amira Casar and Lyes Salem, the first feature by Kamir Ainouz is steered by Eliph Productions and Willow Films, with Best Friend Forever helming international sales  

26/05/2020 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium/Algeria

Paul Manate  • Director of Paradise

Interview: Paul Manate • Director of Paradise

"In Tahiti, there is a respect for ancestral beliefs: ghosts, the powers of the Tahu’a, taboos"

France's Paul Manate talks about his first feature Paradise, shot in Tahiti and mixing ancestral magic together with contemporary realism, against a background of political and economic corruption  

25/05/2020 | /France/French Polynesia

Review: Paradise

Review: Paradise

The first feature film by Polynesia’s Paul Manate sees the depths of wild nature and ancestral ties clash with the corruption of minds and economics  

21/05/2020 | Films | Reviews | France/French Polynesia

The Champs-Élysées Film Festival unveils its programme

The Champs-Élysées Film Festival unveils its programme

Unspooling online from 9–16 June, the 9th edition of the Parisian event will see ten films battling it out in competition and will feature Stephen Frears and Edgar Wright as its guests of honour  

20/05/2020 | Champs-Élysées 2020

Ropes gets results for Reel Suspects

Ropes gets results for Reel Suspects

Despite the health crisis, the French international sales agent has sealed deals for the thriller by Spain’s José Luis Montesinos and is readying itself for the online Marché du Film  

20/05/2020 | Cannes 2020 | Marché du Film

20 feature films in competition in Annecy

20 feature films in competition in Annecy

The new animation opuses by Joann Sfar, Rémi Chayé, Mariusz Willczynski and the duo composed of Ben Stassen and Jérémie Degruson will headline the online event unspooling 15–30 June  

19/05/2020 | Annecy 2020

Manuel Chiche  • Distributor, The Jokers

Interview: Manuel Chiche • Distributor, The Jokers

"We’re not trying to predict the future anymore"

French firm The Jokers head Manuel Chiche sheds light on the dilemmas currently faced by independent distributors who must either wait for cinemas to re-open or opt for VOD releases  

18/05/2020 | France

French distributors take the VoD path

French distributors take the VoD path

Uncertainty over the re-opening of cinemas in France is forcing distributors to make difficult and, at times, counterintuitive decisions in order to clear their backlog of films  

15/05/2020 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | France

Christian Volckman  • Director of The Room

Interview: Christian Volckman • Director of The Room

"I could introduce ideas such as mental labyrinths: the puzzle of the human mind"

French director Christian Volckman talks about his transition to fiction via The Room, genre cinema and trepidation towards the form in France  

14/05/2020 | /France/Luxembourg/Belgium

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