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Fabien Lemercier


9722 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 16/07/2025.

New agreement between Canal + and film associations

A pillar of French film financing, the Canal Plus group has renewed for five years its agreement with France’s professional film associations. It has pledged to invest 12.5% of its annual turnover...  

21/12/2009 | Industry | France

New world of Paris and Sciences-Po for Léa

The final run-up is underway before shooting starts in mid-January in Le Havre on Léa. This is the debut feature by Bruno Rolland, a director acclaimed for his multiple award-winning shorts...  

21/12/2009 | Production | France

Welcome and A Prophet lead Lumière nominations

Awarded, rather like the Golden Globes, to the best artists of French and Francophone cinema by foreign journalists based in Paris, the 15th Lumière Awards will be presented on January 15....  

18/12/2009 | Awards | France

Women directors win over CNC committee

The last 2009 session of the second advances on receipts committee of the National Film and Moving Image Centre (CNC) confirms a trend noticed in October (see news): many women directors are...  

18/12/2009 | Funding | France

Poligamy gets off to flying start

Denes Orosz’s debut feature Poligamy (see news) has got off to an excellent start in Hungarian theatres. Distributed by Skyfilm, the romantic comedy starring Sándor Csányi and Kátya Tompos took...  

17/12/2009 | Box Office | Hungary

Touscoprod celebrates first anniversary

Launched a year ago by Nicolas Bailly, the website Touscoprod will see the theatrical release on December 30 of one of the features it has backed: Laurent Perreau’s Le Bel Âge (“The Beautiful...  

17/12/2009 | Funding | France

Cotillard and Canet take off in The Last Flight

We have an interesting textbook case today with Gaumont’s launch on over 350 screens of its production The Last Flight by Karim Dridi. After a cool critical reception, the film can nonetheless...  

16/12/2009 | Releases | France

Unmade Beds triumphs at Les Arcs

Presided by István Szabó, the jury at the 1st Les Arcs European Film Festival awarded the Crystal Arrow for Best Film to Alexis dos Santos’ UK production Unmade Beds (see video interview),...  

15/12/2009 | Festivals | France

Scandinavian films showcased in Paris at Ciné Nordica

The 2nd Ciné Nordica Festival (December 16-20) kicks off tomorrow at the Cinéma du Panthéon in Paris. This event is an excellent opportunity for discovering new talents and established directors...  

15/12/2009 | Festivals | France

Upturn continues in theatres

There have been eight consecutive months of rising audience figures in French theatres, which attracted 178.7m viewers during the first 11 months of 2009, i.e. 4% more than the same period in...  

14/12/2009 | Box Office | France

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