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Fabien Lemercier


9765 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 19/09/2025.

Welcome crowned Best Film at Lumières

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 crowned Philippe Lioret’s Welcome Best...  

18/01/2010 | Awards | France

Mammuth rumoured to be selected

According to our sources, Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern’s fourth feature, Mammuth (see news), is set to take part in the 60th Berlin Film Festival (February 11-21, 2010) with a strong chance...  

18/01/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Selection/France

French films see decline in Europe

Although western European countries remain an essential territory for French films, with 17.5m admissions in 2009 (i.e. 26.5% of the world total), results saw a marked drop of 46% compared to...  

15/01/2010 | Distribution | France

Foreign gross for French films falls 22% from 2008 to 2009

There was a sharp downturn for French film abroad in 2009, with 66m admissions according to estimates by Unifrance, representing a 22% decline compared to the record year 2008 (84.2m viewers)....  

15/01/2010 | Market | France

Flurry of premieres at Rendez-vous with French Cinema

A total of 400 international distributors and 120 journalists from 26 countries are taking part in Unifrance’s 12th Rendez-vous with French Cinema, which kicks off today in Paris. Over four days,...  

14/01/2010 | Market | France

230 features accredited in 2009

After the 2008 record in the number of accredited films and the level of investment, in 2009 French production saw a slight drop in the total number of features and a much sharper drop in...  

14/01/2010 | Production | France

Bonnell explores film noir and search for identity in The Queen of Clubs

Trying his hand at a thriller in order to give new direction to the intimate cinema of which he is so fond, Jérôme Bonnell releases The Queen of Clubs in French theatres today (Le Pacte on 58...  

13/01/2010 | Releases | France

Close look at Franco-Spanish relations

Cineuropa posed three questions to Delphine Martin, head of research and distributor relations for Spain at Unifrance, at the 3rd Franco-Spanish Film Meetings organised in Paris from January 12-13...  

13/01/2010 | Industry | France/Spain

3rd Franco-Spanish Film Meetings kick off

After a first edition in Paris in 2006 and a second in Madrid in 2008, the Franco-Spanish Film Meetings return to the French capital today for the 3rd edition, organised by Unifrance. A total of...  

12/01/2010 | Industry | France/Spain

Master filmmaker Eric Rohmer dies

Reactions have been pouring in after the announcement that director Eric Rohmer died in Paris on Monday, aged 89. French president Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute “to the talent and truthfulness of a...  

12/01/2010 | People | France

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