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Fabien Lemercier


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

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

A Prophet wins Delluc

Often dubbed “the Goncourt of cinema”, the Louis-Delluc Prize for 2009 was awarded to Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet by a jury of 13 critics, presided by Gilles Jacob. The title for Best Debut...  

14/12/2009 | Awards | France

Beauvois focuses on monks of Tibhirine in Des Hommes et des Dieux

Shooting began at the start of the month in the Meknes region of Morocco on Xavier Beauvois’ fifth feature, Des Hommes et des Dieux (“Men and Gods”). After focusing on policemen in The Young...  

11/12/2009 | Production | France

Petrányi crowned Best Producer 2009

Viktória Petrányi, head of production company Proton Cinema and loyal partner of director Kornél Mundruczó (Delta, in competition at Cannes in 2008, and forthcoming work The Frankenstein Plan -...  

10/12/2009 | Awards | Hungary

Outreau-themed Guilty gets advance on receipts

Six screenplays were selected at the last 2009 session of the second advances on receipts committee of the National Film and Moving Image Centre (CNC). Among them is Vincent Garenq’s Guilty, his...  

10/12/2009 | Funding | France

Fehner makes dazzling debut with Silent Voices

A flurry of French films is hitting screens today, with eight domestic productions and co-productions among the 12 new releases on this week’s line-up. Auteur film takes pride of place with...  

09/12/2009 | Releases | France

10% drop in film production in 2009

According to estimations by the FICAM (Federation of Film, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industries), the number of majority French film productions fell by 10.2% in 2009, with 158 features compared...  

09/12/2009 | Industry | France

La Vie au Ranch wins over Belfort

Specialising since 1986 in debut works, the Belfort EntreVues Film Festival describes itself as the "meeting place for bold films of yesterday, today and tomorrow". This year, the event awarded...  

08/12/2009 | Festivals | France

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