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Fabien Lemercier


9719 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 14/07/2025.

Smet and Renier star in Pauline et François

Final preparations are underway before shooting kicks off on September 21 on Renaud Fély’s debut feature, Pauline et François. Director of the short Le Passage des Bêtes (2002), Fély was also head...  

14/09/2009 | Production | France

Les Arcs launch call for European co-production projects

The 1st Les Arcs European Film Festival (December 5-12 2009) will screen 50 features, most of which will be making their premiere in France including 12 competition titles (jury presided over by...  

11/09/2009 | Festivals | France

Sizzling summer for French box-office

With 36.15m entries in July and August, the French box-office recorded the best summer season in 30 years according to estimates from the Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC). This clearly...  

11/09/2009 | Box Office | France

Interview: Philippe Lioret • Director

“Kids living like domestic animals”

Interview with a director passionate about humanity and fictional romance, who tackles a burning social issue in his sixth feature  

10/09/2009

Welcome

Welcome is a moving encounter between a French swimming instructor and a young Kurd dreaming of England. A well-scripted and well-researched film on the realities of illegal immigration  

10/09/2009 | Films | Reviews

A French feast at Toronto

The 34th Toronto Film Festival (September 10-19) will showcase a wealth of French titles, including world premieres of new films by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, François Ozon and Bruno Dumont and almost 50...  

10/09/2009 | Festivals | France

European titles hog screens

As the Rentrée du Cinéma (September 13-16) event approaches, allowing moviegoers to see films for only €4 per screening at 5,400 French cinemas, ten new titles unfurl on screens this Wednesday....  

09/09/2009 | Releases | France

Duris in L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie

While making an onscreen appearance last weekend at the 66th Venice Film Festival in Patrice Chéreau’s Persécution (see article), Duris is currently in Paris shooting L'homme qui voulait vivre sa...  

08/09/2009 | Production | France

Robert Mitchum est mort: road-movie European style

Young French filmmakers seem set on turning to great US actors for inspiration these days, with Nassim Amaouche’s film on Gary Cooper last year Goodbye Gary, while a new title on Mitchum, Robert...  

07/09/2009 | Production | France

Tavernier and La Princesse de Montpensier

After success with In the Electric Mist (a Berlin competition entry and a current box office hit in France), Bertrand Tavernier is taking a break from thrillers and has started working on a...  

04/09/2009 | Production | France

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