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Fabien Lemercier


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

Jeunet and Boon set out to conquer audiences with Micmacs

The third most popular film among audiences at the Toronto Festival, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs is being launched in France today by Warner on 605 screens. This is the sixth feature by the...  

28/10/2009 | Releases | France

Deneuve and Depardieu star in Ozon’s Potiche

Turning out films at a regular rate, François Ozon started shooting yesterday in Belgium on his 12th feature, Potiche (“Figurehead”). The director reunites with Catherine Deneuve (Hidden Diary),...  

27/10/2009 | Production | France

Nannerl Mozart, a child prodigy overshadowed by genius

One year after the release of his highly acclaimed Like A Star Shining in the Night, Réné Féret starts shooting today in Paris on his 15th feature: Nannerl Mozart. Centred on the elder sister of...  

26/10/2009 | Production | France

Montpellier at heart of Mediterranean film

This evening, Alejandro Amenábar’s Spanish blockbuster Agora will open the 31st Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (October 23-November 1), which will offer a broad panorama of current...  

23/10/2009 | Festivals | France

Haroun readies to shoot Screaming Man

On November 30, the six-week shoot will start in Chad on Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s French/Belgian co-production A Screaming Man Is Not A Dancing Bear. This is the director’s third feature after Our...  

23/10/2009 | Production | France

Teens ensnare young doctor in The Edge

Shooting starts next Monday in the Paris area on Géraldine Bajard’s debut feature, The Edge, co-produced by France and Germany. The cast is headed by Melvil Poupaud (A Christmas Tale) and...  

22/10/2009 | Production | France

Palme d’Or-winning White Ribbon launched on 134 screens

Lauded by critics for its masterfulness, rigour, subtlety and aesthetic quality, Michael Haneke’s 2009 Cannes Palme d’Or-winner, The White Ribbon, is being released in France today by Les Films du...  

21/10/2009 | Releases | France

European cinema set to take Les Arcs by storm

The impressive line-up for the 1st Les Arcs European Film Festival (December 5-12, 2009) was unveiled yesterday in Paris. The selection was put together by Frédéric Boyer, head of the Cannes...  

20/10/2009 | Festivals | France

Advance on receipts for four women directors

Women were the major beneficiaries at the autumn session of the second advances on receipts committee of the National Film and Moving Image Centre (CNC), which selected four screenplays for debut...  

20/10/2009 | Funding | France

Smet, Grondin and Berling caught up in a lie in Insoupçonnable

Shooting starts today on French/Swiss co-production Insoupçonnable (“Beyond Suspicion”), the second feature by Gabriel Le Bonin, who first came to attention with Fragments of Antonin (nominated...  

19/10/2009 | Production | France

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