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Fabien Lemercier


9718 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

Kells scoops Audience Award at Annecy

While the competition jury at the 33rd Annecy Animated Film Festival jointly awarded the 2009 Crystal for Best Feature to US production Coraline and Australian film Mary and Max, the audience...  

15/06/2009 | Festivals | France

Marchand opens door to “other world”

The first week of shooting has drawn to a close in Marseilles on French/Belgian co-production L'Autre Monde (“The Other World”), the second feature by screenwriter-turned-director Gilles Marchand....  

12/06/2009 | Production | France

Dreams of a young gypsy in Groó’s Vespa

Shooting starts next Tuesday on Vespa, the second feature by Diana Groó, who first came to attention with Miracle in Cracow (2005) and is a graduate of the Simó class at Budapest Film School,...  

11/06/2009 | Production | Hungary

New setback for anti-piracy law

The difficulties continue for the Creation and Internet bill (see news), which aimed to introduce a system of email warnings and sanctions in the case of illegal downloading of works. Adopted by...  

11/06/2009 | Industry | France

Unanimous praise for Sattouf’s Les Beaux Gosses

Illustrator Riad Sattouf’s debut feature Les Beaux Gosses (“Good-looking Kids”) has been enthusiastically received by the press, which has called it "A revelation"; "Hilarious"; "Wonderfully...  

10/06/2009 | Releases | France

Advance on receipts for Zlotowski’s Belle Epine

Four screenplays for debut features were selected by the National Film Centre’s advances on receipts committee at its spring session. These include Rebecca Zlotowski’s Belle Epine (“Beautiful...  

09/06/2009 | Funding | France

Positive spring results

With 85.72m admissions for the first five months of 2009, audience figures in French theatres have dropped by 5.5% compared to the same period in 2008, according to estimations published by the...  

09/06/2009 | Box office | France

Annecy showcases animated films

The 33rd Annecy Animated Film Festival (June 8-13) kicks off today with a line-up of 192 films. Meanwhile, 1,900 professionals (including 180 buyers and 330 exhibitors) will gather at the Market...  

08/06/2009 | Festivals | France

Tautou and Baye start shooting Salvadori’s De vrais mensonges

Shooting gets underway today in Sète on Pierre Salvadori’s seventh feature, De vrais mensonges (“Complete Care”). After the success of Priceless (2.15m admissions in France), the director reunites...  

08/06/2009 | Production | France

Reno and Laurent star in The Round-Up

On July 16-17, 1942, over 13,000 Jews were arrested in Paris and its suburbs by French police who were zealous supporters of the German occupiers. Detained at Vel' d'Hiv (Vélodrome d'Hiver) and...  

05/06/2009 | Production | France

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