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Fabien Lemercier


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

Rumours circulate as press conference approaches

Rumours are circulating in Paris, ten days ahead of the April 23 press conference at which the official selection for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24, 2009) will be unveiled. According to...  

14/04/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Selection

An old flame returns in Nicole Garcia's latest film

Shooting gets underway next Tuesday on the Côte d’Azur on Nicole Garcia’s sixth feature, whose working title is Un Balcon sur la Mer (“A Balcony Overlooking the Sea”). In competition at Venice and...  

10/04/2009 | Production | France

Anti-piracy law rebuffed

There was a dramatic turn of events yesterday in Parliament when the Creation and Internet bill (see news) – which was set to introduce a system of warnings and sanctions in the case of illegal...  

10/04/2009 | Legislation | France

Sticks’ boomerang effect triggers fall in 2009 admissions

With 51.98m admissions in the first quarter of 2009, audience figures in French theatres have seen a sharp 15.2% decline compared to the same period in 2008, according to estimated figures...  

09/04/2009 | Box Office | France

Huppert seeks new life in Villa Amalia

"Who hasn’t dreamed of severing all ties, casting off the anchors and setting sail? Becoming someone else? Changing one’s life?" says Isabelle Huppert in describing her role as a woman who...  

08/04/2009 | Releases | France

Neanderthal Ao travels across Europe

After the 200-metre-deep Ukrainian caves at the end of January, the heights of La Banne d'Ordanche in Puy-de-Dôme in February and Vercors in March, the shoot for Jacques Malaterre’s Ao: The Last...  

07/04/2009 | Production | France

In the Electric Mist crowned at Beaune

French director Bertrand Tavernier scooped top honours at the 1st Beaune International Thriller Film Festival (see news), which closed on Sunday. The competition jury – presided by Claude Chabrol...  

06/04/2009 | Festivals | France

Cassel stretches boundaries of reason in Our Day Will Come

Following in the footsteps of his famous father Costa and sister Julie, Romain Gavras launches his directorial career with his debut feature Our Day Will Come, which starts shooting today in the...  

06/04/2009 | Production | France

The war of the 3D glasses

The financial potential of 3D films is one of the major arguments for speeding up movie theatres’ transition to digital projection. However, tensions are growing between distributors and...  

03/04/2009 | Exhibitors | France

Piracy and distribution windows: The new system

Following the Senate last October, on Thursday evening the National Assembly adopted the Creation and Internet bill (see news). In the case of illegal downloading of films, the future High...  

03/04/2009 | Industry | France

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