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fabien lemercier


9766 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 22/09/2025.

2008 results (1): An unusual record year

With 240 features accredited in 2008 – including 196 French initiative films (FIF) – French film production has matched its 2005 record, according to the results presented to journalists yesterday...  

19/03/2009 | Production | France

Téchiné coming out with The Girl on the Train

Studio Canal is today launching on several hundred screens the comedy Coco, directed by and starring Gad Elmaleh, who hopes to repeat the 3.8m admissions garnered by Chouchou in 2003. Meanwhile,...  

18/03/2009 | Releases | France

Michel Blanc stars in Une petite zone de turbulences

After his 2007 debut feature thriller (Melody’s Smile), Alfred Lot continues to explore literary adaptations with Une Petite Zone de Turbulences, which he is currently shooting in the...  

17/03/2009 | Production | France

Cinéfondation selects Szumowska, Vieira da Silva, Segre and Mandico

Fifteen feature film projects have been selected for the fifth edition of the Cannes Festival Cinéfondation Workshop. Europe is represented by Poland’s Malgorzata Szumowska (who recently won Best...  

17/03/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Funding

Gilles Porte’s S gets advance on receipts

Five screenplays for debut and second features have been selected by the National Film Centre’s advances on receipts committee. These include S by Gilles Porte (Best Debut Film Cesar 2005 for When...  

16/03/2009 | Funding | France

Maura suffers family complications in Chicas

Writer Yasmina Reza’s debut directorial feature, Chicas (“Girls”) – adapted from her stage production A Spanish Play – features a European cast. The film – which starts shooting next Monday in...  

13/03/2009 | Production | France

Spielmann, Di Gregorio and Rosales in line-up

There is an impressive contingent of European films among the 13 new releases hitting French screens this Wednesday. MK2 is launching a ten-print run of Austrian director Götz Spielmann’s subtle...  

11/03/2009 | Releases | France

Lioret’s Welcome in the headlines

Enthusiastically received by critics and launched today by Mars Distribution on 209 screens, Philippe Lioret’s Welcome has also caused political controversy. Focusing on illegal immigrants trying...  

11/03/2009 | Releases | France

Interview: Bertrand Faivre • Producer

Discovering tomorrow’s Almodóvar, Loach and Desplechin

10/03/2009

CNC backs Bouchareb, Rappeneau and Kechiche

An impressive selection of titles were chosen at the first 2009 session of the National Film Centre’s advances on receipts committee. Selected screenplays include those for forthcoming features by...  

10/03/2009 | Funding | France

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