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Fabien Lemercier


9711 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 07/07/2025.

The Class gets off to excellent start

Launched by its producer Haut et court on 368 screens, Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or winner, The Class (see Focus), has claimed top spot at the box office after its first week on release. The title...  

03/10/2008 | Box Office | France

Audience figures, piracy and digital screenings

Around 30 distributors will close the four-day 63rd Congress of the National Federation of French Movie Theatres (FNCF) in Bordeaux today with presentations of new clips from their line-ups. At...  

02/10/2008 | Exhibitors | France

Dinard showcases UK film

The 19th Dinard British Film Festival (October 2-5) kicks off today. This year’s edition will pay homage to Hugh Hudson. Six features will vie for the Golden Hitchcock, including John Crowley’s...  

02/10/2008 | Festivals | France

Séraphine, Vinyan and Go Fast form Franco-Belgian alliance

Among the ten new releases hitting French screens today are five diverse domestic productions, four US titles and an Argentine feature. The most striking aspect is that two projects spearheaded by...  

01/10/2008 | Releases | France

CNC grants €540.6m in funding for 2009

Unveiled on Friday by Culture minister Christine Albanel, the 2009 funding budget allocated to the film and audiovisual industries amounts to €540.6m (+2.3% compared to 2008). These credits are...  

30/09/2008 | Funding | France

Louise Michel scoops Best Screenplay at San Sebastian

Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine have picked up Best Screenplay at the 56th San Sebastian Film Festival for Louise Michel (see news). The third feature by Kervern and Delépine after Aaltra and...  

29/09/2008 | Festivals | France

Dupeyron and Duran Cohen in competition at Rome

Two days ahead of the press conference that will unveil the line-up for the third edition of the RomeFilmFest (October 22-31), there is speculation in Paris about which French features will screen...  

29/09/2008 | Festivals | France

Père to head 2009 Directors’ Fortnight before leaving for Locarno

Appointed in July 2003 as delegate general of the Directors’ Fortnight, the prestigious sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival, Olivier Père has had his position extended for the 2009 edition. He...  

26/09/2008 | Festivals | France

Déak set to start shooting La Grande Vie

Parents who don’t take responsibility for their own children is the subject explored by young filmmaker Marina Déak in her debut feature La Grande Vie, which starts shooting in Paris on Monday....  

25/09/2008 | Production | France

Lifshitz shoots road movie Plein Sud

After 23 days in Bordeaux and Haut Médoc, the shoot for Sébastien Lifshitz’s third narrative feature, Plein Sud (“My Weak Heart”), will relocate to the Zaragoza area in Spain for two days and then...  

25/09/2008 | Production | France

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