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Fabien Lemercier


9762 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 17/09/2025.

Delta drives business for The Coproduction Office

Lauded in official competition last week at the Cannes Film Festival and crowned with the Fipresci Award, Delta, by young Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó (see news) was sold by The...  

27/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/Hungary

Cantet’s The Class crowned Palme d’Or

Making his official competition debut at the Cannes Film Festival, French director Laurent Cantet (see interview) struck gold by winning the Palme d’Or for The Class (see news). The last French...  

25/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Awards/France

Winners’ reactions

The winners speak at this evening’s press conference at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. Laurent Cantet (Palme d'Or): "I’m not surprised that an international jury liked the film because the subject...  

25/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Awards

Cantet wins Palme d’Or and Sorrentino, Garrone and Dardenne brothers scoop awards

Laurent Cantet scored a surprise triumph this evening at the 61st Cannes Film Festival with his film The Class (see news), putting an end to a 21-year dearth of Palme d’Ors for France. Italy...  

25/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Awards

Tulpan scoops top honours

Kazakh filmmaker Sergey Dvortsevoy yesterday evening picked up the Un Certain Regard Award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. Presided by German director Fatih Akin, the jury unanimously decided to...  

24/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Un Certain Regard

Round-up of sales at Films Distribution

Despite the generally sluggish and complicated atmosphere reported by the majority of sellers who attended this year’s Cannes Festival Film Market, business was booming for French international...  

24/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/France

Interview: Laurent Cantet • Director

"Success wasn’t guaranteed but the gamble paid off"

24/05/2008

Cantet reveals hidden world of teaching

An experimental director who subtly explores social realities, Laurent Cantet received an enthusiastic reception this morning at the screening of his fourth feature, Entre les murs (“Between the...  

24/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/France

Bouli Lanners’ Eldorado wins Europa Cinemas Label Award

Awarded to the best European film screened in the Directors’ Fortnight, the Europa Cinemas Label went to Eldorado by Belgium’s Bouli Lanners (see news). Boosting the winning film’s distribution,...  

24/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Awards

Snow scoops Grand Prize 2008

The prize list for the 47th Critics’ Week is dominated by European films, including top winner Snow, the debut feature by Bosnian director Aida Begic (see news). Produced by Mamafilm in...  

23/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Critics’ Week

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