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Fabien Lemercier


9733 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 01/08/2025.

StudioCanal regroups

Following the example of their parent company Canal+, StudioCanal has decided to reduce the financial risks and externalise its film production activities. The new strategy was announced in Cannes...  

28/05/2003 | Indstry | France

Mixed results

French films performed reasonably well at this year’s Cannes Market with a few very strong titles like Rivers of Purple 2 and Blueberry attracting numerous foreign buyers, while smaller films...  

28/05/2003 | Cannes 2003 | France

Europe treading on eggshells...

Europe lost out in terms of the Competition that favoured American independent cinema, but the future of our film industry is rosy  

26/05/2003 | Cannes 2003 | Round up

Victory for Makhmalbaf

The 29th Ecumenical Jury Award has been won by 23-year-old Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf, for her third feature film entitled A cinq heures de l’après-midi. The six-man jury is the only one...  

25/05/2003 | Cannes 2003 | Ecumenical

Double victory for Europa Label

Norway and the United Kingdom will share the very first Europa Label award. Presented on 24 May and voted for by representatives of the Europa Cinemas network for films selected for Directors’...  

25/05/2003 | Cannes 2003 | Awards

Sokurov wins Fipresci

International film critics assigned three Fipresci awards in Cannes. The top prize went to Père et Fils by Russia’s Alexandre Sokurov for his “virtuous images and the originality with which he...  

25/05/2003 | Cannes 2003 | Sidebar

Elephant wins Palme d'Or

Double whammy for America's Gus Van Sant with best film and best direction while European cinema makes do with the Caméra d'Or for Reconstruction. The winners  

25/05/2003 | Cannes 2003 | Palmares

Death of Jean Yanne

A heart attack has robbed French cinema of one its most popular and talented veterans, Jean Yanne, who died on Friday 23 May aged 69. His passing coincides with the Cannes Film Festival, an event...  

24/05/2003 | Actors | France

Europe takes all

Four of the twenty short films selected for this year's Cinéfondation competition were European productions and three won. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica’s jury awarded Bezi Seko Bezi (Run...  

24/05/2003 | Cannes 2003

Palme d'Or - Forecasts

Five pre-eminent European film critics choose between Clint Eastwood, Denys Arcand, Lars von Trier and Gus Van Sant. The only sure-fire name is "Nicole"  

24/05/2003

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