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Fabien Lemercier


9689 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 13/06/2025.

VU is reluctant owner of UGC circuit

It would appear that despite its intentions to the contrary, Vivendi Universal now owns 55.3 per cent of French film distribution group, UGC a market leader in Europe. BNP Paribas is said to be...  

01/10/2002 | Exhibitors | France

3. An uncertain future

Appointed to the leadership of a group now in total disarray on 3 July, Jean-René Fourtou, the former Managing Director of Aventis, inherits an extremely delicate situation. The banks concede an...  

30/09/2002

2. Free Falling

Vivendi Universal’s strength lies in the multitude of its companies it owns; it employs 381,000 people in over 100 countries, 80,000 of whom work in the multimedia and communications sectors....  

30/09/2002

1. A Frenchman conquers of Hollywood

The instalments that make up the Vivendi Universal saga are closely linked to the story of its founder Jean-Marie Messier. In 1996, at the age of 40, this upper-level civil servant is put in...  

30/09/2002

Vivendi Universal, grandeur and decadence

September 2000, Wall Street gives a warm New York welcome to a new world media and communications colossus, France’s Vivendi Universal, come to challenge the Americans on their home ground. June...  

30/09/2002

Caroline Link wins "Golden Wave"

German filmmaker, Caroline Link won two of the most important awards at the 4th Bordeaux International Festival of Women’s Cinema, best film and screenplay for Nirgendwo in Afrka (Nowhere in...  

30/09/2002 | Awards | France

German Film showcased in Paris

The programme includes Caroline Link’s Nirgendwo in Afrika, winner of five German Film Awards, The Longing by Iain Dilthey, winner of the 55th Locarno Film Festival and Grill Point by Andreas...  

30/09/2002 | Reviews | France

The Beaune Meetings Programme

The 12th edition of the Beaune Film Meetings, organised by the French film directors’ and producers’ guild – ARP - will take place from 24 to 27 October 2002 under the presidency of French...  

30/09/2002 | Production | France

Bac distribution splits up

The Bac Majestic story continues. StudioCanal has decided to divorce from Bac Distribution with whom, for the last two years, they managed the GIE company. The assets will be equally divided...  

27/09/2002 | Distribution | France

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