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10838 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 17/06/2025.

A Lumière museum in Lyon

The two brothers who invented cinema have been honoured with the highest tribute imaginable: a museum entirely dedicated to Louis and Auguste Lumière. The museum will open its doors to the public...  

19/06/2003 | Heritage | France

Larry Clark chooses Europe

A European safehouse for artists? While Hollywood is attracting the cream of European filmmaking talent, names like Jeunet, Besson and Kassovitz, the inverse is also taking place with Continental...  

19/06/2003 | Production | France

Post-Cannes performance

The six European titles that were presented at the last Cannes Film Festival and subsequently released onto a large number of French screens failed, on the whole, to enthuse local audiences....  

18/06/2003 | Box Office | France

A European controversy

The imminent enlargement of the European Union is worrying the French film industry whose representatives voiced their concerns and disappointment with the draft of the new European Constitution...  

17/06/2003 | Industry | France

SACD crown to Jeunet

The man who directed one of France’s most popular recent international hits, Amelie, has been reaping the fruits of his success. The latest award to be won by Jean-Pierre Jeunet is the Grand Prix...  

17/06/2003 | Awards | France

Sinapi wins in Cabourg

Vivre me tue by Jean-Pierre Sinapi won the Grand Prix 2003 at the Romantic Film Festival of Cabourg, which ended on Saturday 14 June. This year’s winners also included Isabelle Adjani, Bernard...  

16/06/2003 | Awards | France

May attendance up

The French have rediscovered cinema. 2003 got off to a poor start, but Gallic exhibitors are rejoicing after an excellent May when 14.9 million tickets were sold, a 14.4 per cent increase on May...  

16/06/2003 | Attendance | France

Canal+ in the red

The French pay TV channel, Canal+ appears to be sliding into recession, with 130,000 fewer subscribers since the start of 2003, according to a survey published in today’s edition of the daily...  

13/06/2003 | Audiovisual | France

Winning over the Far East

Two festivals of French cinema are being held at the end of June in two of the most important showcases in Japan and South Korea: Yokohama and Seoul. There’s a wide selection of commercial films...  

13/06/2003 | Festivals | France

Jean-Claude Biette dies

Just three weeks after the presentation of his film Saltimbank at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes, the director, Jean-Claude Biette, has died in Paris at the age of 60. He actually died...  

12/06/2003 | France

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