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Production / France


1517 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 31/07/2019.

240 features and €1.5bn in investment in 2008

A previous annual record has been matched for French film production, according to data released yesterday by the National Film Centre (CNC). A total of 240 features were accredited in 2008...  

22/01/2009 | Production | France

Gainsbourg myth explored by Sfar

The 13-week shoot starts in Paris today on illustrator Joann Sfar’s debut narrative feature: Serge Gainsbourg (Vie Héroïque) (“Serge Gainsbourg: Heroic Life”). The film – which retraces the life...  

19/01/2009 | Production | France

Lavaine at work on Incognito and Protéger et servir

Final preparations are underway before shooting starts in Brussels next week on Protéger et servir (“Protect and Serve”), the third feature by Eric Lavaine (Poltergay). The director has also just...  

12/01/2009 | Production | France

Dangerous desert secrets in Djinns

Shooting got underway on Monday in Morocco on Hugues Martin’s debut feature Djinns. Having started his career in special effects, the director has set to work on a film dealing with history (the...  

09/01/2009 | Production | France

Shooting wraps up on My Own Love Song

Last weekend, Olivier Dahan finished shooting in Louisiana on My Own Love Song, his new film after the international hit La Vie en Rose and his first English-language feature. This road movie –...  

16/12/2008 | Production | France

Managerial role-play in Rien de personnel

Having kicked off last week, shooting on up-and-coming director Mathias Gokalp’s debut feature, Rien de personnel (“Nothing Personal”), is in full swing at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Chartres....  

12/12/2008 | Production | France

Axelle Ropert gets behind camera for La famille Wolberg

Axelle Ropert – regular screenwriter for Serge Bozon, for whom she wrote L’amitié (“Friendship”, 1998), Mods (presented at Locarno in 2003) and France (unveiled in the 2007 Cannes Director’s...  

08/12/2008 | Production | France

Masquerades Algeria’s Oscar hopeful

Lyes Salem’s Masquerades – an 80% French production to be launched in theatres next Wednesday by Haut et Court – has been attracting a great deal of attention. After winning two awards at the...  

04/12/2008 | Production | France

Salinger’s La Grande Vie starts shooting

Shooting kicks off today in Saint-Etienne on the debut directorial feature by actor-screenwriter Emmanuel Salinger: La Grande Vie (“The High Life”). The cast includes seasoned actor Michel...  

01/12/2008 | Production | France

Cazalé plays safe-breaker in Mensch

Steve Suissa (The Grand Role) is currently working on his fourth feature, Mensch, which will start shooting in early 2009. This noir thriller stars up-and-coming actor Nicolas Cazalé (Shooting...  

17/11/2008 | Production | France

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