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

Akin and Tukur to star in Costa-Gavras’ Eden is West

Costa-Gavras’ Eden is West (see news) has a very European cast with young Italian star Riccardo Scamarcio (My Brother Is an Only Child) playing the lead role alongside German director Fatih Akin,...  

31/03/2008 | Production | France

Guédiguian’s L'Armée du crime looks at Resistance

Robert Guédiguian’s latest film, the thriller Lady Jane – which was unveiled in competition at Berlin – will be released in French theatres on April 9. Meanwhile, the director is already working...  

31/03/2008 | Production | France

Assessment 2007 (3): Funding mandates on the rise

Dependent upon a system of diversified funding, French film production is, however, undergoing certain changes worth watching in terms of investment sources, as revealed in the 2007 assessment by...  

27/03/2008 | Production | France

Assessment 2007 (2): 95 international co-productions

The fine form of French cinema (see assessment news, Part 1) revealed to the press by the National Centre for Cinematography (CNC) on the occasion of the 2007 production assessment has also had a...  

27/03/2008 | Production | France

Assessment 2007 (1): A very good year

With 228 features accredited in 2007, including 185 French Initiative Films (FIF), it was an excellent year for French film production, marked by a record level of investment and a reduction in...  

27/03/2008 | Production | France

Schroeter shoots Une nuit de chien in Portugal

After a six-year absence from screens, veteran German director Werner Schroeter is currently shooting Une nuit de chien in Portugal. The film is adapted from the eponymous novel by Uruguayan...  

26/03/2008 | Production | France

Poelvoorde to star in Leconte’s La guerre des miss

Shooting will get underway in the Jura on Wednesday on Patrice Leconte’s 24th feature, La guerre des miss (“The War of the Misses”). Starring Benoît Poelvoorde and Olivia Bonamy (MR 73), the cast...  

21/03/2008 | Production | France

Arte France Cinéma backs Hansen-Love and Recha

The film division of Franco-German broadcaster Arte has decided to grant pre-sale and co-production support to new projects by young French director Mia Hansen-Love and Catalan filmmaker Marc...  

18/03/2008 | Production | France

Love, immigration and swimming in Welcome

Shooting wraps up in the next few days in the Northern town of Calais on Welcome, the sixth feature by Philippe Lioret. The director’s last film Don’t Worry, I’m Fine garnered almost 900,000...  

13/03/2008 | Production | France

Bonnaire and Kline set to star in Joueuse

Final preparations are underway before shooting begins in Corsica on March 25 on the French/German co-production Joueuse (“Player”). This debut feature by Caroline Bottaro has an impressive cast...  

11/03/2008 | Production | France

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