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

EXCLUSIVE: Jean-Christophe Meurisse is shooting Les Pistolets en plastique

EXCLUSIVE: Jean-Christophe Meurisse is shooting Les Pistolets en plastique

The director behind Apnée and Bloody Oranges is hard at work on his 3rd feature film, produced by Mamma Roman and Kick'n Rush, and sold by Charades  

21/06/2023 | Production | Funding | France

Hervé Rony  • Director general, Scam

Interview: Hervé Rony • Director general, Scam

"It is difficult to live off making single-topic documentaries: it is kind of an obstacle course"

The director general of the Scam discusses the current situation in the documentary world regarding the protection of authors  

20/06/2023 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2023

The Champs-Elysées Film Festival gears up to screen 70 movies

The Champs-Elysées Film Festival gears up to screen 70 movies

Independent French and US cinema is on display at the 12th edition of the event, which will unspool in Paris from 20-27 June  

20/06/2023 | Festivals | Awards | France

Aleksandra Derewienko  • Head of Sales and acquisitions, CAT&Docs

Interview: Aleksandra Derewienko • Head of Sales and acquisitions, CAT&Docs

"We look for documentaries which touch hearts as well as minds"

The French sales agent’s Polish head of sales and acquisitions gives her viewpoint on the state of the market for documentaries  

19/06/2023 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2023

Chicken for Linda! comes out on top at Annecy

Chicken for Linda! comes out on top at Annecy

Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s film has taken home the Cristal for a Feature Film, while Áron Gauder's Four Souls of Coyote and Pablo Berger's Robot Dreams also got some love  

19/06/2023 | Annecy 2023 | Awards

Mathieu Béjot  • Director of Strategy and Development, Sunny Side of the Doc

Interview: Mathieu Béjot • Director of Strategy and Development, Sunny Side of the Doc

"One major trend in the documentary format is changing people’s outlooks"

The event’s strategy and development director chatted to us about the 34th edition of the gathering, decrypting trends in the market and in documentary funding  

16/06/2023 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2023

Jérémie Périn  • Director of Mars Express

Interview: Jérémie Périn • Director of Mars Express

"I wanted people to be in that world, as if they’d been teleported there"

The French director spoke to us about his first feature film, set against a backdrop of Martian colonisation and is competing in Annecy after its initial unveiling in Cannes  

15/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Review: Mars Express

Review: Mars Express

Jérémie Périn successfully explores the frontier between science-fiction and crime in a thrilling first feature film set against a backdrop of artificial intelligence and Martian colonisation  

14/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Alex Pritz’s The Territory comes out on top at the Deauville Green Awards

Alex Pritz’s The Territory comes out on top at the Deauville Green Awards

The 12th edition of the international festival for responsible films featured a slew of works about the fight for survival  

14/06/2023 | Festivals | Awards | France

The Ex Oriente Film workshop announces its selection

The Ex Oriente Film workshop announces its selection

A total of 17 projects are taking part in the event, and the first workshop is scheduled to be held from 17-21 June in La Rochelle, France  

14/06/2023 | Industry | Market | Czech Republic/France

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