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Cannes 2008 / France


29 articles available in total starting from 24/04/2008. Last article published on 25/05/2008.

Involuntary closing intentional deals

The Coproduction Office’s Swedish entry at Cannes, Involuntary, screening in Un Certain Regard, has been sold to Belgium (Lumiere), Holland (Film Museum), Norway (Arthaus) and Greece (Seven)....  

21/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/France

Johnny Mad Dog, raw film on child soldiers

Small killing machines. Possessed robots, perfectly trained for the revolution, drugged and fearless. They are the Liberian child soldiers of Un Certain Regard title Johnny Mad Dog by French...  

20/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Un Certain Regard/France

Memento get sales off to a kicking start for Entre les murs

On Saturday, Laurent Cantet’s Entre les murs (“Between the Walls”, see news) will be the last film to screen in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Meanwhile, it is already proving...  

20/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/France

Depardon’s Modern Life continues tradition

In Raymond Depardon’s Modern Life, the filmmaker continues his look at the disappearing way of life on several farms in the hilly south that he also portrayed in Profils paysans: l’approche (2001)...  

19/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Un Certain Regard/France

The young girl and the Grown Ups

Seventeen-year-old Jeanne is a good girl. It’s the summer holidays: a time for travels, discoveries and the first flutterings of the heart. But Jeanne wants to escape from her overly protective...  

19/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Critics’ Week/France

StudioCanal and TF1 International play their trump cards

While the weather and the euro’s strength against the dollar have affected Cannes attendance figures (which are not as high as usual), business deals and announcements have certainly not died down...  

18/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/France

Azema and Darroussin take a hilarious trip to the Pyrenees

A bear, nudists priests, hallucinogenic mushrooms, a Tibetan, a sex inversion, a chocolate massage and bungee jumping: Le Voyage aux Pyrénées by brothers Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu has opened...  

16/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Director's Fortnight/France

A bittersweet Christmas Tale

Bitter unresolved family issues are served up in Arnaud Desplechin's sixth feature, A Christmas Tale, presented this morning in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is as brilliant as...  

16/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/France

Carax, Gondry and Depardon in line-up

French films are well represented in the Un Certain Regard section at the 61st Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) with six majority productions by established directors and new talents. Major names...  

13/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Un Certain Regard/France

Films Distribution’s glittering line-up

Successful deals are expected to be struck by French international sale company Films Distribution at the Cannes Film Market, where they will present an impressive line-up that includes a title...  

09/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/France

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