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10948 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 20/08/2025.

Interview: Jalmari Helander • Director

“Americans have destroyed the myth of Finnish Santa before me. It’s payback time!”

Jalmari Helander is among Finland’s hottest new directors. His scary version of Santa Claus in his feature debut, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, has thrilled industry people over the last year  

30/11/2010

Unifrance from Prague to Mumbai

The international promotion of French cinema is moving from one continent to another this week for tomorrow, the 13th Czech Republic French Film Festival will close, while Saturday will mark the...  

30/11/2010 | Festivals | France

Laurent on both sides of the camera for Les adoptés

Shooting started yesterday in Lyon on Les adoptés, the debut directorial feature by actress Mélanie Laurent . At 27, the first-time director is a rapidly rising star on the French film scene....  

30/11/2010 | Production | France

A Cat in Paris and Tante Hilda! on Folimage’s slate

Founded and headed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Les Studios Folimage, based in Bourg-lès-Valence in the Rhône-Alpes region, has a string of animated feature film projects on its slate. After Raining...  

29/11/2010 | Production | France

Men Standing in competition at Turin

Opening today with Lola Doillon’s In Your Hands (see ), the 28th Turin Film Festival, headed by Gianni Amelio, has one French film in its 16-strong competition line-up: Jérémy Gravayat’s Men...  

26/11/2010 | Festivals | France

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Finnish director Jalmari Helander’s stylised, wild and dark version of the Santa Claus tale lands in hundreds of cinemas around the world after having won awards at Locarno and Sitges  

25/11/2010 | Films | Reviews

Heidelberg hosts Franco-German Film Meetings

The 8th Franco-German Film Meetings kick off today in Heidelberg. Organised by Unifrance and German Films, the three-day event aims to promote co-productions and film circulation between the two...  

25/11/2010 | Industry | France/Germany

Almaric, Assayas among eight Delluc contenders

A coveted prize and benchmark of high cinematic quality, the Louis-Delluc Award will be presented on December 17 by a jury of film critics and personalities presided by Gilles Jacob. This year,...  

25/11/2010 | Awards | France

A dozen outsiders brave Harry Potter hurricane

While Warner today launches David Yates’s UK/US co-production Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (see review) in over 860 French theatres, 12 other new releases will try their luck as an...  

24/11/2010 | Releases | France

Paradis and Lopez star in Dubai Flamingos

After attracting attention with her 2008 debut feature 57,000 Kilometers Between Us (selected at Rotterdam, London and Tribeca, among other festivals), Delphine Kreuter has been shooting her...  

23/11/2010 | Production | France

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