email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

France


10906 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 25/07/2025.

Battle heats up between Orange and Canal +

Stationed on either side of the Cannes, Festival Palace Canal + and Orange have been engaged in an increasingly open war since last week. After last year’s launch of Studio 37 – a co-production...  

23/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Industry/France

Nice surprises for Unifrance

Encouraging news about the international export of French films was announced by Unifrance at the Cannes Film Festival. The promotional agency have greatly increased their estimations for 2007...  

23/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Industry/France

The mirror and the Frontier of Dawn

Frontier of Dawn – the 28th feature by traditionalist director Philippe Garrel – met with tumultuous applause and whistles following its competition screening before the international press at the...  

22/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/France

Versailles looks at childhood homelessness

Four year-old Enzo is just like any other boy: he chases birds in the park, kicks the first ball that comes his way and sleeps deeply. But his life is different from that of an ordinary child for...  

21/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Un Certain Regard/France

Business goes into overdrive

Now entering its final stages, the Cannes Festival Film Market has seen numerous deals clinched by French international sales companies. Kinology (see news) have done great business with a...  

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

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

Privacy Policy