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10883 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

New director at Mars Distribution

According to the weekly Le film Français, Stéphane Célérier, the long-established director general of the Studio Canal arm Mars Distribution will be replaced by Philippe Désandré, a renegade of...  

20/11/2006 | Distribution | France

Farewell to Francis Girod

A wealth of homages were paid yesterday to director Francis Girod following the announcement of his death from a heart attack in Bordeaux early Sunday morning. The 61 year-old filmmaker, a former...  

20/11/2006 | Obituary | France

Claire Denis: White Material before 35 Rhums

French helmer Claire Denis will be shooting her ninth feature, White Material, in Cameroon this winter. Produced by Pascal Caucheteux for Why Not Productions, the film, set on coffee plantations,...  

16/11/2006 | Production | France

98 Octanas in Turin

98 Octanas by Veteran Portuguese director Fernando Lopes will be screening out of competition in official selection at the Turin Film Festival, which runs through November 18. The film, produced...  

15/11/2006 | Festivals | Portugal/France

Europe behind My Colonel and The Stone Council

Up against four US productions, including heavyweights Borat and Babel, European films are depending on co-productions and diversity to fare well in French cinemas, home to fifteen new releases...  

15/11/2006 | Releases | France

Provost wins Best Screenwriter for Séraphine

Dedicated to features and reserved for authors who have had no more than three scripts made into films, the 2006 Grand Prize for Best Scriptwriter went to Martin Provost for Séraphine. Based on...  

15/11/2006 | Awards | France

2006: A record year for local titles

According to the latest estimates published by the Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), the market share of French films stood at 43.7% for the first ten months of 2006, compared to 36.9%...  

14/11/2006 | Box office | France

Thrillers on the rise

Like the screen adaptation of Harlan Coben’s Tell No One by Guillaume Canet, which drew over 850,000 film-goers (and €5m in box office takings) in its first week, the police-thriller genre is...  

14/11/2006 | Production | France

Villerupt goes for Billo, Along the Ridge and Kreutzer

The 29th edition of the Villerupt Italian Film Festival in the North of France concluded this weekend, with the vote of the main jury going to Billo, il grande Dakhaar by Laura Muscardin, while...  

13/11/2006 | Festivals | France

Nicloux completes police trilogy with La clef

The sixth feature by Guillaume Nicloux, La clef (lit. “The Key”), kicked off shooting in Paris today, while the director’s most recent film, The Stone Council – screened at the recent RomeFilmFest...  

13/11/2006 | Production | France

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