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10869 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 07/07/2025.

Cesar 2006: Rising stars knocking at cinema’s door

The entire French film industry will be onhand in Paris for 31st Cesar Awards ceremony, with an unusual five candidates who have never before won Best Film. The heavy favourite with 10 nominations...  

24/02/2006 | Awards | France

Clean sweep for Celluloid Dreams

Spearheaded by its two competition winners at Berlin (Best Actor for Moritz Bleibtreu in Oskar Roehler’s The Elementary Particles and the Jury Grand Prix for Jafar Panahi’s Offside), French...  

24/02/2006 | France | Market

Positive results for Films Distribution

Diversity pays: that was the verdict for international sales outfit Films Distribution on their return from the European Film Market, where they had their own stand for the first time, having come...  

23/02/2006 | Market | France

282 screens for A Comedy of Power

Less than a week after its warm reception at the screening in official competition in Berlin (see article), Claude Chabrol’s A Comedy of Power hits French theatres, distributed by Pan Européenne...  

22/02/2006 | Releases | France

Three Berlin winners for Rezo Films

International sales outfit Rezo Films returned satisfied from the Berlin market, where they achieved excellent results for Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (lit. "I Am Not There To Be Loved") by...  

22/02/2006 | Market | France

A Lumière for Audiard

Adding even more awards to its already long list of accolades (see news), on Tuesday The Beat My Heart Skipped byJacques Audiard picked up the Lumière trophy from the Paris-based foreign press for...  

22/02/2006 | Awards | ­ France

Ne touchez pas à la hache in the starting blocks

Final preparations are underway for Jacques Rivette¹s Ne touchez pas à la hache (lit. "Don't Touch the Axe"), the shooting of which will begin in Paris in mid-March. Boasting a cast that includes...  

21/02/2006 | Production ­ | France

A new dimension for Backup Films

Founded in 2003, Backup Films, the Parisian company specialising in finding film finance and the setting up of co-productions, has added a new string to its bow by heading a Sofica (a finance...  

21/02/2006 | Finance | France

€3.2m for Depardieu in 2005

The years pass but little changes for Gérard Depardieu, who once more heads the list of the best paid actors in France, according to an annual survey by the daily Le Figaro. Picking up €3.2m for...  

20/02/2006 | Industry | France

BAFTA for Audiard as he sets up Le Prophète

A few days before the French Césars, Jacques Audiard’s The Beat My Heart Skipped last night won the BAFTA for Best Film Not In The English Language. This victory at British cinema’s annual awards...  

20/02/2006 | Awards | France

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