French public broadcaster France Televisions has commissioned a raft of new scripted shows, including “Lucky Luke,” an adaptation of the cult graphic novel, and “Rallye 82,” a 1982-set female-led racing show.
“Lucky Luke” is an adventure comedy directed by Benjamin Rocher and penned by Mathieu Leblanc and Thomas Mansuy, based on the “Lucky Luke” comicbook. The eight-part half-hour series is produced by Geraldine Gendre and Lionel Uzan at Federation Studios, and co-produced by Rémi Préchac and Julien Vallespi at Un pour tous productions, and Alban Lenoir at Homerun. Lenoir, the French star of Netflix’s action thriller series “Lost Bullet,” will play Lucky Luke.
“Rallye 82,” directed by Julien Lacombe (“Missions”), takes place during the racing championship in 1982, where Michele Mouton, the only female pilot, beats the odds and wins the race. The script was penned by Lacombe and Haiga Jappain. Producers are Raphael Rocher and Eric Laroche at Empreinte Digitale.
The...
“Lucky Luke” is an adventure comedy directed by Benjamin Rocher and penned by Mathieu Leblanc and Thomas Mansuy, based on the “Lucky Luke” comicbook. The eight-part half-hour series is produced by Geraldine Gendre and Lionel Uzan at Federation Studios, and co-produced by Rémi Préchac and Julien Vallespi at Un pour tous productions, and Alban Lenoir at Homerun. Lenoir, the French star of Netflix’s action thriller series “Lost Bullet,” will play Lucky Luke.
“Rallye 82,” directed by Julien Lacombe (“Missions”), takes place during the racing championship in 1982, where Michele Mouton, the only female pilot, beats the odds and wins the race. The script was penned by Lacombe and Haiga Jappain. Producers are Raphael Rocher and Eric Laroche at Empreinte Digitale.
The...
- 3/21/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
He will work with executive director Daniela Elstner and audiovisual director Sarah Hemar.
Gilles Pélisson has been named president of French film and TV promotional organisation Unifrance and will take the reins from both longtime president Serge Toubiana and vice president Hervé Michel who are both stepping down.
Unifrance’s executive director Daniela Elstner will remain at the helm along with audiovisual director Sarah Hemar.
Elstner commended the departing duo for their work. “Together with their teams, they have supported the new, unified Unifrance in a post-Covid context, in order to promote the full diversity of French creativity on the international stage.
Gilles Pélisson has been named president of French film and TV promotional organisation Unifrance and will take the reins from both longtime president Serge Toubiana and vice president Hervé Michel who are both stepping down.
Unifrance’s executive director Daniela Elstner will remain at the helm along with audiovisual director Sarah Hemar.
Elstner commended the departing duo for their work. “Together with their teams, they have supported the new, unified Unifrance in a post-Covid context, in order to promote the full diversity of French creativity on the international stage.
- 7/7/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Gilles Pélisson, the former boss of TF1, has been elected president of French film and TV promotion org Unifrance. He will succeed to Serge Toubiana and Hervé Michel.
Other candidates to take the helm of Unifrance included Frédérique Bredin, the former boss of the National Film Board (Cnc), Anne Durupty, former Arte France boss, and film producer Marie Masmonteil.
Pelisson was elected by a 60-member executive committee, which includes representatives of major guilds and commissions. Pelisson is a veteran within France’s media and entertainment industry landscape but may not be as knowledgable about French films as his predecessor, Toubiana, who had led the French Cinematheque and Les Cahiers du Cinema prior to joining Unifrance.
Pelisson’s election comes two years after Unifrance merged with TV France International, the French TV promotion body.
Pelissonn, who is the former president of Accor, Eurodisney and Bouygues Telecom, entered the Bouygues-owned commercial TV network TF1 in 2009 as administrator.
Other candidates to take the helm of Unifrance included Frédérique Bredin, the former boss of the National Film Board (Cnc), Anne Durupty, former Arte France boss, and film producer Marie Masmonteil.
Pelisson was elected by a 60-member executive committee, which includes representatives of major guilds and commissions. Pelisson is a veteran within France’s media and entertainment industry landscape but may not be as knowledgable about French films as his predecessor, Toubiana, who had led the French Cinematheque and Les Cahiers du Cinema prior to joining Unifrance.
Pelisson’s election comes two years after Unifrance merged with TV France International, the French TV promotion body.
Pelissonn, who is the former president of Accor, Eurodisney and Bouygues Telecom, entered the Bouygues-owned commercial TV network TF1 in 2009 as administrator.
- 7/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Gilles Pélisson has been named as the new president of French film and TV promotional body Unifrance.
He replaces film critic and former French Cinematheque head Serge Toubiana, who held the role for three consecutive two-year terms, as well as Hervé Michel, who was vice-president of the body from 2021.
Pélisson is the first new president to be voted in since Unifrance expanded its original cinema remit to TV, following its merger with TV France International in 2021.
The former TF1 Group CEO is also the first figure from the world of television to take on the role.
The existing executive management team remains in place with Daniela Elstner as Executive Director, Gilles Renouard as Director of Cinema, Sarah Hemar as Director of Audiovisual, Stéphanie Gavardin as Director of Communication and Digital and Axel Scoffier as General Secretary.
Other film and TV figures in the running for the president role included former...
He replaces film critic and former French Cinematheque head Serge Toubiana, who held the role for three consecutive two-year terms, as well as Hervé Michel, who was vice-president of the body from 2021.
Pélisson is the first new president to be voted in since Unifrance expanded its original cinema remit to TV, following its merger with TV France International in 2021.
The former TF1 Group CEO is also the first figure from the world of television to take on the role.
The existing executive management team remains in place with Daniela Elstner as Executive Director, Gilles Renouard as Director of Cinema, Sarah Hemar as Director of Audiovisual, Stéphanie Gavardin as Director of Communication and Digital and Axel Scoffier as General Secretary.
Other film and TV figures in the running for the president role included former...
- 7/7/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Avant l’effondrement
It wasn’t quite ready for a ’21 launch, but author Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais will see their co-directorial debut break bread in the New Year with a prestige Rotterdam showing — its among the selections in the Big Screen Competition section. Production on Avant l’effondrement (Before the Collapse) took place in August of 2021 in Bretagne with Niels Schneider, Ariane Labed, Souheila Yacoub surrounding them in a tale about the collapse of self. Marie Masmonteil produces.
Gist: In a scorching Paris, Tristan, campaign manager for a legislative candidate, receives an anonymous letter containing a positive pregnancy test.…...
It wasn’t quite ready for a ’21 launch, but author Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais will see their co-directorial debut break bread in the New Year with a prestige Rotterdam showing — its among the selections in the Big Screen Competition section. Production on Avant l’effondrement (Before the Collapse) took place in August of 2021 in Bretagne with Niels Schneider, Ariane Labed, Souheila Yacoub surrounding them in a tale about the collapse of self. Marie Masmonteil produces.
Gist: In a scorching Paris, Tristan, campaign manager for a legislative candidate, receives an anonymous letter containing a positive pregnancy test.…...
- 1/5/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Projects by Sylvie Verheyde, Robert Schwentke, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Wissam Charaf, Berni Goldblat and Cédric Ido will be showcased at the co-production market event in Mulhouse on 26 and 27 November. 220 professionals will descend on Mulhouse tomorrow for the 17th Franco-German Film Meeting (26 and 27 November). Organised by UniFrance, German Films and the Académie Franco-Allemande du Cinéma, in partnership with the Cnc and Ffa, the event will host debates on topics impacting the industry on both sides of the Rhine but also a co-production market with 22 projects to be showcased.One of the most notable of the 12 French...
- 11/25/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Red carpet protest highlighted fact only 82 women have been honoured in Official Selection over 71 editions of festival.
Cate Blanchett and Agnes Varda led 82 female industry figures in a silent ascent of the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday protesting the lack of female representation at the event over its 71 editions.
Moving, historic, 82 women from all countries and professions in cinema have just made the red carpet entrance for Les Filles Du Soleil (Girls Of The Sun) by Eva Husson. #Cannes2018 #Competition pic.twitter.com/0YY9SNbRqg
— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) May 12, 2018
Other stars joining the protest...
Cate Blanchett and Agnes Varda led 82 female industry figures in a silent ascent of the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday protesting the lack of female representation at the event over its 71 editions.
Moving, historic, 82 women from all countries and professions in cinema have just made the red carpet entrance for Les Filles Du Soleil (Girls Of The Sun) by Eva Husson. #Cannes2018 #Competition pic.twitter.com/0YY9SNbRqg
— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) May 12, 2018
Other stars joining the protest...
- 5/12/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Nandita Das’ film to premiere on Sunday.
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has boarded international sales on Un Certain Regard selection Manto, which marks the first feature produced by Hp Studios.
Nandita Das’ film will receive its world premiere on Sunday (13) and is based on the life and work of Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the most distinguished short story writers of the 1940s.
Das produced through Nandita Das Initiatives alongside India’s Viacom18 Motion Pictures, and new companies Hp Studios and FilmStoc.
Manto wrote during the time of Indian independence and his writings reflected the turmoil in his...
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has boarded international sales on Un Certain Regard selection Manto, which marks the first feature produced by Hp Studios.
Nandita Das’ film will receive its world premiere on Sunday (13) and is based on the life and work of Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the most distinguished short story writers of the 1940s.
Das produced through Nandita Das Initiatives alongside India’s Viacom18 Motion Pictures, and new companies Hp Studios and FilmStoc.
Manto wrote during the time of Indian independence and his writings reflected the turmoil in his...
- 5/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Radiant Films International has boarded Nandita Das’ sophomore directorial feature “Manto” for international sales, the company announced Tuesday. The film, which receives its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard on Sunday, will be introduced to buyers at Cannes this week.
Written and directed by Das, “Manto” is based on the life and work of 1940s short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto. It is produced by Das’ Nandita Das Initiatives, Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Hp Studios and finance company FilmStoc. Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s production company Magic If Films serves as a co-producer.
Viacom18 will distribute “Manto” in India, while French sales are being handled by co-producers Marie Masmonteil and Sandrine Brauer of En Compagnie des Lamas.
Siddiqui stars in the film as the writer, alongside Rasika Dugal and Tahir Raj Bhasin as his wife Safia and close friend, actor Shyam Chadda, respectively.
Radiant’s Mimi Steinbauer described...
Written and directed by Das, “Manto” is based on the life and work of 1940s short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto. It is produced by Das’ Nandita Das Initiatives, Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Hp Studios and finance company FilmStoc. Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s production company Magic If Films serves as a co-producer.
Viacom18 will distribute “Manto” in India, while French sales are being handled by co-producers Marie Masmonteil and Sandrine Brauer of En Compagnie des Lamas.
Siddiqui stars in the film as the writer, alongside Rasika Dugal and Tahir Raj Bhasin as his wife Safia and close friend, actor Shyam Chadda, respectively.
Radiant’s Mimi Steinbauer described...
- 5/8/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Upcoming productions include Ahd Kamel’ s My Driver and I.
Former Doha Film Institute (Dfi) director of film financing Paul Miller is setting up shop in the Netherlands.
The veteran producer, who has moved to the country for family reasons, has recently launched consultancy firm Internal Affairs with Us-based producer Dan Lindau and is working on several feature projects under his Escape Pictures company banner.
“Internal Affairs is a consultancy advising clients on everything from best practices to film financing to production in the filmed entertainment as well as commercials,” said Miller, who is attending the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 21-Feb 1) as a speaker on one of the industry panels as well as at the producer-focused Rotterdam Lab.
“We’re already working with a company in Qatar and are probably going to start working with some companies in the Netherlands,” added Miller, who retains good contacts in the Middle East after his Dfi stint.
“I’m going...
Former Doha Film Institute (Dfi) director of film financing Paul Miller is setting up shop in the Netherlands.
The veteran producer, who has moved to the country for family reasons, has recently launched consultancy firm Internal Affairs with Us-based producer Dan Lindau and is working on several feature projects under his Escape Pictures company banner.
“Internal Affairs is a consultancy advising clients on everything from best practices to film financing to production in the filmed entertainment as well as commercials,” said Miller, who is attending the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 21-Feb 1) as a speaker on one of the industry panels as well as at the producer-focused Rotterdam Lab.
“We’re already working with a company in Qatar and are probably going to start working with some companies in the Netherlands,” added Miller, who retains good contacts in the Middle East after his Dfi stint.
“I’m going...
- 1/25/2015
- ScreenDaily
Yann Demange’s thriller among five debut films nominated for European Discovery 2014.
The European Film Academy has revealed the nominees for the European Discovery 2014 - Prix Fipresci, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film.
This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of Efa Board Members Ilann Girard (France) and Dagmar Jacobsen (Germany), Efa Members Paul Negoescu (Romania) and José Luis Cienfuegos (Spain), as well as Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (Poland), Marco Spagnoli (Italy) and Neil Young (UK) as representatives of Fipresci, the International Federation of Film Critics.
The nominated films are are:
10,000 Km
Spain
Directed By: Carlos Marques-Marcet
Written By: Carlos Marques-Marcet & Clara Roquet
Produced By: Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Díaz Juhl, Danielle Schleif & Pau Brunet
‘71
UK
Directed By: Yann Demange
Written By: Gregory Burke
Produced By: Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch
Party Girl
France
Written & Directed By: Marie Amachoukeli, [link...
The European Film Academy has revealed the nominees for the European Discovery 2014 - Prix Fipresci, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film.
This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of Efa Board Members Ilann Girard (France) and Dagmar Jacobsen (Germany), Efa Members Paul Negoescu (Romania) and José Luis Cienfuegos (Spain), as well as Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (Poland), Marco Spagnoli (Italy) and Neil Young (UK) as representatives of Fipresci, the International Federation of Film Critics.
The nominated films are are:
10,000 Km
Spain
Directed By: Carlos Marques-Marcet
Written By: Carlos Marques-Marcet & Clara Roquet
Produced By: Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Díaz Juhl, Danielle Schleif & Pau Brunet
‘71
UK
Directed By: Yann Demange
Written By: Gregory Burke
Produced By: Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch
Party Girl
France
Written & Directed By: Marie Amachoukeli, [link...
- 10/13/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Main awards won by films from Uruguay, Romania and Switzerland.
Germán Tejeira’s A Moonless Night (Una Noche Sin Luna) has won the International Feature Film Golden Eye award at the 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5).
The drama centres on three lonely lives in rural Uruguay.
The International Documentary Film Golden Eye was won by Alexander Nanau’s Romanian film, Toto and His Sisters, about a 10-year-old and his two teenage sisters who learn to survive while waiting for their mother’s release.
Both awards come with a cash prize of more than $30,000 (CHF25,000) and (CHF100,000) for Swiss promotion.
The Golden Eye in the Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria section was won Bruno Deville’s Swiss comedy, Boucoule.
The prize include Chf 20’000 ($20,0007) cash prize. Each winner also receives Chf 100’000 ($10,700) for the promotion of their film in Swiss cinemas.
The newly introduced Emerging Swiss Talent Award went to Bruno Deville’s Boucoule (Switzerland), and the Critic’s Choice...
Germán Tejeira’s A Moonless Night (Una Noche Sin Luna) has won the International Feature Film Golden Eye award at the 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5).
The drama centres on three lonely lives in rural Uruguay.
The International Documentary Film Golden Eye was won by Alexander Nanau’s Romanian film, Toto and His Sisters, about a 10-year-old and his two teenage sisters who learn to survive while waiting for their mother’s release.
Both awards come with a cash prize of more than $30,000 (CHF25,000) and (CHF100,000) for Swiss promotion.
The Golden Eye in the Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria section was won Bruno Deville’s Swiss comedy, Boucoule.
The prize include Chf 20’000 ($20,0007) cash prize. Each winner also receives Chf 100’000 ($10,700) for the promotion of their film in Swiss cinemas.
The newly introduced Emerging Swiss Talent Award went to Bruno Deville’s Boucoule (Switzerland), and the Critic’s Choice...
- 10/4/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Us actor was due to join the Zurich Film Festival jury this weekend
Val Kilmer has pulled out of jury duty at the Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5) for “personal reasons”.
A statement from the festival said: “Unfortunately, the actor Val Kilmer is unable to attend the Zff.”
Kilmer, best known for roles in Heat, Batman Forever and Top Gun, was due to dit on the international feature film jury, presided over by Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier.
Other members of the jury include Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, French producer Marie Masmonteil, and Us producer Donald De Line.
Val Kilmer has pulled out of jury duty at the Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5) for “personal reasons”.
A statement from the festival said: “Unfortunately, the actor Val Kilmer is unable to attend the Zff.”
Kilmer, best known for roles in Heat, Batman Forever and Top Gun, was due to dit on the international feature film jury, presided over by Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier.
Other members of the jury include Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, French producer Marie Masmonteil, and Us producer Donald De Line.
- 9/23/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
International and documentary competitions include The Skeleton Twins, ‘71 and The Look of Silence. A total of 17 world premieres secured for the festival, which has received a budget boost.
The 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 – Oct 5) has revealed its full line-up, which comprises 145 features – up from 122 last year – from 29 countries.
Co-director Nadja Schildknecht revealed a rise in budget for the festival as well as growth in anticipated guest numbers.
“This year, we expect some 500 guests (previous year 450) from around the world to accompany their films,” she said.
“And the budget has increased accordingly to CHF6.9m ($7.4m) (previous year CHF6.1m/$6.5m).”
As previously announced, Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic Get On Up will open the festival on Sept 25. The closing film has yet to be revealed.
International competition
The International Feature Film Competition includes 14 titles, some of which have received critical acclaim at previous festivals such as Yann Demange’s action thriller ‘71, which debuted at the...
The 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 – Oct 5) has revealed its full line-up, which comprises 145 features – up from 122 last year – from 29 countries.
Co-director Nadja Schildknecht revealed a rise in budget for the festival as well as growth in anticipated guest numbers.
“This year, we expect some 500 guests (previous year 450) from around the world to accompany their films,” she said.
“And the budget has increased accordingly to CHF6.9m ($7.4m) (previous year CHF6.1m/$6.5m).”
As previously announced, Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic Get On Up will open the festival on Sept 25. The closing film has yet to be revealed.
International competition
The International Feature Film Competition includes 14 titles, some of which have received critical acclaim at previous festivals such as Yann Demange’s action thriller ‘71, which debuted at the...
- 9/11/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier (In a Better World) will head up the international jury for the 10th Zurich International Film Festival. Bier, whose latest, A Second Chance, just had its world premiere in Toronto, will oversee the five person jury that selects the winner's of Zurich's main feature film honors. Actor Val Kilmer, Green Lantern producer Donald De Line, French actress and producer Marie Masmonteil and Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic complete the international jury. Oscar-nominated director/producer Steve James (Hoop Dreams) will be president of Zurich documentary film jury, together with British director Nick Broomfield (Kurt & Courtney), Indian
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- 9/9/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Susanne Bier to head international competition jury at Zurich Film Festival, which also includes Us actor Val Kilmer, Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanic and more.Scroll down for full jury line-ups
Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier is to preside over the international feature film jury at the 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5).
The Danish filmmaker, who won her Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar for In A Better World in 2011, is currently on the festival circuit with A Second Chance and Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper drama Serena.
She will oversee a jury that includes Us actor Val Kilmer, best known for roles in Heat, Batman Forever and Top Gun, and Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, who won the Berlin Golden Bear in 2006 with Grbavica.
Also on the jury is Marie Masmonteil, the French producer of Party Girl, which picked up prizes at Cannes in May, and Jerusalem Film Festival winner Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, currently playing...
Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier is to preside over the international feature film jury at the 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5).
The Danish filmmaker, who won her Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar for In A Better World in 2011, is currently on the festival circuit with A Second Chance and Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper drama Serena.
She will oversee a jury that includes Us actor Val Kilmer, best known for roles in Heat, Batman Forever and Top Gun, and Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, who won the Berlin Golden Bear in 2006 with Grbavica.
Also on the jury is Marie Masmonteil, the French producer of Party Girl, which picked up prizes at Cannes in May, and Jerusalem Film Festival winner Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, currently playing...
- 9/9/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Un Certain Regard titles revolves around 60-year-old nightclub hostess who decides to get married and settle down.
Fact and fiction hybrid feature Party Girl, which opened Cannes Un Certain Regard, has gone down well with buyers at the Marché.
Paris-based Pyramide Films International has sold the film to Italy (Bim), Benelux (A-Film), Spain (Karma Films), Switzerland (First Hand Films), Greece (Rosebud), Israel (Orlando), Canada (Axia Films) and Taiwan (Swallow Wings). Deals are also pending in Mexico and Denmark.
Pyramide Films Distribution will release the film in France on September 3.
Party Girl is the debut feature of Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis, who met at France’s prestigious Fémis film school.
It is loosely inspired by the life of Theis’s mother, Angelique, and builds on Burger’s 2008 short Forbach, following the actor as he returns to his home city of Lorraine.
This time, the action centres on his mother’s decision to quit her job...
Fact and fiction hybrid feature Party Girl, which opened Cannes Un Certain Regard, has gone down well with buyers at the Marché.
Paris-based Pyramide Films International has sold the film to Italy (Bim), Benelux (A-Film), Spain (Karma Films), Switzerland (First Hand Films), Greece (Rosebud), Israel (Orlando), Canada (Axia Films) and Taiwan (Swallow Wings). Deals are also pending in Mexico and Denmark.
Pyramide Films Distribution will release the film in France on September 3.
Party Girl is the debut feature of Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis, who met at France’s prestigious Fémis film school.
It is loosely inspired by the life of Theis’s mother, Angelique, and builds on Burger’s 2008 short Forbach, following the actor as he returns to his home city of Lorraine.
This time, the action centres on his mother’s decision to quit her job...
- 5/23/2014
- ScreenDaily
The Trial
Director: Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
Writers: Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
Producers: Elzevir & Cie’s Sandrine Brauer, Marie Masmonteil, Denis Carot, Riva film’s Michael Eckelt & Dbg Films’ Schlomi Elkabetz
U.S. Distributor: Rights available
Cast: Simon Abkarian, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai
Brother and sister duo Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz complete the film trilogy they began back in 2004 with To Take a Wife, followed by 2008′s 7 Days, where we follow the relationship of Viviane and Eliahou. The third installment’s borrowing of Kafka’s most famed novel appears to be on purpose. If you’re unfamiliar with the previous titles, Ronit Elkabetz is one of Israel’s most famed actresses and many know her for an award winning turn in 2004′s Or, which won the Critics Week Grand Prize and Golden Camera at Cannes (but it’s a good time to catch up on the first two if you haven’t seen them).
Gist: In Israel,...
Director: Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
Writers: Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
Producers: Elzevir & Cie’s Sandrine Brauer, Marie Masmonteil, Denis Carot, Riva film’s Michael Eckelt & Dbg Films’ Schlomi Elkabetz
U.S. Distributor: Rights available
Cast: Simon Abkarian, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai
Brother and sister duo Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz complete the film trilogy they began back in 2004 with To Take a Wife, followed by 2008′s 7 Days, where we follow the relationship of Viviane and Eliahou. The third installment’s borrowing of Kafka’s most famed novel appears to be on purpose. If you’re unfamiliar with the previous titles, Ronit Elkabetz is one of Israel’s most famed actresses and many know her for an award winning turn in 2004′s Or, which won the Critics Week Grand Prize and Golden Camera at Cannes (but it’s a good time to catch up on the first two if you haven’t seen them).
Gist: In Israel,...
- 2/4/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The French Embassy in India and Unifrance, today hosted a special screening at Metro Cinema for the movie .Heartbreaker. starring . Vanessa Paridis, Romain Duris and Julie Ferrier . to celebrate the launch of .3rd Rendez-vous With French Cinema In India.. The highlight of the evening was the French Glitterati walking the red carpet . Actress of .Heartbreaker. Julie Ferrier, François Ozon (Director of Potiche), Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre (President of Unifrance), Régine Hatchondo (General Manager of Unifrance), Jérôme Seydoux (Chairman of Pathé. The carpet sizzled when the famed actress Kristin Scott Thomas strutted in her stunning gown. .Heartbreaker. releases in India by February 2011 and will be distributed by PictureWorks in IndiaThe event also saw a host of cinema enthusiasts like Milind Soman, Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra, Sudhir Mishra, Sonali Kulkarni, Simone Singh, Lillete & Ira Dubey amongst others.The festival seeks to establish an exhilarating platform for showcasing the various facets of French contemporary cinema in India,...
- 12/5/2010
- Filmicafe
In less than five years, Léa Seydoux has worked with the best of auteur cinema and dabbled into a little Hollywood as well. She had a small part in chapter one of Qt's Basterds and Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, but she has made a name for herself by working with the likes of Christophe Honoré, Bertrand Bonello, Catherine Breillat, in Jessica Hausner's Lourdes and Raoul Ruiz's latest film. She'll next work for a little known filmmaker for North American audiences in director Djamshed Usmonov's first French-language film. - In less than five years, Léa Seydoux has worked with the best of auteur cinema and dabbled into a little Hollywood as well. She had a small part in chapter one of Qt's Basterds and Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, but she has made a name for herself by working with the likes of Christophe Honoré, Bertrand Bonello,...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
Film will be a cultural and economic meeting point when French President Nikolas Sarkozy makes his first state visit to India on Thursday, with the leading lights of French cinema a key element of his official delegation.
The visit will mark the launch of the first Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in India, France's film promotion organization Unifrance said Monday. The Rendez-Vous, which will run Jan. 27-30, will be opened in Mumbai and will take place in four other major cities during the visit.
Producer Jerome Seydoux will be there to highlight the inaugural event with "Asterix at the Olympic Games", the latest in a series of onscreen adaptations of the famed children's cartoon starring Alain Delon, Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac and Benoit Poelvoorde.
French cultural promotion body Unifrance vp Marie Masmonteil, Roissy Films CEO Raphael Berdugo and executives from Pathe Films will join the delegation, among others.
Also making up the film delegation will be director Claude Lelouch, actress Olivia Bonamy and Lebanese actress-director Nadine Labaki, who is best known for her debut directorial feature "Sukkar Banat" (Caramel), which premiered at the Festival de Cannes last year.
The visit will mark the launch of the first Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in India, France's film promotion organization Unifrance said Monday. The Rendez-Vous, which will run Jan. 27-30, will be opened in Mumbai and will take place in four other major cities during the visit.
Producer Jerome Seydoux will be there to highlight the inaugural event with "Asterix at the Olympic Games", the latest in a series of onscreen adaptations of the famed children's cartoon starring Alain Delon, Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac and Benoit Poelvoorde.
French cultural promotion body Unifrance vp Marie Masmonteil, Roissy Films CEO Raphael Berdugo and executives from Pathe Films will join the delegation, among others.
Also making up the film delegation will be director Claude Lelouch, actress Olivia Bonamy and Lebanese actress-director Nadine Labaki, who is best known for her debut directorial feature "Sukkar Banat" (Caramel), which premiered at the Festival de Cannes last year.
- 1/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Raoul Ruiz will return to his Chilean roots with Livre a Rendre (A Book of Influence), Elezevir Films, the French co-producers of the 3.2 million ($3.8 million) French-Italian-Spanish-Romanian project, said Friday. The film, which starts in 1932 with a chance encounter between a Chilean pilot and a 10-year-old boy, explores a theme close to writer-director Ruiz's heart. A former political activist, Ruiz fled his native Chile in 1973 to seek exile in Paris. The project unfolds over decades to span the horrors of World War II, in which the pilot participates, to the atrocities of the Pinochet era. It will star Bernard Giraudeau, who played in Ruiz's That Day, Spanish actress Marisa Paredes and French actors Gregoire Colin and Marianne Denicourt. The European co-production, which has received funding from film finance body Eurimages, will be shot in France and Romania starting March 2004. Co-producers include Denis Carot and Marie Masmonteil for Paris-based Elzevir Films; Spanish producer Marta Esteban, who recently set up new production company Impossible Films; Paulo Maria Spina of Italy's Revolver; and Ion Marinescu of Romania's Atlantis Film.
- 11/28/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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