Thomas Scimeca, Nicolas Belvalette, Jonathan Capdevielle and Léonie Dahan-Lamort are among the cast of this feature staged by Envie de tempête Productions. On Tuesday 30 March, Sébastien Betbeder wrapped the shoot for his eighth feature, Les Braves. Having risen to prominence at Locarno in 2007 with Nuage, and been selected for the Cannes Acid programme in 2013 and 2016 with 2 Autumns 3 Winters and Journey to Greenland, and for Toronto in 2012 and 2018 with Nights with Theodore and Ulysses & Mona, this time around, the director has assembled a cast toplined by Thomas Scimeca, Nicolas Belvalette, Jonathan Capdevielle (Boys Like Us) and Léonie Dahan-Lamort (the series Chronicles of the Sun). They are flanked by Marc Fraize, Aloïse Sauvage,...
As the film distribution landscape keeps evolving, distributors of foreign language fare in the United States are struggling to keep up with a brave new world. French cinema, a niche favorite of American audiences for decades, is struggling to stay in the game — and right now, its future is uncertain.
“Ten years ago, we had more success at the box office,” Isabelle Giordano, the Executive Director of UniFrance, recently told IndieWire. “We have to admit that the situation is not as good as it was then.”
But it’s not for lack of effort. Thanks to a number of initiatives headed up by UniFrance – a government-supported body that operates with the sole aim of promoting French cinema throughout the world – French films are fighting to find new life at the U.S. box office.
Per Deadline, ticket sales in foreign markets for French titles dipped to $35 million in 2016, down 69% from...
“Ten years ago, we had more success at the box office,” Isabelle Giordano, the Executive Director of UniFrance, recently told IndieWire. “We have to admit that the situation is not as good as it was then.”
But it’s not for lack of effort. Thanks to a number of initiatives headed up by UniFrance – a government-supported body that operates with the sole aim of promoting French cinema throughout the world – French films are fighting to find new life at the U.S. box office.
Per Deadline, ticket sales in foreign markets for French titles dipped to $35 million in 2016, down 69% from...
- 3/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It goes without saying that few nations have contributed to the forward progression of cinema throughout the art’s history more than France. Home to not only some of cinema’s greatest achievements but artists whose impact will be felt until the time ends, France is one of the few true titans of world cinema. And that’s not changing anytime soon.
Starting Wednesday, Film Society Of Lincoln Center and UniFrance are teaming up yet again for the 22nd edition of the beloved film series Rendez-Vous With French CInema. An “annual series showcasing the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking,” Rendez-Vous is a yearly collection of screenings and panels that take a rather intriguing cross-section view of modern French filmmaking.
I’ve already written at length about the lineup as a whole, and some of the highlights that sparked much discussion upon this lineup’s reveal (Nocturama is apparently a Netflix release,...
Starting Wednesday, Film Society Of Lincoln Center and UniFrance are teaming up yet again for the 22nd edition of the beloved film series Rendez-Vous With French CInema. An “annual series showcasing the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking,” Rendez-Vous is a yearly collection of screenings and panels that take a rather intriguing cross-section view of modern French filmmaking.
I’ve already written at length about the lineup as a whole, and some of the highlights that sparked much discussion upon this lineup’s reveal (Nocturama is apparently a Netflix release,...
- 3/3/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
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