Spanish sales agents are on some kind of roll. The European Film Market during the Berlinale proved robust, and Malaga Film Festival better still.
“Malaga was great for our movies,” Latido Films’ Antonio Saura reported at its conclusion. “We have one of the best lineups in our history covering all genres and all very marketable.”
That lineup includes Jim Sheridan’s drama “Recreation,” starring Vicky Krieps, and “La Casa” and “Saturn Return,” both Malaga standouts that together won seven awards.
With the market more receptive to Spanish projects, it’s important to pick the right genre mix. “Definitely for thrillers, for animated films, things are good. Spanish thrillers are prestigious now. They’ve performed well theatrically in many countries,” says Filmax’s head of international Iván Diaz. But for comedies, dramas or romantic comedies, it’s a bit more arduous. “If you’re trying to sell Spanish romantic comedies, however,...
“Malaga was great for our movies,” Latido Films’ Antonio Saura reported at its conclusion. “We have one of the best lineups in our history covering all genres and all very marketable.”
That lineup includes Jim Sheridan’s drama “Recreation,” starring Vicky Krieps, and “La Casa” and “Saturn Return,” both Malaga standouts that together won seven awards.
With the market more receptive to Spanish projects, it’s important to pick the right genre mix. “Definitely for thrillers, for animated films, things are good. Spanish thrillers are prestigious now. They’ve performed well theatrically in many countries,” says Filmax’s head of international Iván Diaz. But for comedies, dramas or romantic comedies, it’s a bit more arduous. “If you’re trying to sell Spanish romantic comedies, however,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Following a fully online 2021 event, a hybrid 2022 and last year’s 2023 comeback edition that saw most European distributors still struggling to stay afloat in a barely post-pandemic world, this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris was a “typical” market. And in 2024, typical is great.
“We haven’t had a typical market in four years. Everyone was back,” enthused Gilles Renouard, head of cinema for Rendez-Vous organiser Unifrance.
“Buyers are definitely more future-oriented,” he continued. “Last year, they were scared to buy films for theatrical release, but now they are confident in films that can work in their territories...
“We haven’t had a typical market in four years. Everyone was back,” enthused Gilles Renouard, head of cinema for Rendez-Vous organiser Unifrance.
“Buyers are definitely more future-oriented,” he continued. “Last year, they were scared to buy films for theatrical release, but now they are confident in films that can work in their territories...
- 1/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
Patrice Leconte will present Maigret Photo: Courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival The French Film Festival UK has announced its programme for its 30th anniversary edition, which will run at venues across the UK in November and December this year.
The festival will open with Eric Gravel's race-against-time drama Full Time at London's Cine Lumiere on November 2, with the director in attendance for a Q&a.
Other key films in this year's programme include Lukas Dhont's Close, which won the Cannes Grand Prix this year and Patrice Leconte's Maigret, starring Gerard Depardieu. Leconte will present the film in London on November 10 and in Edinburgh on November 11. Wilfried Méance and Olivier Ducray will also present their comedy Two Of A Kind in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Chichester on November 16, 17 and 18 respectively. Other guests are scheduled to include Charlotte Gainsbourg and Blandine Lenoir.
In a statement the festival said: "For three decades...
The festival will open with Eric Gravel's race-against-time drama Full Time at London's Cine Lumiere on November 2, with the director in attendance for a Q&a.
Other key films in this year's programme include Lukas Dhont's Close, which won the Cannes Grand Prix this year and Patrice Leconte's Maigret, starring Gerard Depardieu. Leconte will present the film in London on November 10 and in Edinburgh on November 11. Wilfried Méance and Olivier Ducray will also present their comedy Two Of A Kind in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Chichester on November 16, 17 and 18 respectively. Other guests are scheduled to include Charlotte Gainsbourg and Blandine Lenoir.
In a statement the festival said: "For three decades...
- 10/24/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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Film festivals entertain, inspire and often can launch new talent in front and behind the camera. But few festivals, especially in the U.S., run purpose-built programs to develop young audiences.
Going into its 26th edition, the American French Film Festival (the L.A.-based festival focused on French cinema and formerly known as Colcoa) has hosted Southern California high school students since 2008. The festival now opens its theater doors at the Los Angeles DGA to more than 3,000 students a year. This year, the total number of high schoolers to have watched a French film at the festival over the years will tick above 32,000.
It all started with an idea hatched by the American French Film Festival (Tafff) founder François Truffart to invite students to share in the Francophone fun, says Pascal Ladreyt, who heads up the foundation European Languages and Movies in...
Film festivals entertain, inspire and often can launch new talent in front and behind the camera. But few festivals, especially in the U.S., run purpose-built programs to develop young audiences.
Going into its 26th edition, the American French Film Festival (the L.A.-based festival focused on French cinema and formerly known as Colcoa) has hosted Southern California high school students since 2008. The festival now opens its theater doors at the Los Angeles DGA to more than 3,000 students a year. This year, the total number of high schoolers to have watched a French film at the festival over the years will tick above 32,000.
It all started with an idea hatched by the American French Film Festival (Tafff) founder François Truffart to invite students to share in the Francophone fun, says Pascal Ladreyt, who heads up the foundation European Languages and Movies in...
- 10/3/2022
- by Sharon Swart
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The American French Film Festival is set to open with a North American premiere for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Notre-Dame on Fire on Oct. 10.
Annaud, who will attend the festival, is bringing his latest film, which re-creates the events of April 15, 2019, when the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, prompting a heroic rescue of the celebrated church.
The festival, formerly called Colcoa, will end on Oct. 16 with Dominik Moll’s thriller The Night of the 12th screening at DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles. The American French Film Festival will dedicate its annual Focus on a Filmmaker spotlight to Moll and will also close with Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas’ HBO remake of his 1996 film, which had a world theatrical premiere at the festival.
In all, 75 films and series and 20 short films were unveiled as part of the festival’s 2022 lineup during a press conference on Tuesday.
The American French Film Festival is set to open with a North American premiere for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Notre-Dame on Fire on Oct. 10.
Annaud, who will attend the festival, is bringing his latest film, which re-creates the events of April 15, 2019, when the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, prompting a heroic rescue of the celebrated church.
The festival, formerly called Colcoa, will end on Oct. 16 with Dominik Moll’s thriller The Night of the 12th screening at DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles. The American French Film Festival will dedicate its annual Focus on a Filmmaker spotlight to Moll and will also close with Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas’ HBO remake of his 1996 film, which had a world theatrical premiere at the festival.
In all, 75 films and series and 20 short films were unveiled as part of the festival’s 2022 lineup during a press conference on Tuesday.
- 9/20/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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