Birkin’s death has shocked her adopted France over the long Bastille Day weekend.
Anglo-French actress, director and singer Jane Birkin has died at the age of 76.
Born and brought up in the UK, Birkin rose to fame in France in the 1960s with a parallel acting and singing career and became a global fashion icon and a woman’s rights activist. France claimed the naturalised citizen as their own.
Birkin starred in around 70 films including Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow Up, 1969’s The Swimming Pool opposite Alain Delon and Romy Schneider, Roger Vadim’s Don Juan, Or if Don...
Anglo-French actress, director and singer Jane Birkin has died at the age of 76.
Born and brought up in the UK, Birkin rose to fame in France in the 1960s with a parallel acting and singing career and became a global fashion icon and a woman’s rights activist. France claimed the naturalised citizen as their own.
Birkin starred in around 70 films including Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow Up, 1969’s The Swimming Pool opposite Alain Delon and Romy Schneider, Roger Vadim’s Don Juan, Or if Don...
- 7/16/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
France’s culture minister Rima Abdul-Malak gave her first interview with the international press at the Cannes Film Festival where she unveiled a plan to invest €350 million ($378 million) in the film and TV industry. Abdul-Malak also addressed some hot topics that are currently being debated within the industry, such as the windowing rules for streamers, the protests over the pension reform, the rise of the far right and criticism of France’s #MeToo movement.
The government-investment initiative, called the Grande Fabrique de l’Image, is meant to bolster France’s position as a leader in film, TV and video games production, studio facilities, post-production, as well as film and TV training. The funding will go to 68 projects that were selected from 175 applicants by two committees, one of which is headed by filmmaker Cedric Jimenez. Among the selected projects are 11 studio facilities, 12 animation studios, six video games studios, five visual effects and post production houses,...
The government-investment initiative, called the Grande Fabrique de l’Image, is meant to bolster France’s position as a leader in film, TV and video games production, studio facilities, post-production, as well as film and TV training. The funding will go to 68 projects that were selected from 175 applicants by two committees, one of which is headed by filmmaker Cedric Jimenez. Among the selected projects are 11 studio facilities, 12 animation studios, six video games studios, five visual effects and post production houses,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran French politician Roselyne Bachelot has taken an extraordinary potshot at the French film industry and the state funding system that keeps it afloat in a candid memoir recounting her difficult term as France’s culture minister during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Entitled 682 Jours – Le Bal Des Hypocrites (682 Days – The Hypocrites’ Ball) the book is stirring controversy in France following its publication there on Thursday for Bachelot’s outspoken criticism of the behaviour of everyone from technocrats to small-town councillors to “stars on big salaries” during the health crisis.
In a section on the film industry, Bachelot questioned the efficacy of France’s state funding mechanisms for cinema, suggesting the driving principle of French cultural exception resulted in films that were of no interest to the general public.
“The famous ‘Cultural Exception’ in fact allows very many French films ‘not to find their public’, to put it politely, or more explicitly,...
Entitled 682 Jours – Le Bal Des Hypocrites (682 Days – The Hypocrites’ Ball) the book is stirring controversy in France following its publication there on Thursday for Bachelot’s outspoken criticism of the behaviour of everyone from technocrats to small-town councillors to “stars on big salaries” during the health crisis.
In a section on the film industry, Bachelot questioned the efficacy of France’s state funding mechanisms for cinema, suggesting the driving principle of French cultural exception resulted in films that were of no interest to the general public.
“The famous ‘Cultural Exception’ in fact allows very many French films ‘not to find their public’, to put it politely, or more explicitly,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Dominique Boutonnat has been appointed by the French government to serve a second three-year mandate as president of the National Film Board (Cnc) despite the fact that he’s been indicted for alleged sexual assault and could now face trial.
Boutonnat, a former producer and financier who was appointed president of the Cnc in July 2019, is known for having close ties to President Emmanuel Macron, who was recently re-elected for a second term. Boutonnat has also been championed by France’s new culture minister, Rima Abdul Malak, who told Le Parisien newspaper in June that the presumption of innocence must be respected since the ruling had not been delivered. Several film organizations, including the Srf (France’s directors’ guild) and 50/50, the feminist and advocacy group, issued statements protesting against the prospects of having Boutonnat serve a second mandate, but in vain.
When unveiling its temporary leadership on July 7, 50/50...
Boutonnat, a former producer and financier who was appointed president of the Cnc in July 2019, is known for having close ties to President Emmanuel Macron, who was recently re-elected for a second term. Boutonnat has also been championed by France’s new culture minister, Rima Abdul Malak, who told Le Parisien newspaper in June that the presumption of innocence must be respected since the ruling had not been delivered. Several film organizations, including the Srf (France’s directors’ guild) and 50/50, the feminist and advocacy group, issued statements protesting against the prospects of having Boutonnat serve a second mandate, but in vain.
When unveiling its temporary leadership on July 7, 50/50...
- 7/20/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The French feminist and advocacy org 50/50, which was hit by a sexual assault scandal and the resignation of its entire administration board in April, has unveiled a new temporary leadership.
For the next six months, the org will be overseen by Séraphine Angoula, Clémentine Charlemaine and Margaux Lorier, while Laura Pertuy and Lahoucine Grimich will be co-managing secretaries, and Johanna Makabi and Raphaël Gribe Marquis will be in charge of finances.
The temporary leadership was elected on July 7 by the new administration board which was itself voted on by members of 50/50 a month ago.
In a press release sent to all members, the org said it will pursue its core missions: “improving the representation of minorities on screen, eliminating the salary gaps and inequalities in accessing employment, and fighting against all kinds of violence and discrimination in the film and TV industries.”
The org also said it deemed “unthinkable the...
For the next six months, the org will be overseen by Séraphine Angoula, Clémentine Charlemaine and Margaux Lorier, while Laura Pertuy and Lahoucine Grimich will be co-managing secretaries, and Johanna Makabi and Raphaël Gribe Marquis will be in charge of finances.
The temporary leadership was elected on July 7 by the new administration board which was itself voted on by members of 50/50 a month ago.
In a press release sent to all members, the org said it will pursue its core missions: “improving the representation of minorities on screen, eliminating the salary gaps and inequalities in accessing employment, and fighting against all kinds of violence and discrimination in the film and TV industries.”
The org also said it deemed “unthinkable the...
- 7/11/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Set to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year, the Cannes Film Festival will likely be presided over by a female executive for the first time ever. Variety has confirmed that Iris Knobloch, the former boss of WarnerMedia France, Germany, Benelux, Austria and Switzerland, is well-positioned to succeed Pierre Lescure who was re-elected for a third term in June 2020 and is planning to step down after the upcoming edition.
Knobloch has yet to be elected by the board of directors of the Association Française du Festival International du Film, which brings together public authorities and film industry professionals, but the German-born, Paris-based executive is being pushed forward by high-profile figures within the French government. Those include culture minister Roselyne Bachelot and Dominique Boutonnat, the president of the National Film Board who is still under a formal investigation for an alleged sexual assault, according to the French news website Satellifacts. The vote...
Knobloch has yet to be elected by the board of directors of the Association Française du Festival International du Film, which brings together public authorities and film industry professionals, but the German-born, Paris-based executive is being pushed forward by high-profile figures within the French government. Those include culture minister Roselyne Bachelot and Dominique Boutonnat, the president of the National Film Board who is still under a formal investigation for an alleged sexual assault, according to the French news website Satellifacts. The vote...
- 3/2/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Incumbent Cannes Film Festival president Pierre Lescure has said he could step down early from his current mandate running until 2023.
Former WarnerMedia top executive Iris Knobloch has been tipped as a potential candidate to succeed Pierre Lescure as Cannes Film Festival president, in a report by French satirical and political insider weekly Le Canard Enchainé on Wednesday (March 2).
Veteran journalist and television executive Lescure was first elected to the role of festival president in 2014, replacing Gilles Jacob, and is now partway through a third three-year mandate running through to 2023.
Lescure has said publicly that he could step down early to...
Former WarnerMedia top executive Iris Knobloch has been tipped as a potential candidate to succeed Pierre Lescure as Cannes Film Festival president, in a report by French satirical and political insider weekly Le Canard Enchainé on Wednesday (March 2).
Veteran journalist and television executive Lescure was first elected to the role of festival president in 2014, replacing Gilles Jacob, and is now partway through a third three-year mandate running through to 2023.
Lescure has said publicly that he could step down early to...
- 3/2/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Call comes as blasts continue to rock capital Kyiv.
More than 60 international film festivals and organisations have signed an open letter calling upon political representatives to work together to achieve the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine and asking the international community to support Ukrainian journalists, filmmakers and artists as they document their reality in the face of the ongoing information war being waged against them.
Coordinated by the Prague-based Institute of Documentary Film (Idf), the Open Letter expressed its solidarity with the Ukrainian people, declaring that “no country has the right to violate the borders of a sovereign state...
More than 60 international film festivals and organisations have signed an open letter calling upon political representatives to work together to achieve the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine and asking the international community to support Ukrainian journalists, filmmakers and artists as they document their reality in the face of the ongoing information war being waged against them.
Coordinated by the Prague-based Institute of Documentary Film (Idf), the Open Letter expressed its solidarity with the Ukrainian people, declaring that “no country has the right to violate the borders of a sovereign state...
- 2/25/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Welcome to this week’s International Insider. Max Goldbart here bringing you the latest in what’s been a busy seven days in the world of international TV and film.
Sundance Global
Cha Cha Leo Grande: This year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival draws to a close on Sunday and hopefully avid Deadline readers have been keeping abreast of our U.S. team’s fantastic coverage of all the biggest deals, reviews and hits. Some big international offerings have been making an impact over in the States and our own Mike Fleming Junior had two fantastic scoops on Wednesday, first revealing that Searchlight Pictures had closed a circa-$7.5M deal for U.S. rights to Emma Thompson pic Good Luck To You, Leo Grande and, hours later, telling the world about Apple’s global $15M grab for Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth, starring Dakota Johnson. Searchlight won out...
Sundance Global
Cha Cha Leo Grande: This year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival draws to a close on Sunday and hopefully avid Deadline readers have been keeping abreast of our U.S. team’s fantastic coverage of all the biggest deals, reviews and hits. Some big international offerings have been making an impact over in the States and our own Mike Fleming Junior had two fantastic scoops on Wednesday, first revealing that Searchlight Pictures had closed a circa-$7.5M deal for U.S. rights to Emma Thompson pic Good Luck To You, Leo Grande and, hours later, telling the world about Apple’s global $15M grab for Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth, starring Dakota Johnson. Searchlight won out...
- 1/28/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
A long-gestating, hot-button move to revamp France’s arcane windowing system reached an important stage today as a new agreement between TV channels, streamers and the film industry was signed by Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot.
Key among the new measures is that Netflix will have access to films 15 months after their theatrical release, versus the market’s long-held 36-month SVOD waiting period. The streamer has committed to producing at least 10 local films per year, investing about 40M euros ($45M).
A Netflix spokesperson said, “This agreement is a significant first step towards the modernization of the media chronology. It reflects both our constructive contribution to the negotiation process and our commitment to contribute to the French cinema industry.” The new rules will go into effect from February 15, and it is understood there is the possibility Netflix sees the 15-month release window reduced to 12 months when the situation is looked at again next year.
Key among the new measures is that Netflix will have access to films 15 months after their theatrical release, versus the market’s long-held 36-month SVOD waiting period. The streamer has committed to producing at least 10 local films per year, investing about 40M euros ($45M).
A Netflix spokesperson said, “This agreement is a significant first step towards the modernization of the media chronology. It reflects both our constructive contribution to the negotiation process and our commitment to contribute to the French cinema industry.” The new rules will go into effect from February 15, and it is understood there is the possibility Netflix sees the 15-month release window reduced to 12 months when the situation is looked at again next year.
- 1/24/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
After months of heated debates and clashes, the French film industry has set new windowing rules for movies that are released in local theaters.
The rules will apply to exhibitors, pay and free TV channels and subscription-based services. They’re expected to be signed by France’s Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot later on Monday (Jan. 24)
Netflix is the only streamer to have signed the agreement and will therefore benefit from having access to fresh movies 15 months after their theatrical release, in comparison to the 36 months under previous windowing guidelines. The latter rule has largely been responsible for the absence of Netflix at the Cannes Film Festival since the event requires every film in competition to have a theatrical bow in France.
“This agreement is a significant first step towards the modernization of the media chronology. It reflects both our constructive contribution to the negotiation process and our commitment to contribute to the French cinema industry,...
The rules will apply to exhibitors, pay and free TV channels and subscription-based services. They’re expected to be signed by France’s Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot later on Monday (Jan. 24)
Netflix is the only streamer to have signed the agreement and will therefore benefit from having access to fresh movies 15 months after their theatrical release, in comparison to the 36 months under previous windowing guidelines. The latter rule has largely been responsible for the absence of Netflix at the Cannes Film Festival since the event requires every film in competition to have a theatrical bow in France.
“This agreement is a significant first step towards the modernization of the media chronology. It reflects both our constructive contribution to the negotiation process and our commitment to contribute to the French cinema industry,...
- 1/24/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood and the French film industry are paying tribute to French actor Gaspard Ulliel.
The actor, who stars in Marvel’s upcoming “Moon Knight” series, died on Wednesday following a skiing accident. He was 37.
Gaspard began acting while still at school. At the age of 12 he appeared in French TV movie “Une Femme En Blanc” (“A Woman in White”) in an uncredited role. In 2007 he took on his first major English-speaking role in “Hannibal Rising,” playing Hannibal, and in 2014 played fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the critically acclaimed film “Saint Laurent.”
He will make one of his final on-screen appearances in Marvel’s upcoming Disney Plus series “Moon Knight,” in which Ulliel played Midnight Man opposite Oscar Isaac.
A spokesperson for Disney told Variety: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of our friend and colleague Gaspard Ulliel. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this time.
The actor, who stars in Marvel’s upcoming “Moon Knight” series, died on Wednesday following a skiing accident. He was 37.
Gaspard began acting while still at school. At the age of 12 he appeared in French TV movie “Une Femme En Blanc” (“A Woman in White”) in an uncredited role. In 2007 he took on his first major English-speaking role in “Hannibal Rising,” playing Hannibal, and in 2014 played fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the critically acclaimed film “Saint Laurent.”
He will make one of his final on-screen appearances in Marvel’s upcoming Disney Plus series “Moon Knight,” in which Ulliel played Midnight Man opposite Oscar Isaac.
A spokesperson for Disney told Variety: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of our friend and colleague Gaspard Ulliel. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this time.
- 1/19/2022
- by K.J. Yossman, Elsa Keslassy and Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
In an effort to combat an increasing number of Delta variant Covid cases, France is set to introduce tighter restrictions affecting cultural activities beginning July 21. From that date, it will become mandatory for those over 12-years-old to show the official EU Digital Covid Certificate (or “health pass”) to access all cultural and leisure venues where more than 50 people are gathered. This will include cinemas, live theater, amusement parks, concerts and festivals, French president Emmanuel Macron announced in an address to the nation this evening.
These new measures will not affect the Cannes Film Festival which is currently in full swing and has required the health pass for those with access to it, or proof of negative tests every 48 hours for non-vaccinated and non-eu delegates, in order to gain entry to the Palais.
The health pass certifies that people are either fully vaccinated or have recently tested negative for Covid. Similar...
These new measures will not affect the Cannes Film Festival which is currently in full swing and has required the health pass for those with access to it, or proof of negative tests every 48 hours for non-vaccinated and non-eu delegates, in order to gain entry to the Palais.
The health pass certifies that people are either fully vaccinated or have recently tested negative for Covid. Similar...
- 7/12/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Mounia Meddour, the director of the Cesar-winning film “Papicha” that also played to acclaim at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2019, will next direct “Houria,” an Algeria-set drama headlined by “Papicha” star Lyna Khoudri.
Meddour, who is on the jury of this year’s Un Certain Regard, wrote the original screenplay for “Houria.”
The film is set in contemporary Algeria and will star Khoudri (“The French Dispatch”) as a young woman who is passionate about ballet dancing and experiences a trauma. Following this personal tragedy, she meets other women who have experienced similar situations and finds a creative way to pursue her passion. Besides Khoudri, who has become one of France’s hottest actors, “Houria” will star Amira Hilda Douaouda, another “Papicha” actor, as well as Rachida Brakni (“Baron Noir’).
“Like ‘Papicha,’ ‘Houria’ will tell the story of strong-willed women on their paths to resilience and emancipation which are themes that drive me,...
Meddour, who is on the jury of this year’s Un Certain Regard, wrote the original screenplay for “Houria.”
The film is set in contemporary Algeria and will star Khoudri (“The French Dispatch”) as a young woman who is passionate about ballet dancing and experiences a trauma. Following this personal tragedy, she meets other women who have experienced similar situations and finds a creative way to pursue her passion. Besides Khoudri, who has become one of France’s hottest actors, “Houria” will star Amira Hilda Douaouda, another “Papicha” actor, as well as Rachida Brakni (“Baron Noir’).
“Like ‘Papicha,’ ‘Houria’ will tell the story of strong-willed women on their paths to resilience and emancipation which are themes that drive me,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The French government has given €11bn ($13bn) in extra state support to the country’s hard-hit cultural sector since the beginning of the pandemic.
French culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has announced an extra €150m ($183m) in state support for France’s pandemic hit culture sector, with €80m ($97.6m) earmarked for cinema.
The minister announced the extra support on Tuesday evening, on the eve of the reopening of the country’s cinemas, theatres and museums on Wednesday (May 19), following six months of closure.
According to local media reports, €60m ($73m) will go to exhibitors, who have been hard hit by the...
French culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has announced an extra €150m ($183m) in state support for France’s pandemic hit culture sector, with €80m ($97.6m) earmarked for cinema.
The minister announced the extra support on Tuesday evening, on the eve of the reopening of the country’s cinemas, theatres and museums on Wednesday (May 19), following six months of closure.
According to local media reports, €60m ($73m) will go to exhibitors, who have been hard hit by the...
- 5/19/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
France’s culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has outlined in broad strokes the strategy for reopening cultural venues, including movie theaters, on May 19. For one thing, there won’t be any sales of popcorn or other food and beverage inside cinemas during the first three weeks of reopening.
Addressing the National Assembly on May 3, Bachelot said eating wouldn’t be allowed inside theaters because restaurants and bars would not either be permitted to serve customers indoors until June 9. Only outdoor areas outside cafes and restaurants will reopen on May 19.
“There’s no reason why there should be double standards in terms of restrictions imposed on ‘common’ restaurants and restrictions that would apply to restaurants tied to a cultural event (or venue),” Bachelot told the National Assembly. The underlying idea is to have everyone wear a mask indoors and have no reason to take it out.
Bachelot also pointed that the government...
Addressing the National Assembly on May 3, Bachelot said eating wouldn’t be allowed inside theaters because restaurants and bars would not either be permitted to serve customers indoors until June 9. Only outdoor areas outside cafes and restaurants will reopen on May 19.
“There’s no reason why there should be double standards in terms of restrictions imposed on ‘common’ restaurants and restrictions that would apply to restaurants tied to a cultural event (or venue),” Bachelot told the National Assembly. The underlying idea is to have everyone wear a mask indoors and have no reason to take it out.
Bachelot also pointed that the government...
- 5/4/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
French cinemas have been shut since the end of last October, after 14-week closure last spring.
The French government could be on the verge of giving cinemas the green light to reopen from May 17 after nearly six months of closure, according to local media reports.
The speculation was sparked by a report in the satirical weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné on Wednesday (April 21), that culture minister Roselyne Bachelot had secured a government commitment to reopen all cultural places, including cinemas, from mid-May.
France has been under a second national lockdown since the beginning of April due to a third wave...
The French government could be on the verge of giving cinemas the green light to reopen from May 17 after nearly six months of closure, according to local media reports.
The speculation was sparked by a report in the satirical weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné on Wednesday (April 21), that culture minister Roselyne Bachelot had secured a government commitment to reopen all cultural places, including cinemas, from mid-May.
France has been under a second national lockdown since the beginning of April due to a third wave...
- 4/22/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
After last year’s scandal over Roman Polanski’s director win, the 46th Cesar Awards, France’s highest film honors, which took place on Friday in the presence of nominees, has been the subject of vitriolic criticism from industry figures.
Some have claimed that the spectacle was so vulgar that it has tarnished the image of French cinema and will discourage audiences from returning to theaters when they finally reopen. But, in fact, the awards were a fitting encapsulation of an industry that’s increasingly at odds with itself.
The 2021 edition marked a new era for the Cesar Awards, which is now headed by Veronique Cayla, former president of Arte, and vice chaired by Eric Toledano, co-director of “The Intouchables,” who took over from Alain Terzian following an industry revolt over the lack of transparency and democracy within the institution. With the last six months, the operating model and corporate...
Some have claimed that the spectacle was so vulgar that it has tarnished the image of French cinema and will discourage audiences from returning to theaters when they finally reopen. But, in fact, the awards were a fitting encapsulation of an industry that’s increasingly at odds with itself.
The 2021 edition marked a new era for the Cesar Awards, which is now headed by Veronique Cayla, former president of Arte, and vice chaired by Eric Toledano, co-director of “The Intouchables,” who took over from Alain Terzian following an industry revolt over the lack of transparency and democracy within the institution. With the last six months, the operating model and corporate...
- 3/16/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
European territories suffer as Asia, Middle East recover.
All cinemas in the mainland UK and Ireland are closed. (Two on the Isle of Man and one on Guernsey are open.) Northern Ireland has a preposed reopening date of February 6, although this is subject to reassessment, and cinemas in Ireland are looking at a tentative opening date of January 31.
In France where all cinemas are also closed, culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said this week cultural spaces including cinemas are unlikely to reopen in January. The National Federation of French Cinemas went to court before Christmas to protest the forced closure of...
All cinemas in the mainland UK and Ireland are closed. (Two on the Isle of Man and one on Guernsey are open.) Northern Ireland has a preposed reopening date of February 6, although this is subject to reassessment, and cinemas in Ireland are looking at a tentative opening date of January 31.
In France where all cinemas are also closed, culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said this week cultural spaces including cinemas are unlikely to reopen in January. The National Federation of French Cinemas went to court before Christmas to protest the forced closure of...
- 1/7/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Cultural spaces such as cinemas, theatres and museums have been shut since end-October.
France’s culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has indicated that French cinemas and theatres, which have been closed since the end of October due to the second wave of Covid-19, are unlikely to reopen in January.
“It’s very difficult to get visibility, we don’t have visibility,” she said in an interview Radio Station Rtl on Tuesday evening (January 5).
“What I want is that we can reopen for good,” she continued.
All public spaces, including cinemas, theatres, concert hall and museums, were shut at the end of last October,...
France’s culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has indicated that French cinemas and theatres, which have been closed since the end of October due to the second wave of Covid-19, are unlikely to reopen in January.
“It’s very difficult to get visibility, we don’t have visibility,” she said in an interview Radio Station Rtl on Tuesday evening (January 5).
“What I want is that we can reopen for good,” she continued.
All public spaces, including cinemas, theatres, concert hall and museums, were shut at the end of last October,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
A government-mandated curfew that was set in place in France last week has been widely extended across the country, and will come into effect from Friday night. An estimated 46M people (69% of the population) will be impacted by the new measures announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex this evening.
Residents of the 54 total areas (or départements) now involved (38 were added today) will be under strict curfew from 9Pm-6Am as France looks to stem the spread of Covid-19.
Along with the ongoing effect this will have on cinemas, which make most of their box office from evening showings, a three-day Cannes Film Festival event scheduled for next week has immediately responded by tailoring its timetable.
A festival rep tells Deadline that the premiere screenings originally scheduled to begin at 7Pm from October 27-29 will now be pushed back to 6Pm. Other screenings will take place as planned during the day.
Residents of the 54 total areas (or départements) now involved (38 were added today) will be under strict curfew from 9Pm-6Am as France looks to stem the spread of Covid-19.
Along with the ongoing effect this will have on cinemas, which make most of their box office from evening showings, a three-day Cannes Film Festival event scheduled for next week has immediately responded by tailoring its timetable.
A festival rep tells Deadline that the premiere screenings originally scheduled to begin at 7Pm from October 27-29 will now be pushed back to 6Pm. Other screenings will take place as planned during the day.
- 10/22/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The French state commits exceptional resources to all levels of the film sector, whether exhibition, production, distribution, technical industries, internationalisation, future talent or heritage. Following on from French Prime Minister Jean Castex’s revelation of the broader lines of the recovery plan for the national film industry in late August (read our article), Minister for Culture Roselyne Bachelot has now provided greater detail on these support measures, on the occasion of the Annual Exhibitors Congress which took place in Deauville. In addition to the €50m in exceptional compensation put forward by the government in order to counter losses in cinema ticket sales, and the €50m it contributed to the guarantee fund for the revival of film shoots, launched back in June, a further €165m will be allocated to the Cnc with the aim of shoring up the audiovisual and film sectors. As anticipated, this €165m will comprise a sum of €60m.
Jonathan Nossiter, one of the few American directors who was able to attend the Deauville Film Festival this year, didn’t make the trip for the Normandy seaside red carpet. He intended to shake people up with “Last Words,” a post-apocalyptic film set in 2086 which seems eerily prophetic.
Competing in Deauville, “Last Words” was part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection and would have likely sparked some heated debate on the Croisette if the festival hadn’t been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Conceived as an allegory on the impact of the climate crisis, “Last Words” unfolds in a planet that has been ravaged. Europe is a vast desert and its population has been decimated by a virus. Survivors are living isolated, and while nature has perished and culture has disappeared from the world. It will take a young African refugee, played by newcomer Kalipha Touray, to bring joy and...
Competing in Deauville, “Last Words” was part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection and would have likely sparked some heated debate on the Croisette if the festival hadn’t been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Conceived as an allegory on the impact of the climate crisis, “Last Words” unfolds in a planet that has been ravaged. Europe is a vast desert and its population has been decimated by a virus. Survivors are living isolated, and while nature has perished and culture has disappeared from the world. It will take a young African refugee, played by newcomer Kalipha Touray, to bring joy and...
- 9/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex on Wednesday said that the state has earmarked €2 billion ($2.36 billion) for the cultural sector in the wake of the coronavirus. While the full economic recovery plan — €100B euros in total — will not be officially unveiled until September 3, the newly installed Castex told France Inter radio that the state believes “culture is an economic activity” and that “the cultural sector has greatly suffered from the crisis… more than others.”
The state’s priority, according to Castex, is that business gets back on track. He added, “I say to the French: Go to the cinema, go to the theater, you risk nothing.” The timing is notable given today sees the release of Christopher Nolan’s anticipated Tenet throughout the country. The Warner Bros title is the first major new Hollywood movie here and is hoped to provide a significant boost for the market which last weekend...
The state’s priority, according to Castex, is that business gets back on track. He added, “I say to the French: Go to the cinema, go to the theater, you risk nothing.” The timing is notable given today sees the release of Christopher Nolan’s anticipated Tenet throughout the country. The Warner Bros title is the first major new Hollywood movie here and is hoped to provide a significant boost for the market which last weekend...
- 8/26/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
France has set aside $5.6b to support cultural sector in wake of pandemic.
Veteran centre-right politician Roselyne Bachelot has been announced as France’s new minister of culture, becoming the fifth person to take-up the portfolio in five years.
She arrives in the post as the country’s culture sector faces its most challenging period since World War Two due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a recent study by the French culture ministry, revenue for the entire sector has fallen by 25%, or $25bn (€22.3bn), in the wake of the pandemic and national lockdown.
Prior to the outbreak of the virus,...
Veteran centre-right politician Roselyne Bachelot has been announced as France’s new minister of culture, becoming the fifth person to take-up the portfolio in five years.
She arrives in the post as the country’s culture sector faces its most challenging period since World War Two due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a recent study by the French culture ministry, revenue for the entire sector has fallen by 25%, or $25bn (€22.3bn), in the wake of the pandemic and national lockdown.
Prior to the outbreak of the virus,...
- 7/7/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
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