Cannes slates includes new restorations of David Lynch’s Lost Highway, Claire Denis’s Chocolat, and Olivier Assayas’s Irma Vep.
France’s mk2 films is ramping up its heritage film operation with the appointment of Frédérique Rouault as head of collections and the acquisition of a raft of catalogues by directors who have marked cinema history.
In one of its most significant heritage deals to date, the company has acquired the rights to the entire collection of films by the late writer and director Marcel Pagnol.
Until now, the catalogue has been managed by grandson Nicolas Pagnol under the...
France’s mk2 films is ramping up its heritage film operation with the appointment of Frédérique Rouault as head of collections and the acquisition of a raft of catalogues by directors who have marked cinema history.
In one of its most significant heritage deals to date, the company has acquired the rights to the entire collection of films by the late writer and director Marcel Pagnol.
Until now, the catalogue has been managed by grandson Nicolas Pagnol under the...
- 5/18/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Film4 director Daniel Battsek is the industry ambassador this year.
Senior executives from Film4, Playtime and eOne are among the participants in the 2019 edition of Inside Pictures, the international business training and leadership skills development programme from the UK’s National Film and TV School (Nfts).
Among the 20 participants are Frédérique Rouault, director of international sales at French sales agent Playtime; Samanta Roberts, marketing director, film at eOne Spain; and two representatives from Film4 – senior legal and business affairs manager Don McNicholl, and marketing and distribution manager Hannah Saunders.
Daniel Battsek, director of Film4, is the industry ambassador for the programme.
Senior executives from Film4, Playtime and eOne are among the participants in the 2019 edition of Inside Pictures, the international business training and leadership skills development programme from the UK’s National Film and TV School (Nfts).
Among the 20 participants are Frédérique Rouault, director of international sales at French sales agent Playtime; Samanta Roberts, marketing director, film at eOne Spain; and two representatives from Film4 – senior legal and business affairs manager Don McNicholl, and marketing and distribution manager Hannah Saunders.
Daniel Battsek, director of Film4, is the industry ambassador for the programme.
- 4/26/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Non-Fiction and An Impossible Love had UK premieres in London.
UK distributor Curzon Artificial Eye has acquired rights to two new titles following their UK premieres at the recent BFI London Film Festival.
They have picked up Olivier Assayas’ Non-Fiction starring Juliette Binoche and Guillaume Canet, following a deal negotiated with Sebastien Beffa and Frédérique Rouault at sales agent Playtime.
The film explores the relationship to truth in art and love through the pairings of publisher Alain (Canet) and his wife Selena (Binoche), and the web of affairs and alliances in which they become entangled with author Léonard (Vincent Macaigne...
UK distributor Curzon Artificial Eye has acquired rights to two new titles following their UK premieres at the recent BFI London Film Festival.
They have picked up Olivier Assayas’ Non-Fiction starring Juliette Binoche and Guillaume Canet, following a deal negotiated with Sebastien Beffa and Frédérique Rouault at sales agent Playtime.
The film explores the relationship to truth in art and love through the pairings of publisher Alain (Canet) and his wife Selena (Binoche), and the web of affairs and alliances in which they become entangled with author Léonard (Vincent Macaigne...
- 10/26/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Frédérique Rouault joins ahead of the European Film Market next week.
Paris-based Playtime has appointed Frédérique Rouault as its director of international sales ahead of the European Film Market next week.
The experienced sales executive arrives from Celluloid Dreams where she was head of sales from November 2016 and helped to contribute to its recent expansion.
Prior to that, Rouault was VP international Sales at TF1 Studio where she worked on hits such as Serial (Bad) Weddings.
She originally cut her teeth in sales at Paulo Branco’s Alfama Films after attending Sciences Po and then France’s prestigious La Fémis film school, where she studied distribution.
In her new role, Rouault will work alongside Playtime partners François Yon, Sébastien Beffa and Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, taking over the responsibility of the international film sales department.
“Frédérique is a seasoned professional,” said Brigaud-Robert. “She is versatile in her capabilities and has proven her talent, selling both mainstream...
Paris-based Playtime has appointed Frédérique Rouault as its director of international sales ahead of the European Film Market next week.
The experienced sales executive arrives from Celluloid Dreams where she was head of sales from November 2016 and helped to contribute to its recent expansion.
Prior to that, Rouault was VP international Sales at TF1 Studio where she worked on hits such as Serial (Bad) Weddings.
She originally cut her teeth in sales at Paulo Branco’s Alfama Films after attending Sciences Po and then France’s prestigious La Fémis film school, where she studied distribution.
In her new role, Rouault will work alongside Playtime partners François Yon, Sébastien Beffa and Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, taking over the responsibility of the international film sales department.
“Frédérique is a seasoned professional,” said Brigaud-Robert. “She is versatile in her capabilities and has proven her talent, selling both mainstream...
- 2/9/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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