Curtain Up on the Cannes Marche!Even though the Cannes Film Festival will not show the films they have selected, the Market marches on.Because the interconnectedness of audience, film industry, movie stars, press, cineastes and cinephiles and just plan gawking fans is so crucial to making the festival what it is, the Festival cannot take place, but the Cannes Marche was brave enough to take the bait and rise to the occasion with its Cannes Online.Visit for updates!
The conference schedule is packed and this first day has been exceptional.
Of the three conferences I attended, Meet the Streamers was the finest articulation of what is happening today which might point to a future that changes the personality of arthouse theater curation. Richard Lorber of Kino Lorber (USA), Olle Agebro of Draken Film (Sweden) and Jaume Ripoli of Filmin discussed the projects they launched to reply to the Covid 19 emergency,...
The conference schedule is packed and this first day has been exceptional.
Of the three conferences I attended, Meet the Streamers was the finest articulation of what is happening today which might point to a future that changes the personality of arthouse theater curation. Richard Lorber of Kino Lorber (USA), Olle Agebro of Draken Film (Sweden) and Jaume Ripoli of Filmin discussed the projects they launched to reply to the Covid 19 emergency,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Cuties
Winner of the Global Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 for the screenplay of her first feature Cuties (Mignonnes), Maïmouna Doucouré reteamed with producer Bien ou Bien Productions Sylvain De Zangroniz for a debut that pit non-professionals with actress Maïmouna Gueye. Doucouré won both a César, a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and Best International Short at Tiff for her 2015 short film, Maman(s). Doucoure’s cast includes Fathia Youssouf, Medina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma and Maimouna Gueye. Netflix landed the title.
Gist: Co-written by Alice Winocour, Nathalie Saugeon and Valentine Milville, pre-teenager Amy discovers in her new elementary school a group of dancers called “Cuties”.…...
Winner of the Global Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 for the screenplay of her first feature Cuties (Mignonnes), Maïmouna Doucouré reteamed with producer Bien ou Bien Productions Sylvain De Zangroniz for a debut that pit non-professionals with actress Maïmouna Gueye. Doucouré won both a César, a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and Best International Short at Tiff for her 2015 short film, Maman(s). Doucoure’s cast includes Fathia Youssouf, Medina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma and Maimouna Gueye. Netflix landed the title.
Gist: Co-written by Alice Winocour, Nathalie Saugeon and Valentine Milville, pre-teenager Amy discovers in her new elementary school a group of dancers called “Cuties”.…...
- 1/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Mignonnes
French director Maïmouna Doucouré won a Global Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 for the screenplay of her first feature Mignonnes, which should be ready to premiere in 2019. Produced by Sylvain De Zangroniz through Bien ou Bien Productions, a cast of non-professionals is joined by Maïmouna Gueye. Doucouré won both a Cesar, a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and was a Tiff favorite for her celebrated 2015 short film, Maman(s).
Gist: Co-written by Alice Winocour, Nathalie Saugeon and Valentine Milville, pre-teenager Amy discovers in her new elementary school a group of dancers called: “Les Mignonnes”.…...
French director Maïmouna Doucouré won a Global Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 for the screenplay of her first feature Mignonnes, which should be ready to premiere in 2019. Produced by Sylvain De Zangroniz through Bien ou Bien Productions, a cast of non-professionals is joined by Maïmouna Gueye. Doucouré won both a Cesar, a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and was a Tiff favorite for her celebrated 2015 short film, Maman(s).
Gist: Co-written by Alice Winocour, Nathalie Saugeon and Valentine Milville, pre-teenager Amy discovers in her new elementary school a group of dancers called: “Les Mignonnes”.…...
- 1/3/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
French productions generated 77m admissions to take a 40% share of the market
French admissions fell by 4.3% in 2018 to 200.5m, against 209.4m in 2017, but the country remained one of Europe’s leading cinema markets, according to preliminary figures released by the National Cinema Centre (Cnc) on Dec 31.
In spite of the drop, the Cnc said France was Europe’s top territory in terms of admissions if not by overall gross, ahead of the UK with 176m entries, Germany with 90m, Spain with 92m and Italy with 79 million entries, according to its figures. The overall gross for the UK could end up...
French admissions fell by 4.3% in 2018 to 200.5m, against 209.4m in 2017, but the country remained one of Europe’s leading cinema markets, according to preliminary figures released by the National Cinema Centre (Cnc) on Dec 31.
In spite of the drop, the Cnc said France was Europe’s top territory in terms of admissions if not by overall gross, ahead of the UK with 176m entries, Germany with 90m, Spain with 92m and Italy with 79 million entries, according to its figures. The overall gross for the UK could end up...
- 1/3/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The concept and poster art may be similar, but otherwise there's a chasm as wide as the Atlantic Ocean separating the new and unofficial French Beverly Hills Cop remake, entitled Belleville Cop (Le Flic de Belleville), from the original.
For starters, the 1984 Eddy Murphy hit was, and still is, pretty hilarious, while this film isn't. And although Gallic star Omar Sy (The Intouchables) has a likable presence and a generous laugh, which he's used well in the past, he can't hack it on the level of Murphy, providing a few fun moments but nothing that's downright ...
For starters, the 1984 Eddy Murphy hit was, and still is, pretty hilarious, while this film isn't. And although Gallic star Omar Sy (The Intouchables) has a likable presence and a generous laugh, which he's used well in the past, he can't hack it on the level of Murphy, providing a few fun moments but nothing that's downright ...
- 10/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The concept and poster art may be similar, but otherwise there's a chasm as wide as the Atlantic Ocean separating the new and unofficial French Beverly Hills Cop remake, entitled Belleville Cop (Le Flic de Belleville), from the original.
For starters, the 1984 Eddy Murphy hit was, and still is, pretty hilarious, while this film isn't. And although Gallic star Omar Sy (The Intouchables) has a likable presence and a generous laugh, which he's used well in the past, he can't hack it on the level of Murphy, providing a few fun moments but nothing that's downright ...
For starters, the 1984 Eddy Murphy hit was, and still is, pretty hilarious, while this film isn't. And although Gallic star Omar Sy (The Intouchables) has a likable presence and a generous laugh, which he's used well in the past, he can't hack it on the level of Murphy, providing a few fun moments but nothing that's downright ...
- 10/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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