Just before I relocated to France two years ago, Jay Penske, chairman & CEO of Variety parent company PMC, asked me why Paris, as opposed to London, when picking a base from which to lead the paper's…
The trailblazing feminist writer Violette Leduc gets a biopic fully worthy of her complex life and work with "Violette."
Gilles Bourdos’ “Renoir” is set to represent Gaul in the Oscar’s Foreign-language race. Pic, which competed in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2012, was released Stateside by Samuel Goldwyn Films in…
DEAUVILLE– Version Originale/Condor, a new Paris-based distribution player, has acquired Destin Daniel Cretton's “Short Term 12,” which is competing at Deauville American Film Festival. Pic played…
Buoyed by the extraordinary success of "Le Roi et l'oiseau," Studiocanal will give a theatrical opening in France to its latest restored film classic, Jean Renoir's "La Bete Humaine" (The Human…
Following in the footsteps of movies-turned-musicals such as "Kinky Boots" and "Billy Elliot," an adaptation of the 2001 French film "Amelie" is aimed at Broadway. Dan Messe of the Brooklyn-based…
Boasting scenic volcanoes, over 500 waterfalls, 64 churches and postcard-worthy beaches — not to mention a gritty industrial zone — Guadeloupe is quickly becoming the most popular shooting location…
After lobbying for nearly two years, French film export bizzers have obtained from the CNC (national film and TV board) the launch of a selective 8 million Euros ($10.4 million) fund to help them…
PARIS — In a major, yet anticipated turnaround, Gaul’s National Film Board (CNC) prexy Eric Garandeau has been axed. The French government has appointed fellow Socialist Frederique Bredin to take…
France, the land that coined the term "auteur," is a welcoming market for U.S. arthouse fare. There's even an event — the Champs-Elysees Film Festival, soon to unspool its second edition along the…
Sony has bought English-language remake rights for Jacques Audiard’s 2010 Oscar-nominated French hit, “A Prophet,” with Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe producing. “This is an epic crime saga with…
