He will work with executive director Daniela Elstner and audiovisual director Sarah Hemar.
Gilles Pélisson has been named president of French film and TV promotional organisation Unifrance and will take the reins from both longtime president Serge Toubiana and vice president Hervé Michel who are both stepping down.
Unifrance’s executive director Daniela Elstner will remain at the helm along with audiovisual director Sarah Hemar.
Elstner commended the departing duo for their work. “Together with their teams, they have supported the new, unified Unifrance in a post-Covid context, in order to promote the full diversity of French creativity on the international stage.
Gilles Pélisson has been named president of French film and TV promotional organisation Unifrance and will take the reins from both longtime president Serge Toubiana and vice president Hervé Michel who are both stepping down.
Unifrance’s executive director Daniela Elstner will remain at the helm along with audiovisual director Sarah Hemar.
Elstner commended the departing duo for their work. “Together with their teams, they have supported the new, unified Unifrance in a post-Covid context, in order to promote the full diversity of French creativity on the international stage.
- 7/7/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Gilles Pélisson, the former boss of TF1, has been elected president of French film and TV promotion org Unifrance. He will succeed to Serge Toubiana and Hervé Michel.
Other candidates to take the helm of Unifrance included Frédérique Bredin, the former boss of the National Film Board (Cnc), Anne Durupty, former Arte France boss, and film producer Marie Masmonteil.
Pelisson was elected by a 60-member executive committee, which includes representatives of major guilds and commissions. Pelisson is a veteran within France’s media and entertainment industry landscape but may not be as knowledgable about French films as his predecessor, Toubiana, who had led the French Cinematheque and Les Cahiers du Cinema prior to joining Unifrance.
Pelisson’s election comes two years after Unifrance merged with TV France International, the French TV promotion body.
Pelissonn, who is the former president of Accor, Eurodisney and Bouygues Telecom, entered the Bouygues-owned commercial TV network TF1 in 2009 as administrator.
Other candidates to take the helm of Unifrance included Frédérique Bredin, the former boss of the National Film Board (Cnc), Anne Durupty, former Arte France boss, and film producer Marie Masmonteil.
Pelisson was elected by a 60-member executive committee, which includes representatives of major guilds and commissions. Pelisson is a veteran within France’s media and entertainment industry landscape but may not be as knowledgable about French films as his predecessor, Toubiana, who had led the French Cinematheque and Les Cahiers du Cinema prior to joining Unifrance.
Pelisson’s election comes two years after Unifrance merged with TV France International, the French TV promotion body.
Pelissonn, who is the former president of Accor, Eurodisney and Bouygues Telecom, entered the Bouygues-owned commercial TV network TF1 in 2009 as administrator.
- 7/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Gilles Pélisson has been named as the new president of French film and TV promotional body Unifrance.
He replaces film critic and former French Cinematheque head Serge Toubiana, who held the role for three consecutive two-year terms, as well as Hervé Michel, who was vice-president of the body from 2021.
Pélisson is the first new president to be voted in since Unifrance expanded its original cinema remit to TV, following its merger with TV France International in 2021.
The former TF1 Group CEO is also the first figure from the world of television to take on the role.
The existing executive management team remains in place with Daniela Elstner as Executive Director, Gilles Renouard as Director of Cinema, Sarah Hemar as Director of Audiovisual, Stéphanie Gavardin as Director of Communication and Digital and Axel Scoffier as General Secretary.
Other film and TV figures in the running for the president role included former...
He replaces film critic and former French Cinematheque head Serge Toubiana, who held the role for three consecutive two-year terms, as well as Hervé Michel, who was vice-president of the body from 2021.
Pélisson is the first new president to be voted in since Unifrance expanded its original cinema remit to TV, following its merger with TV France International in 2021.
The former TF1 Group CEO is also the first figure from the world of television to take on the role.
The existing executive management team remains in place with Daniela Elstner as Executive Director, Gilles Renouard as Director of Cinema, Sarah Hemar as Director of Audiovisual, Stéphanie Gavardin as Director of Communication and Digital and Axel Scoffier as General Secretary.
Other film and TV figures in the running for the president role included former...
- 7/7/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
France has overhauled the composition of its Oscar selection committee for the second time in three years.
Under the move, the heads of the Cannes Film Festival, export agency Unifrance and the César Academy will no longer have an automatic place on the committee.
The changes were announced in the French government’s daily bulletin as amendments to the regulatory code governing the country’s National Cinema Centre, which oversees the process each autumn.
A key change is that the slot automatically reserved for the head of the Cannes Film Festival has been replaced by “a qualified person in the cinema domain”.
This means that long-time Cannes delegate Thierry Frémaux who has been on the committee for more than a decade will likely not be involved in the selection for France’s 2023 Oscar submission.
Current Unifrance president Serge Toubiana and the César Academy Veronique Cayla will be allowed to participate...
Under the move, the heads of the Cannes Film Festival, export agency Unifrance and the César Academy will no longer have an automatic place on the committee.
The changes were announced in the French government’s daily bulletin as amendments to the regulatory code governing the country’s National Cinema Centre, which oversees the process each autumn.
A key change is that the slot automatically reserved for the head of the Cannes Film Festival has been replaced by “a qualified person in the cinema domain”.
This means that long-time Cannes delegate Thierry Frémaux who has been on the committee for more than a decade will likely not be involved in the selection for France’s 2023 Oscar submission.
Current Unifrance president Serge Toubiana and the César Academy Veronique Cayla will be allowed to participate...
- 7/27/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Following a backlash within its membership ranks and the resignation of its board of directors and president earlier this year, France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma has set new leadership. At a general assembly today, the Académie, which hands out the country’s César Awards, elected former Cnc and Arte chief Veronique Cayla as president and Intouchables co-director and filmmaker Eric Toledano as vice president. They will hold their positions for a two-year term.
The duo replaces Margaret Menegoz who was interim president following Alain Terzian’s departure in February. Terzian left amid rising controversy in the wake of this year’s César nominations which gave Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy the lead at 12. The film ultimately won three prizes at the protested ceremony.
Prior to the awards, the film org was called out as “elitist and closed” by some 200 artists who said they...
The duo replaces Margaret Menegoz who was interim president following Alain Terzian’s departure in February. Terzian left amid rising controversy in the wake of this year’s César nominations which gave Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy the lead at 12. The film ultimately won three prizes at the protested ceremony.
Prior to the awards, the film org was called out as “elitist and closed” by some 200 artists who said they...
- 9/29/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Dominique Boutonnat, a film executive who was an associate producer of “Two Days in Paris,” “Polisse” and “The Intouchables,” has been appointed president of France’s National Film Board, or Cnc. The government-backed organization plays a key role in the allocation of film and TV subsidies, as well as establishing rules applying to the local industry.
Boutonnat succeeds Frédérique Bredin, who exited the Cnc a couple of weeks ago, a few days before the end of her second term, leaving the Cnc without a president for the first time in its 70-year history.
In the weeks leading up to his nomination to lead the Cnc, Boutonnat was the target of widespread protests from French producers and filmmakers who considered him too close to French President Emmanuel Macron. More than 70 industry figures, including Jacques Audiard, Emmanuelle Bercot, Michel Hazanavicius, Arnaud Desplechin and Bertrand Tavernier, signed a letter to Macron saying that...
Boutonnat succeeds Frédérique Bredin, who exited the Cnc a couple of weeks ago, a few days before the end of her second term, leaving the Cnc without a president for the first time in its 70-year history.
In the weeks leading up to his nomination to lead the Cnc, Boutonnat was the target of widespread protests from French producers and filmmakers who considered him too close to French President Emmanuel Macron. More than 70 industry figures, including Jacques Audiard, Emmanuelle Bercot, Michel Hazanavicius, Arnaud Desplechin and Bertrand Tavernier, signed a letter to Macron saying that...
- 7/24/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Boutonnat is a close associate of French president Emmanuel Macron.
Producer Dominique Boutonnat has been named as the new president of France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) in a controversial move by French president Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government.
He replaces long-running chief Frédérique Bredin, who stepped down abruptly on July 10 amid a growing row over government plans to overhaul France’s successful and generous state film funding system.
Many cinema professionals are suspicious of Boutonnat who is a close associate of Macron and financier of his 2017 presidential election campaign, as well as the author of a controversial government-commissioned report...
Producer Dominique Boutonnat has been named as the new president of France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) in a controversial move by French president Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government.
He replaces long-running chief Frédérique Bredin, who stepped down abruptly on July 10 amid a growing row over government plans to overhaul France’s successful and generous state film funding system.
Many cinema professionals are suspicious of Boutonnat who is a close associate of Macron and financier of his 2017 presidential election campaign, as well as the author of a controversial government-commissioned report...
- 7/24/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
French producer Dominique Boutonnat has been named president of France’s leading public film organization Cnc, the country’s government has confirmed.
Boutonnat’s credits as co-producer and associate producer include hits Heartbreaker and The Intouchables, respectively. He most recently produced 2017 feature thriller Money.
This is a controversial appointment, however. The French industry reacted strongly earlier this month following the departure of president Frédérique Bredin, who held the post since 2013. Citing a conflict of interest, more than 70 filmmakers publicly condemned the selection of Boutonnat.
Prominent directors including Jacques Audiard, Nicole Garcia and Michel Hazanavicius penned an open letter in which they accused French President Emmanuel Macron of “having apparently rejected all other nominations for his benefit.” Boutonnat was a significant donor to Macron’s 2016 presidential campaign, local media has reported.
Boutonnat this year also authored a government-commissioned report on propping up the film business via private investment. This did not...
Boutonnat’s credits as co-producer and associate producer include hits Heartbreaker and The Intouchables, respectively. He most recently produced 2017 feature thriller Money.
This is a controversial appointment, however. The French industry reacted strongly earlier this month following the departure of president Frédérique Bredin, who held the post since 2013. Citing a conflict of interest, more than 70 filmmakers publicly condemned the selection of Boutonnat.
Prominent directors including Jacques Audiard, Nicole Garcia and Michel Hazanavicius penned an open letter in which they accused French President Emmanuel Macron of “having apparently rejected all other nominations for his benefit.” Boutonnat was a significant donor to Macron’s 2016 presidential campaign, local media has reported.
Boutonnat this year also authored a government-commissioned report on propping up the film business via private investment. This did not...
- 7/24/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
In this week’s International TV Newswire: Frédérique Bredin announces she won’t run for another term at France’s National Cinema Center (Cnc); Mexican broadcaster Televisa’s profits plummet; HBO pre-buys Keshet’s “Our Boys” for Latin America and Europe; Patrick Vien changes roles at A+E; new Greek government re-aligns public broadcasters; and VODs are still under the upcoming 30% European series quota.
Frédérique Bredin Exits Cnc as France Fears for Cultural Exception
Over 1992-93, France fought Hollywood. for its powerful French cinema quotas and subsidies – part of its so-called cultural exception – to be excluded from the Gatt round of trade talks, liberalizing commerce. France won. Now France’s movie industry fears that its once sacrosanct public-sector support for cinema will be dismantled by the French government itself. Though first and foremost a cinema concern, the threat could have important concerns for France’s TV industry as well.
On Wednesday,...
Frédérique Bredin Exits Cnc as France Fears for Cultural Exception
Over 1992-93, France fought Hollywood. for its powerful French cinema quotas and subsidies – part of its so-called cultural exception – to be excluded from the Gatt round of trade talks, liberalizing commerce. France won. Now France’s movie industry fears that its once sacrosanct public-sector support for cinema will be dismantled by the French government itself. Though first and foremost a cinema concern, the threat could have important concerns for France’s TV industry as well.
On Wednesday,...
- 7/12/2019
- by John Hopewell, Jamie Lang and Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Frédérique Bredin resigns overnight as row grows over proposals to cap institution’s funds.
The future direction of France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) and the generous film financing system it oversees is in doubt following the abrupt departure of long-running Cnc president Fréderique Bredin, hot on the heels of a government report proposing sweeping changes to the way the organisation is run.
Bredin resigned on Wednesday night (July 10) after the government failed to clarify whether she would be re-appointed for a third three-year term, ahead of the end of her current mandate this week.
The move comes in the...
The future direction of France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) and the generous film financing system it oversees is in doubt following the abrupt departure of long-running Cnc president Fréderique Bredin, hot on the heels of a government report proposing sweeping changes to the way the organisation is run.
Bredin resigned on Wednesday night (July 10) after the government failed to clarify whether she would be re-appointed for a third three-year term, ahead of the end of her current mandate this week.
The move comes in the...
- 7/11/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The country has added industry professionals to Oscar submission committee and tweaked its eligibility rules.
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) has announced it is changing the composition of the committee selecting the country’s submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences international feature film category to include industry professionals for the first time.
“We have decided to modify the composition of the commission to integrate professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the American market,” said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin in a statement.
Under the changes, the committee will include two directors, two producers and two international sales agents,...
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) has announced it is changing the composition of the committee selecting the country’s submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences international feature film category to include industry professionals for the first time.
“We have decided to modify the composition of the commission to integrate professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the American market,” said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin in a statement.
Under the changes, the committee will include two directors, two producers and two international sales agents,...
- 7/4/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The country has added industry professionals to Oscar submission committee and tweaked its eligibility rules.
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) has announced it is changing the composition of the committee selecting the country’s submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences international feature film category to include industry professionals for the first time.
“We have decided to modify the composition of the commission to integrate professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the American market,” said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin in a statement.
Under the changes, the committee will include two directors, two producers and two international sales agents,...
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) has announced it is changing the composition of the committee selecting the country’s submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences international feature film category to include industry professionals for the first time.
“We have decided to modify the composition of the commission to integrate professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the American market,” said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin in a statement.
Under the changes, the committee will include two directors, two producers and two international sales agents,...
- 7/3/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Shift to ’integrate professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the American market.’
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) has announced it is changing the composition of the committee selecting the country’s submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences international feature film category to include industry professionals for the first time.
“We have decided to modify the composition of the commission to integrate professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the American market,” said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin in a statement.
Under the changes, the committee will include two directors, two producers and two international sales agents, who...
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) has announced it is changing the composition of the committee selecting the country’s submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences international feature film category to include industry professionals for the first time.
“We have decided to modify the composition of the commission to integrate professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the American market,” said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin in a statement.
Under the changes, the committee will include two directors, two producers and two international sales agents, who...
- 7/3/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
France’s National Film Board (Cnc), the organization tasked with establishing rules for the selection of French films submitted for Oscar consideration, has confirmed the shake-up of guidelines going forward.
Under the new rules, films will be allowed to have limited, qualifying runs ahead of their official theatrical premiere if they get a temporary visa from Cnc. This will enable some films that are scheduled for release in the winter to be submitted by the Sept. 30 deadline and considered by the Oscar committee. The limited runs will have to take place over seven consecutive days. The previous guideline required movies to be commercially released in France on dozens of screens by Sept. 30.
These changes will allow movies that are launching at fall festivals, such as Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian, to be considered by the Oscar committee.
“Thanks to this evolution, the selection committee will have more films to choose...
Under the new rules, films will be allowed to have limited, qualifying runs ahead of their official theatrical premiere if they get a temporary visa from Cnc. This will enable some films that are scheduled for release in the winter to be submitted by the Sept. 30 deadline and considered by the Oscar committee. The limited runs will have to take place over seven consecutive days. The previous guideline required movies to be commercially released in France on dozens of screens by Sept. 30.
These changes will allow movies that are launching at fall festivals, such as Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian, to be considered by the Oscar committee.
“Thanks to this evolution, the selection committee will have more films to choose...
- 7/3/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
There’s more than meets the eye to those emails inviting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a “soirée” at the Terrasse UniFrance in Cannes on the evening of May 17. As it turns out, the event is something of a warm-up for an event two days later, at which Academy president John Bailey will be made an officer of France’s Ordre des Artes and Lettres.
While we don’t know much about French distinctions—except that Harvey Weinstein was once named a Knight of the Legion d’Honneur only to have the honor withdrawn when he fell into disgrace—Bailey’s new award sounds considerable. It comes with an insignia to be bestowed by Frédérique Bredin, president of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image Animée of the government’s ministry of culture. That happens at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, May...
While we don’t know much about French distinctions—except that Harvey Weinstein was once named a Knight of the Legion d’Honneur only to have the honor withdrawn when he fell into disgrace—Bailey’s new award sounds considerable. It comes with an insignia to be bestowed by Frédérique Bredin, president of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image Animée of the government’s ministry of culture. That happens at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, May...
- 5/2/2019
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
New measure offering bonus of up to 15% is among first European financial film incentive aimed at gender parity.
France is set to launch a state funding bonus for productions in which the director and key crew members are women, as part of a drive to improve gender equality in the French cinema industry.
French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen announced the new measure during a three-day conference devoted to gender parity, Les Assises sur la parité, taking place in Paris this week (Sept 18-20).
“I believe in financial incentives. When things do not change on their own, or too slowly,...
France is set to launch a state funding bonus for productions in which the director and key crew members are women, as part of a drive to improve gender equality in the French cinema industry.
French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen announced the new measure during a three-day conference devoted to gender parity, Les Assises sur la parité, taking place in Paris this week (Sept 18-20).
“I believe in financial incentives. When things do not change on their own, or too slowly,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Europe’s biggest film industry, France is introducing a new subsidy bonus for movies with women as directors and in other key roles – one of a series of initiatives unveiled Thursday to promote gender equality.
Starting next year, movies with enough women in positions such as director, cinematographer and head of production will be eligible for a 15% bonus on top of the subsidy they receive from France’s National Film Board (Cnc). The measure was announced by French culture minister Francoise Nyssen and Cnc president Frédérique Bredin during a three-day conference co-hosted by the feminist organization 50/50 Pour 2020, a driving force behind the gender-parity pledges signed at festivals such as Cannes and Venice.
“Film mirrors society and is a vehicle to change it,” Bredin said. “It must be a pioneer [to promote] these issues of equality and diversity. It’s the role of cinema to spark an awareness and make mentalities evolve.”
She...
Starting next year, movies with enough women in positions such as director, cinematographer and head of production will be eligible for a 15% bonus on top of the subsidy they receive from France’s National Film Board (Cnc). The measure was announced by French culture minister Francoise Nyssen and Cnc president Frédérique Bredin during a three-day conference co-hosted by the feminist organization 50/50 Pour 2020, a driving force behind the gender-parity pledges signed at festivals such as Cannes and Venice.
“Film mirrors society and is a vehicle to change it,” Bredin said. “It must be a pioneer [to promote] these issues of equality and diversity. It’s the role of cinema to spark an awareness and make mentalities evolve.”
She...
- 9/20/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Two days after the march which gathered 82 women on the stairs of the Palais in Cannes, film festival chief Thierry Fremaux, Critics’ Week head Charles Tesson and Directors’ Fortnight incoming topper Paolo Moretti signed a pledge Monday promising greater gender equality and transparency.
The signing of the pledge took place during an international conference that brought together feminists and pro-equality movement members, including Time’s Up U.S., Time’s Up U.K., Italy’s Dissenso Comune, Spain’s Ima and Greek Women’s Wave. The onstage discussion, moderated by filmmakers Celine Sciamma (“Girlhood”) and Rebecca Zlotowski (“Planetarium”), was put on by the organization 50/50 for 2020, as well as the French culture minister, Françoise Nyssen, and the president of the national film board, Frédérique Bredin. Among the panelists were Ginevra Elkann, the London-born Italian film producer, and Sarah Calderón, the founder and CEO of The Film Agency.
The pledge calls on...
The signing of the pledge took place during an international conference that brought together feminists and pro-equality movement members, including Time’s Up U.S., Time’s Up U.K., Italy’s Dissenso Comune, Spain’s Ima and Greek Women’s Wave. The onstage discussion, moderated by filmmakers Celine Sciamma (“Girlhood”) and Rebecca Zlotowski (“Planetarium”), was put on by the organization 50/50 for 2020, as well as the French culture minister, Françoise Nyssen, and the president of the national film board, Frédérique Bredin. Among the panelists were Ginevra Elkann, the London-born Italian film producer, and Sarah Calderón, the founder and CEO of The Film Agency.
The pledge calls on...
- 5/14/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Document was drawn up by France’s 5050x2020 movement as part of its gender equality campaign.
Cannes delegate general Thierry Frémaux, Directors’ Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop and Critics’ Week chief Charles Tesson will become the first signatories of a new charter aimed at improving gender parity at international film festivals in a special ceremony on Monday (May 14).
The landmark document, officially entitled the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals, has been drawn up by French gender parity movement 5050x2020, which also spearheaded Saturday evening’s 82 women red carpet protest.
Their aim is to roll out the...
Cannes delegate general Thierry Frémaux, Directors’ Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop and Critics’ Week chief Charles Tesson will become the first signatories of a new charter aimed at improving gender parity at international film festivals in a special ceremony on Monday (May 14).
The landmark document, officially entitled the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals, has been drawn up by French gender parity movement 5050x2020, which also spearheaded Saturday evening’s 82 women red carpet protest.
Their aim is to roll out the...
- 5/14/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The #MeToo movement took center stage at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, as Cate Blanchett, Marion Cotillard, Patty Jenkins and other female filmmakers and artists gathered together to agitate for better treatment of women in the movie business.
There were 82 women in total, a reference to the number of female directors who have climbed the steps of the Palais, the festival’s central theater, since Cannes began celebrating celluloid in 1942. In the same period, 1,866 male directors ascended the same stairs, Blanchett said in a statement, as the women linked their arms in solidarity. The Oscar-winning actress and Cannes jury head was flanked by Kristen Stewart, Marion Cotillard, Ava DuVernay, Léa Seydoux, and Salma Hayek.
“Women are not a minority in the world, yet the current state of the industry says otherwise,” Blanchett said. “As women, we all face our own unique challenges, but we stand together on these stairs...
There were 82 women in total, a reference to the number of female directors who have climbed the steps of the Palais, the festival’s central theater, since Cannes began celebrating celluloid in 1942. In the same period, 1,866 male directors ascended the same stairs, Blanchett said in a statement, as the women linked their arms in solidarity. The Oscar-winning actress and Cannes jury head was flanked by Kristen Stewart, Marion Cotillard, Ava DuVernay, Léa Seydoux, and Salma Hayek.
“Women are not a minority in the world, yet the current state of the industry says otherwise,” Blanchett said. “As women, we all face our own unique challenges, but we stand together on these stairs...
- 5/12/2018
- by Brent Lang and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Subscription services are taking off in France.
Total turnover from the digital distribution of films and other audiovisual content in France is set to grow an estimated 33% to just under $592m (€500m) in 2017, according to a report released this week by France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc).
Source: Pexels
The study, encompassing all forms of digital distribution including transactional VoD as well as subscription services, made the projection on the basis that the market had made estimated revenue of $414m (€350m) in the first nine months of 2017, representing a £37% increase year-on-year.
“There is no longer a frontier between the old world of cinema and television, and the new world of the internet and digital,” said said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin. “We have to take into account the dimensions of the digital revolution and the evolution of viewing habits.”
Offering
The report revealed that the number of films available on transactional VoD digital platforms operating in France increased by 5.5% year-on-year...
Total turnover from the digital distribution of films and other audiovisual content in France is set to grow an estimated 33% to just under $592m (€500m) in 2017, according to a report released this week by France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc).
Source: Pexels
The study, encompassing all forms of digital distribution including transactional VoD as well as subscription services, made the projection on the basis that the market had made estimated revenue of $414m (€350m) in the first nine months of 2017, representing a £37% increase year-on-year.
“There is no longer a frontier between the old world of cinema and television, and the new world of the internet and digital,” said said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin. “We have to take into account the dimensions of the digital revolution and the evolution of viewing habits.”
Offering
The report revealed that the number of films available on transactional VoD digital platforms operating in France increased by 5.5% year-on-year...
- 12/22/2017
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Subscription services are taking off in France.
Total turnover from the digital distribution of films and other audiovisual content in France is set to grow an estimated 33% to just under $592m (€500m) in 2017, according to a report released this week by France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc).
Source: Pexels
The study, encompassing all forms of digital distribution including transactional VoD as well as subscription services, made the projection on the basis that the market had made estimated revenue of $414m (€350m) in the first nine months of 2017, representing a £37% increase year-on-year.
“There is no longer a frontier between the old world of cinema and television, and the new world of the internet and digital,” said said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin. “We have to take into account the dimensions of the digital revolution and the evolution of viewing habits.”
Offering
The report revealed that the number of films available on transactional...
Total turnover from the digital distribution of films and other audiovisual content in France is set to grow an estimated 33% to just under $592m (€500m) in 2017, according to a report released this week by France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc).
Source: Pexels
The study, encompassing all forms of digital distribution including transactional VoD as well as subscription services, made the projection on the basis that the market had made estimated revenue of $414m (€350m) in the first nine months of 2017, representing a £37% increase year-on-year.
“There is no longer a frontier between the old world of cinema and television, and the new world of the internet and digital,” said said Cnc president Frédérique Bredin. “We have to take into account the dimensions of the digital revolution and the evolution of viewing habits.”
Offering
The report revealed that the number of films available on transactional...
- 12/22/2017
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Screen Daily Test
The morning after receiving her honorary Oscar at the Governors’ Ball, visions of dancing with Angelina Jolie still danced in Agnès Varda’s head. “Can you believe they were surrounding me, protecting me?” she said, holding court on the brick Beverly Hills patio at the French Consul’s residence in Beverly Hills, wreathed by French journalists. Among those who came to see her receive the award were National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image president Frédérique Bredin, Unifrance president Serge Toubiana, and Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux.
“I’m totally honored, I’m totally pleased, I’m touched to tears that they did such a long trip to be with me,” said Varda, grasping an actual pair of rose-colored glasses. She sat poolside at a circular table, beside a teapot, echoing Faye Dunaway’s famous morning-after Oscar photograph 40 years prior. However, instead of a satin robe and stilettos,...
“I’m totally honored, I’m totally pleased, I’m touched to tears that they did such a long trip to be with me,” said Varda, grasping an actual pair of rose-colored glasses. She sat poolside at a circular table, beside a teapot, echoing Faye Dunaway’s famous morning-after Oscar photograph 40 years prior. However, instead of a satin robe and stilettos,...
- 11/14/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Partho Sen-Gupta..
Screen Australia, Screenwest and France.s Cnc Cinémas du Monde have all backed Slam, the latest film from writer-director Partho Sen-Gupta (Sunrise, Let The Wind Blow)..
To be shot in Western Sydney later this year, Slam follows the disappearance of a young Muslim woman in a climate of mistrust and xenophobia.
Cast will include Adam Bakri (Omar), Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty, Lantana) and Abbey Aziz (Let it Be Love). Post-production will be completed in Western Australia and France.
"I wrote Slam with urgency and anger in reaction to the world around me nose-diving into hatred and fratricide,. said Sen-Gupta..
.But I am very pleased that what has resulted is a poetic appeal to reason, a socially motivated thriller that transcends language and nationality. I am very excited to work with such a talented international cast and crew who were touched by the human story and will collaborate with...
Screen Australia, Screenwest and France.s Cnc Cinémas du Monde have all backed Slam, the latest film from writer-director Partho Sen-Gupta (Sunrise, Let The Wind Blow)..
To be shot in Western Sydney later this year, Slam follows the disappearance of a young Muslim woman in a climate of mistrust and xenophobia.
Cast will include Adam Bakri (Omar), Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty, Lantana) and Abbey Aziz (Let it Be Love). Post-production will be completed in Western Australia and France.
"I wrote Slam with urgency and anger in reaction to the world around me nose-diving into hatred and fratricide,. said Sen-Gupta..
.But I am very pleased that what has resulted is a poetic appeal to reason, a socially motivated thriller that transcends language and nationality. I am very excited to work with such a talented international cast and crew who were touched by the human story and will collaborate with...
- 5/23/2017
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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