Todd Haynes, Frances McDormand, Zhang Ziyi Join Lumière Festival Lineup
Todd Haynes will make his first visit to Lyon’s Lumière Film Festival, joining Robert Eggers, Zhang Ziyi and Tsui Hark at the classic film gathering’s now 18th edition. Three-time best actress Oscar w
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10.09.2026
‘Landman’ Season 3: Colm Feore, Mustafa Speaks, Bobbi Salvor Menuez, Francesca Xuereb Promoted to Series Regular Status
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01.10.2026
France TV Distribution Unveils Female-Led Actioners in Le Havre Lineup
France TV Distribution is presenting four new TV movies, including two female-fronted action thrillers, a light crime drama and a dramedy, at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, which runs
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07.09.2026
France TV Distribution’s Mystery Drama ‘Our Missing Sons’ Set for Unifrance Rendez-Vous Market Debut
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03.09.2026
Vans, ghosts, sofas and a kiss from Katy Perry: artist France-Lise McGurn and her paint-everything ethos
Tackling grief, time, parties and spaceflight, the Scottish artist uses film stills, magazine ads, family photos and even her own furniture to create a show you can settle into and figure out‘I love p
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18.08.2026
France’s Canal+ Threatens to Pull $1.1 Billion Cinema Deal Over French Tax Hike
Canal+ Group chairman Maxime Saada has warned that the pay TV banner could pull out of its €1 billion ($1.1 billion) investment deal with the French film industry if the government goes ahead with pla
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05.10.2026
France’s Film and TV Industry Faces Funding Squeeze as Netflix Becomes Leading Private Investor in French Content
Merely seven months before a fateful presidential election which has the far right leading polls, the French TV and film industry is in shambles. Despite recent efforts led by French President Emmanue
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23.09.2026
Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI
Canadian-Haitian writer Thélyson Orélien has just been awarded the Prix du Roman Fnac for his first novel.
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23.09.2026
MIP London Ending After Two Years as Organizers Launch New Event at London Book Fair
MIP London will not be returning in 2027, with organizers RX France instead launching a new event alongside the London Book Fair. Titled MIP Talks, the two-day conference will take place March 16-17,
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23.09.2026
How NBCUniversal Television Thrives on Collaborative Energy Between Studios and Platforms: ‘We Cheer Each Other On’
From Donna Langley to Pearlena Igbokwe to Frances Berwick to Liz Jenkins, female executives largely run the show at NBCUniversal. In television, Igbokwe’s core team is tasked with overseeing NBCU’s te
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22.09.2026
Juliet Stevenson, Olivia Williams Join Tim Crouch’s ‘An Oak Tree’ at the Other Palace (EXCLUSIVE)
Francesca Moody Productions has unveiled further casting for Tim Crouch’s “An Oak Tree,” adding Juliet Stevenson, Olivia Williams, Sean Gilder, Brian Gleeson, Sophie Melville, Rhashan Stone and Ria Zm
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22.09.2026
Oscars: France Selects Cannes Prizewinner ‘Minotaur’ for International Feature Race
France has selected Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Cannes Grand Prize winner “Minotaur” to represent the country in the international feature film race at the Oscars. The choice was made Wednesday by France’s O
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16.09.2026
‘Very authoritarian, very brutal’: three decades after the UK’s anti-rave crackdown, why is France doing the same?
With tear gas, grenades and a new law, French authorities are targeting unlicensed music gatherings. Those in the rave scene explore the parallels with the UK in the 90sWhen Spiral Tribe fled England
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16.09.2026
Jorge Alonso’s Spanish Romance Drama ‘All That We Never Were’ Sells to France and India (EXCLUSIVE)
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed deals announced at the Toronto Film Festival for Spanish romantic drama “All That We Never Were” (“Todo lo que nunca fuimos”). Based on the best-selling novel
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12.09.2026
France, South Korea Take Center Stage as Global Film and TV Leaders Confront Industry Upheaval at Lumiere Summit: ‘Culture Itself Is Becoming a Driver of Growth’
From Hollywood heavyweights and festival chiefs to exhibitors, broadcasters, streamers, heads of state and industry figures from more than 60 countries converged at a historic site in the south of Fra
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11.09.2026
France Unveils Shortlist of Five Films for the International Oscar Race, From ‘Minotaur’ to ‘De Gaulle’ and ‘Iron Boy’
France has unveiled a robust shortlist of five films in the pipeline to represent country in the best international feature film race at Oscars, with Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Cannes Grand Prize winner “Mi
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10.09.2026
‘Call My Agent! The Movie’ Premieres in Paris as Ted Sarandos Touts Netflix’s ‘Vital’ Role in France Amid Regulatory Fight
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos used the Paris premiere of “Call My Agent! The Movie” to underscore the streamer’s importance to France’s entertainment industry amid a regulatory battle over the country’s
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09.09.2026
France Untold: ‘Swapped’ Team Discusses Collective Drive Behind Trailblazing Period Thriller
It all began with a family story from the little-known French region of Morvan. Vincent Robert’s family, to be precise, as his great-grandmother had been a wet nurse herself. While investigating his o
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09.09.2026
France TV Exports Plummet Amid Ad Decline, Broadcaster Budget Cuts, ‘Deteriorating Economic Environment’
The French National Film Board (CNC) and Unifrance on Tuesday offered a sobering assessment of France’s TV content exports in 2025, citing “a deteriorating economic environment and numerous uncertaint
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08.09.2026
France Launches Global Initiatives to Support Independent Cinema and Establish Framework for Alliance of State Film Commissions: Lumiere Summit
Top filmmakers including Richard Linklater, Rebecca Zlotkowski, Jafar Panahi, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Wim Wenders, Tarik Saleh and Jia Zhang-ke have signed on to take part in the International
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07.09.2026