In the space of two years, French actor Tahar Rahim has transformed himself completely to inhabit a pair of drastically different characters, the iconic French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour, and Amine, a...

Mubi has acquired the rights to Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love” in the U.S. and multiple other territories in a deal totaling $24 million. The movie, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson,...

Alexandre Mallet-Guy’s Memento Distribution has bought Harry Lighton‘s sexy romance “Pillion” which is world premiering in Un Certain Regard. The Paris-based Memento Distribution, which is at Cannes with three movies in...

Rising Chinese filmmaker Gu Xiaogang (aka Gu You) is set to direct “The First Taste of Loneliness” which will star Chinese cinema icon Zhou Xun (“Suzhou River,” “Balzac and the Little...

Sylvie Pialat (“Timbuktu”), the producer of Cannes’ opening night movie “Leave One Day” directed by Amelie Bonnin, is on the roll. The Cesar-winning producer, who runs the Paris-based banner Les Films...

“Miraculous,” the blockbuster franchise, is getting a spinoff. Miraculous Corp, the joint venture between Mediawan and ZAG, is launching “Miraculous Chibi,” a fast-paced 2D animated “chibi-style” comedy series. “Miraculous Chibi” expands the...

Sébastien Vaniček, the up-and-coming French director who broke through in a major way with his feature debut “Vermines” (“Infested”), is getting ready to start filming the next Evil Dead installment in...

“The Violinist,” Ervin Han and Raul Garcia’s animated feature set against the backdrop of colonial Singapore and the turmoil of WW2, has been boarded by France TV Distribution ahead of Cannes market. ...