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Unifrance, the French promotional film organization, celebrated rising stars at this year’s Rendez-Vous in Paris. The 10 up-and-coming actors and filmmakers named 2026’s Talents to Watch kicked thi...

Dissident filmmaker Nadav Lapid will shoot his next feature in France, describing the project — still in the earliest stages of development — as a thematic echo of his Paris-set Berlin Golden Bear ...

Rising star Théodore Pellerin (“Nino,” “Beau Is Afraid,” “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”) will star opposite Félix Kysyl (“Misericordia”) and Filippo Scotti (“The Hand of God”) in the queer-tinged palace...

After a whirlwind 2025, actor-director Hafsia Herzi will step before the camera in “La Foudre” (“Lightning”), the latest feature from Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, while continuing to develop the ...

“The Seduction” star Anamaria Vartolomei is lining up a polyglot year, with projects spanning English, French and Romanian. Born in Bacău, Romania, and raised in Paris, Vartolomei won the César for...

César winner Nadia Tereszkiewicz (“The Crime Is Mine,” “Forever Young”) is set to star in “Souveraines,” the feature debut of acclaimed filmmaker Rémi Allier. Allier won a César for his 2017 short ...

Flanked by his closest collaborators, director Cédric Klapisch collected this year’s French Cinema Award at a warm, familial ceremony at France’s Ministry of Culture on Jan. 15. Joined by his longt...

The backstage farce “La Comédie-Française” took a well-deserved bow as the opener at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris — an auspicious spotlight for a project not originally meant to be a ...

Mubi has acquired global SVOD rights to “Pictures of Ghosts,” a feature documentary by filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, whose “The Secret Agent” is shortlisted in the International Feature Film cat...

Arthouse stalwart Janus Films took home the second annual Unifrance Distribution Prize at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, collecting $11,646 in recognition of its handling of Alain Guir...

Boutique distributor Menemsha Films has acquired U.S. rights to “The Pianist’s Choice,” a World War II-set romantic drama written and directed by Jacques Otmezguine. Oscar Lesage, a scene-stealer i...

Star power drove viewers home in 2025, with Eva Green, Romain Duris and Vincent Cassel in “The Three Musketeers: Milady,” Guillaume Canet’s action vehicle “Ad Vitam,” and acclaimed auteur Leos Cara...

Co-production muscle and Oscar glory burnished French cinema’s global cachet in 2025, as both majority and minority French productions generated an estimated 42.5 million international admissions, ...