France was the world’s third largest TV producer in the global TV market last year, claiming a 7.3% market share, placed behind the U.S. (with a 65.9% share) and the U.K. (with 9.9%), but was the world’s leading exporter of non-English language content. According to a study published on Monday ahead of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous […]

Once the City of Light’s newest and chicest movie palace plays host to this week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris opening on Tuesday, one might hardly fault first-time attendees for the odd pangs of déjà vu. Just steps from the iconic Opera Garnier in the heart of town, the Haussmannian unit that houses the recently opened […]

Bac Films has scooped up Hélène Merlin’s feature debut “Cassandre,” with the Gallic outfit set to launch international sales at next week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris.   Set in a rural idyll during the summer of 1998, the coming-of-age drama casts rising star Billie Blain (“The Animal Kingdom”) opposite screen stalwart Zabou Breitman (“The New […]