Paris-based Millimages, one of Europe’s oldest indie animation studios, is shaking up its sales team ahead of the fall market and festival season. Citing a “rapidly changing animation market,” Millimages’ reorg is being executed to increase operational efficiency, improve responsiveness to its commercial partners, standardize the company’s sales strategy and support further growth for its […]

Dotted with history and marked by weathered beauty, the Normandy coast will stay carved into the TV landscape long after buyers depart this week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre. With this year marking the 80th anniversary Operation Overlord, the coast will play an evident starring role in historical docs from across the globe, all while […]

In realizing the latest incarnation of “Zorro,” producer Marc Dujardin found inspiration in the classic 1950s series starring Guy Williams, the absurd premise of super hero tales, and the fond childhood dreams he shared with brother Jean, who portrays the buttoned-up mayor of early 19th-century Los Angeles, Don Diego de la Vega, and his masked […]

Series and documentaries about ancient history, pop culture and current events continue to prove popular sellers for Arte Distribution, which is presenting a number of new titles at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre. “The Mystery of the Desert Kites,” which follows an international team of archaeologists exploring the heart of Saudi Arabia and the […]

French true crime broke barriers this year when the non-fiction miniseries “Unsuspected” premiered at Series Mania. Such a showcase is rare for a factual program, but then, “Unsuspected” is a no common doc. Bringing together a pair of filmmakers with respective backgrounds in narrative features and investigative reporting, the four-part inquiry into a maddening 1970s […]

For APC Studios, “The Eclipse,” an atmospheric, procedural mystery thriller set in a rural community on France’s Aubrac plateau, could well offer a winning formula for international buyers at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre and beyond. The series turns on a mystery that originates during an evening eclipse when 17-year-old Luca accidentally shoots his […]

“The Legends of Paris: A Tale of the 19th century Artistic Scene” appears have taken buyers by storm even before its official launch at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous market in Le Havre, where it premiered on Tuesday. Produced by Silex Films and Arte, the four-part series offers an intimate portrait of some of France’s most beloved […]

Move over Scandinoir, because Gallic producers are giving crime the French Touch. Beloved at home and lucrative abroad, a new strain of audience inclusive procedurals has paved inroads on the international market. Indeed, fueled by the earlier success of long-running series “Candice Renoir,” and made stratospheric by smashes “HPI” and “Tandem,” the so-called “light crime” […]

APC Kids, part of energetic French production-distribution group APC Studios, has sold to Canal+ France the first season of “Walter’s Christmas: Keeper of the Forest,” a Danish live action fantasy family series. The deal kicks off sales on the series which APC Kids is introducing to buyers this week at this Unifrance Rendez-Vous at Le […]

French TV international programming sales last year remained high despite worsening market conditions, slipping just 5.3% year on year to €203.4 million ($224.7 million), according to the annual report on audiovisual exports by France’s National Center of Cinema (CNC) and film and TV promotional org Unifrance. Indeed, 2023 marked just the third time in 30 […]

France’s Miam! distribution has picked up distribution rights to Silex Animation’s adult animated series “Mare the Mermaid,” one of the continent’s big buzz titles in adult series animation, after impressing at Cartoon Forum in 2023. Commissioned by France Télévisions for their young adult platform Slash, the show is set for delivery in Q4 2026. The […]

Kino Lorber’s MHz has picked up new French cop drama “Tom & Lola” for the U.S. in a pre-sale deal ahead of the series premiere at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, which kicks off on Monday. Handled internationally by Mediawan Rights, the 12-episode series, about two close friends and fellow cops who end […]

Global crises and a scandal of international proportions are among the hot topics attracting documentary buyers ahead of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market in Le Havre, where Java Films is presenting a compelling and timely lineup. Set against the backdrop of Israel’s destruction of Gaza that followed Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, “Israel: Ministers of Chaos” […]

The 30th edition of the Unifrance Rendez-vous in Le Havre is just around the corner. The French film market plays host to hundreds of buyers and a vast range of titles being sold across genres and mediums. Autour de Minuit, the Oscar-nominated production company that recently turned heads co-producing 2022’s “Unicorn Wars” (granted the Best […]

With French production continuing to grow in all major genres, the 30th edition of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous market kicks off for the first time in Le Havre, welcoming international buyers from around the globe. Last year, some 200 international buyers from 40 countries, along with 58 French sales companies, attended the Rendez-Vous, and organizers are expecting […]

Adding to its new scripted TV offer, France TV Distribution is launching sales on Season 2 of OCS Signature drama-comedy “The Aerobics Project” (“Toutouyoutou”), a fun, light dramedy set in a 1982 France in thrall of American pop culture, including aerobics.  Created by writing team Maxime Donzel and Géraldine de Margerie as well as David Coujard, […]