Elsa Keslassy

PARIS- Paco Torres ' "Blue Guitar," one of the standout projects pitched at Paris' Small is Biutiful co-production/distribution meet (pictured above), is coming together. "Guitar" turns on Elias, a 30-year-old...

PARIS -- Bolstered by the smash hit comedy "Serial (Bad) Weddings," France's box office was up 11.4% to 106.6 million admissions and an estimated $916 million during the first half...

PARIS- In a fiscal year marked by its expansion into the U.S. market, among numerous growth operations, Luc Besson and Christophe Lambert's EuropaCorp posted 211.8 million Euros ($288 million) in...

PARIS- Thomas Cailley's debut " Les Combattants " ("Love at First Fight"), a Cannes' Directors' Fortnight hit that scooped a record four awards, is proving to be an international sales...

PARIS - Adrian Politowski 's Umedia has picked up international sales rights to artist-turned-filmmaker Scott Cohen's debut "Red Knot." The film has just won the of Fipresci Grand Jury prize...

Paris-based KMBO has acquired all French distribution rights to "Emil & Ida in Lonneberga," a Swedish animated feature based on Astrid Lindgren's popular children's novels. Directed by animation vet Per...

ANNECY- Sylvain Chomet , the Oscar-nominated French director of " The Illusionist " (pictured above) and "The Triplets of Belleville," is moving forward with " The Thousand Miles ," teaming...

ANNECY, France -- French TV animation production dropped 16.3% to 181.8 million Euros ($246.7 million) while theatrical admissions of animated features fell 18.6% to 26.4 million tickets sold in 2012....

ANNECY- Simon Crowe's SC Films International has closed a flurry of major territories on Christian De Vita's 3D action adventure tale "Yellowbird," an ambitious animated feature produced by French studio...

ANNECY- Marion Cotillard is set to topline "Mal de Pierres," a period romance drama directed by critically-acclaimed auteur Nicole Garcia and produced by Alain Attal's Les Productions du Tresor, one...