Elsa Keslassy

PARIS- Aiming to strengthen its children entertainment business, Zodiak Kids has poached ITV Studios Global Entertainment exec Jean-Philippe Randisi to become CEO. Taking over this newly-created executive position this summer,...

PARIS- Kinology is on board to co-produce and handle international sales on Antoine Bardou-Jacquet's "Moonwalkers," a British action comedy with Ron Perlman ("Before I Disappear") and Rupert Grint ("Harry Potter"),...

PARIS- Rolling off a busy Cannes market, Le Pacte has almost sold out a pair of critically-acclaimed official selection players: Abderrahmane Sissako's " Timbuktu " and Wim Wenders and Juliano...

PARIS- Gaumont has scored a raft of sales on Danish up-and-comer Jonas Alexander Arnby's warewolf romance-thriller " When Animals Dream ," a Cannes' Critics' Week highlight. Pic was snatched up...

PARIS- Drafthouse Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Cedric Jimenez's period crime thriller "La French" starring Jean Dujardin . "La French," produced by Alain Goldman's Legende Films, toplines...

PARIS- French actor-helmer Mathieu Amalric 's "The Blue Room," one of the highlights of Cannes' Un Certain Regard, is set to travel to a flurry of territories. Produced and sold...

PARIS- TrustNordisk has inked further sales on Kristian Levring's western " The Salvation ," which world-premiered out of competition at Cannes. The film was acquired for Germany and Austria (Concorde...

CANNES- Annie Silverstein's "Skunk" won the top prize of the Cannes Film Festival 's Cinefondation , whose jury was presided by Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami. Created by Cannes' prexy Gilles...

Metropolitan Filmexport, France's independent distribution leader owned by brothers Samuel and Victor Hadida, has not just survived; it has steadfastly thrived for the past 35 years. Thanks to the Hadida...

CANNES- Ukranian helmer Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's feature debut "The Tribe" topped the 53rd edition of Cannes' Critics' Week. "The Tribe," a singular dialogue-free film, won the Nespresso Grand Prize, the Revelation...