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| 2011 the year of all records for France |
I am simply amazed by the number of records broken by the french film industry last year AND wanted to take a moment to share the salute with you, and them.
•2011 was, in my view, one of the best Cannes selection in years, with Awards everyone agreed to be well deserved and well balanced.
•215 M admissions, a record (going back to 1966 levels, pre facebook, pre TV, pre world Cup audience...)
•Record percentage of cinema attendance 65.6% of French population saw a film: crisis what crisis?. ("Let us go to the movies to forget"...)
•Record 41% of Box Office take from local films, "cocorico", Rien à déclarer, Intouchables...16 film scored over a million admissions
•18,4 M admissions and counting...for "Intouchables", amazing score for a good comedy with good positive human feelings and attitude (5% of benefits go to a charity!)
•And of course 10 Oscar nominations (6 Golden Globes, 12 Bafta...) a loud salute for a silent film (so creative, but only 1.5M admissions before the french relaunch)
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| Fantasporto 2012 Line up |
The 32nd Fantasporto, Portugal’s biggest film fest (Variety) is coming. With a programme dedicated to the newest films in the three competitions, with retrospectives and tributes, it is not only there that lies the whole interest of the event.
This edition will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the film “Blade Runner” which was seen for the first time in Fantasporto '83.
This film serves as a “leitmotiv” for the special program, a sidebar of the festival crossing the Cinema with the Arts and Sciences, which is dedicated in 2012 to “The Future Now”.
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| Food in Film: french do it, Berlinale shows it... |
Culinary Cinema 2012: “Trust in Taste” is the motto of the 6th Culinary Cinema of the 62nd Berlinale that will be held from February 12 to 17, 2012. Fifteen films about food and the environment will be presented in the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Following the screenings, at 7:30 pm, renowned chef Sonja Frühsammer and star chefs Michael Kempf, Christian Lohse, Marco Müller from Berlin as well as Andoni Luis Aduriz from the Basque Country will each serve a meal inspired by the films in the “Gropius Mirror” restaurant, an elegant tent lined with mirrors.
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| Rotterdam Lab welcomes 78 young film producers |
The International Film Festival Rotterdam welcomes 78 young film producers taking part in the 12th edition of the Rotterdam Lab. The participants of CineMart’s successful event for emerging producers have been nominated by the twenty-eight Rotterdam Lab partner organisations. Rotterdam Lab, part of CineMart, takes place January 28 – February 1. (See full list of participants attached and partner organisations below)
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