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French seller will also market premiere ’Magnificat’ and ’All Because Of The Cat’.

Orange Studio will unveil exclusive first footage from Léa Domenach’s Bernadette starring Catherine Deneuve as former French first lady Bernadette Chirac and from Philippe Lefebvre’s star-powered comedy New Beginnings at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris this week.

Set to be released via Warner Bros. France later in 2023, Bernadette has been one of the French film world’s buzziest titles in recent months since the legendary Deneuve took on the role.

The film follows a fictionalised Bernadette Chirac as she navigates stepping out of the shadows of her husband,...

The film centre will support this fantastical teen movie alongside debut feature films coming courtesy of Zeno Graton, Virginie Sauveur and the directorial duo Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue. Four first feature film projects have been singled out in the first 2021 session of the Cnc’s first advance on receipts committee. Stealing focus among them is Simon Rieth’s Nos cérémonies which joins a growing trend among young French filmmakers who are increasingly favouring the fantastic genre. Having previously turned heads with his short films, Simon Rieth will now be filming his first feature-length movie as of the beginning of May, for a duration of six weeks, in Royan and Vendée, with a cast composed of non-professional actors aged between 18 and 21. Written by the director in league...

Exclusive: Paris-based company launches first TV drama.

On the eve of Miptv (April 3-6), Paris-based mk2 films has acquired world sales rights to TV drama series Pink Flamingo, about a transgender man who returns to his native France after a 12-year absence to help track down his missing father.

The French-language series – written by Raphaëlle Roudaut and Virginie Sauveur [pictured] – revolves around Jules Rivière, who heads home after undergoing gender transformation surgery in Berlin and Montreal.

His sudden appearance upsets his already fragile family balance, not least because he was a young woman called Julie the last time his relatives saw him.

The series follows Jules’ search for his father, at the same time exploring what led to his decision to undergo gender transformation surgery. In the backdrop, he struggles with French bureaucracy as he tries to update his passport to take into account his new gender. He then discovers he is pregnant.

“We’re thrilled...