Rebecca Leffler

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

France and Germany aim to work together to transform the Arte TV channel into a major European content platform. The plan, confirmed by France and Germany’s ministers of culture Rachida Dati and Wolfram Weimer during a meeting in Paris on Wednesday (June 11), is designed to extend the reach of European content and to counter the spread of disinformation. Dati welcomed a group of European culture ministers to Paris for a working day devoted to bolstering European culture.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

Source: Filmsquad/The Orbital Strangers Project EXCLUSIVE: Hungarian filmmaker Viktor Oszkár Nagy’s pan-European period comedy Espionage For Beginners, about a hotel receptionist who becomes a key figure in a Cold War military operation, has started filming in Budapest. It is produced by Istvan Major of Hungary’s Filmsquad with Belgium’s Wrong Men and Spain’s Javier Toledo.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

Source: Studio La Cachette; Duetto EXCLUSIVE: mk2 Films has acquired international sales rights to Julien Chheng’s Mu Yi, a 2D-animated feature from France’s Studio La Cachette, and is launching the project at Annecy’s MIFA this week. The film follows a rebellious teenage girl from a so-called village of witches who embarks on a time-traveling adventure. It combines Chinese mythology with a visually textured 2D style and themes of identity, legacy and forging one’s own path.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

EXCLUSIVE: Best Friend Forever has taken on international sales rights to Japanese fantasy romantic comedy animation ChaO ahead of its world premiere in competition at this week’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The Brussels-based company will handle sales outside of Asia, France, North America, Latin America and the UK for the debut feature from Yasuhiro Aoki.

3 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

Source: Disney Enterprises Inc After a difficult start to the month, France’s box office kicked into gear on May 21 as Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and Paramount’s Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning opened to garner a combined near 3m admissions (approximately €21.9m* ) , accounting for 70% of the total box office for the month according to CNC figures.