formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
French film production company StudioCanal benefited from £35.8m of UK taxpayers’ cash to make a television series and three movies about British icon Paddington bear, with £13.4m alone handed out for the latest film which premiered on Friday. Source: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/french-film-makers-claws-35m-161356204.html
What impact is this having on the homegrown UK indie sector? Source: Why the UK and Ireland’s next generation of auteurs are looking to French sales agents | Features | Screen
Twenty-five projectors, including 15 Digital Projection E-Vision models, have been deployed by ETC Audiovisuel at the Chateau de Villers-Cotterets, together with 10 Onlyview media servers. Source: AV illuminates history of French language at key chateau
France has been able to attract, host and retain a wide range of local and international productions, primarily thanks to its locations and crews, even if its tax incentives aren’t as competitive as in other popular filming destinations in Europe, … Continued
Filmed at Paris Opera, Swan Lake by Paris Opera production, will be the first-ever “Filmed for IMAX” ballet. This project was shot on the RED V-Raptor XL [X] as the main IMAX-certified camera. The Ballet will be screened at IMAX … Continued
Gérard Depardieu’s trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in Paris has said. Depardieu, 75, was absent when the trial opened earlier on Monday, with his … Continued