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EXCLUSIVE: Streaming service Mubi is getting behind a scriptwriting showcase focusing on projects from women and non-binary writers, which will host its second edition at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The Cannes Screenplay List initiative comes from Wscripted, the marketplace dedicated to sourcing women and…

Guillaume Esmiol has been named the successor of Cannes Marché head Jérôme Paillard, who will step down from his role after this year's edition. Esmiol will serve as co-exec director of the Marché this year, where he will work in tandem with Paillard, before taking on the role entirely from 2023. Esmiol was formerly…

This year's Cannes Film Festival lineup may yet again be thin on British movies but UK public financiers the BFI, Film4 and BBC Film have joined with the British Council to launch the fourth edition of their 'Great 8' program, which will showcase emerging Brit filmmakers to international distributors and fest…

In a welcome move to avoid Cannes events in three separate months this summer, the Cannes Marché is scrapping its ‘pre-Cannes screenings’ in May in favor of a June 21-25 event. Given that most major sales companies are banding together to stage a virtual market at the end of June, this should now pave the way for most…