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Speaking to CBS News' Face The Nation on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron said travel restrictions for vaccinated Americans wanting to come to France will be "progressively" lifted from the beginning of May. This should come as good news for industry professionals hoping to attend the Cannes Film Festival…

Here’s the charming first full trailer for musical romance Annette, which was this morning announced as the opening-night pic at the Cannes Film Festival. Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver and Simon Helberg star in the movie set in contemporary Los Angeles. It tells the story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce…

Annette, the new movie from Leos Carax and his first in the English language, has been set as the opening night for the 74th Cannes Film Festival. It will have its world premiere In Competition after the opening ceremony. Amazon has also confirmed today that the film will have its U.S. release in theaters and on Prime…

EXCLUSIVE: In a smart move that aligns international film sales business closer to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, leading sellers and packaging agencies have agreed to stage their main summer pre-sales business as a virtual market between June 21-25, the same dates which the Cannes Marché today announced it is…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Discussions are ongoing between dozens of top sales agents and the leading U.S. packaging firms about when they will do their main movie pre-sales business this summer. Leading U.S. and UK sellers are among close to 50 companies in touch with each other by email about setting a date for an informal virtual…

The Cannes Marché has confirmed dates for its four-day “pre-Cannes screenings”, which will run Tuesday 25 – Friday 28, May. The festival reiterated today that its main market activity is due to take place alongside the festival in July (6-15). The four-day May event will run on the Marché’s online platform with…

It may have been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus but after seeing Venice and San Sebastian host successful film festivals this fall, Cannes is getting in on the action by hosting a three-day film event in October. Running Tuesday 27th to Thursday 29th at the Palais, the event will feature four films from…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a slow burn but striking first clip for Cannes, Toronto, San Sebastian and New York entry Beginning, the in-demand debut film from Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili. Kulumbegashvili wrote the script with Rati Oneli. Starring are Ia sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli and Kakha Kintsurashvili. Producers…

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streaming platform MUBI has acquired all rights to well-reviewed Cannes 2020 Official Selection Sweat for the U.S., Latin America, India and Turkey. Magnus von Horn's Polish-Swedish co-production follows three days in the life of a fitness motivator and social media influencer, played by breakout…

The British Film Institute has put in place a $620,000 (£500,000) fund to help the country's film sales companies cover costs arising from the pandemic. With film distribution upended, and major markets disrupted and cancelled, this has been a challenging time for the entire industry ecosystem. Business has ticked…

EXCLUSIVE: Pablo Larrain’s Princess Diana movie Spencer, which is set to star Kristen Stewart as the former royal, was a hot seller for FilmNation out of the Cannes virtual market. The New York-based firm all but sold out on the project, closing deals for the UK, France, Italy and Benelux (STX Entertainment), Germany…