The Berlinale, the legendary film festival based in Berlin, kicked-off last Thursday, and it is with great pleasure that we found out that three movies that had attended Paris Project (the coproduction and development platform of Paris Cinema International Film Festival) in 2011 will premiere there

These three movies are:   - Vic+Flo ont vu un ours (Vic+Flo Saw a Bear) by Denis Côté (Canada) Denis Côté is a young but already well known director from Quebec, talented and with a daring conception of “mise en scène”. He was attending the 2011 (...)

France’s Académie Des Arts et Technique du Cinéma unveiled its list of nominees for the 2013 César Awards at its traditional news conference this morning.

The Paris Cinema IFF would like to seize this opportunity to congratulate:   - Alice de Lencquesaing, nominated for Best New Actress for her role in Au Galop, which premiered at the Paris Cinema IFF in 2012   - Samir Guesmi, nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Camille (...)

Hollywood unveiled the nomination list for the upcoming Oscar Ceremony. Winner of Numericable Award, War Witch will represent Canada for the statuette of the Best Foreign Film at the 85th Academy Awards. A well-deserved beautiful surprise…

Six months before its release in French theaters, Kim Nguyen came from Quebec to Paris to present his fourth film in international competition of the 10th edition of Paris Cinema IFF. The two screenings were followed by discussions that strongly left their mark on the audience overwhelmed by this (...)

Download the complete minutes of Paris Project 2012 Seminars

You were not able to attend the seminars organized within the framework of Paris Project 2012?   Download the complete minutes to get an in-depth overview of coproduction, distribution and postproduction issues ; deepen your knowledge of how to build up an international network ; find out (...)

Presented in Paris Cinema IFF 2010’s International Competition, this intriguing and ambitious movie is finally released in French Theaters!

Mundane History, Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong’s first full-length feature, will be released on French screens on January 16. This film was showcased in 2009 at Paris Project, the coproduction platform of Paris Cinema IFF, while it was still in development, before being selected the (...)

Paris Cinema IFF 2012 Bloggers and Web Prize-winner released in France!

In one week exactly will be released in France Miguel Gomes’ Tabu, a movie that will strike you with its extreme singularity and its breathtaking formal beauty.   Loosely based on Murnau’s masterpiece Tabu but also offering numerous references to classical cinema, Gomes’ (...)

A special tribute to cinemas from Wallonia, Flanders and Brussels!

After a very rich program dedicated to Hong Kong cinema in 2012, the 2013 edition will celebrate Belgium in its diversity, with a special focus devoted to Belgian cinema’s humour and avant-garde. Belgian cinema distinguished itself by its defiance to labels, protocol and propriety, and (...)