Frances McDormand Explains Why She ‘Made A Very Conscious Effort Not To Do Press And Publicity For 10 Years’

Also Read: 'Two of Us' Film Review: Older-Lesbian Love Story Doesn't Hold Together“Two of Us,” France’s entry in this year’s Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars, was nominated for four awards and won one, for Best First Film.Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round,” another international Oscar contender, won the foreign-film award over nominees that included Sam Mendes’ “1917” and one American film, Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters.”The awards were the first since last year’s stormy Cesar

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAlbert Dupontel’s “Bye Bye Morons” won seven prizes, including best film and director, at the 46th Cesar Awards which took place as an in-person, yet socially distanced event at the Olympia concert hall in Paris on March 12.

Spoiler warning: This article discusses the final scene of “Nomadland.”John Ford’s “The Searchers” was released 65 years ago, but the Western starring John Wayne continues to be a major influence on the theme and visual styles of movies today.

French actress Corinne Masiero sent shockwaves through Paris’ Olympia concert hall during France’s César Awards ceremony this evening when she stripped off her clothes to appear entirely naked on stage. Across her breasts and torso was written, “No culture, no future.” The move was in support of artists and technicians across the country who have been impacted by work stoppages caused by the Covid crisis and the government’s response.

direct to your inboxFrance has eased its border restrictions for UK travellers - but Brits hoping for a holiday will need to wait until the current lockdown rules are eased.The French government announced that from Friday the UK is one of seven countries outside the EU that people can travel from and to without justifying their journey.Tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said holidaymakers will still need to present evidence of a negative coronavirus test taken within the previous 72 hours at

Emilio Mayorga Culture channel Arte France is set to co-produce Léonard Cohen‘s debut animated feature “Flavors of Iraq,” a project presented at this week’s Cartoon Movie and produced by France’s Nova Production and Miyu Productions.A documentary, ”Flavors of Iraq” “is the memory of a child, that of an apricot ice cream.

Highland Film Group has secured multiple distribution deals for action-thriller Wash Me In The River, starring Robert De Niro, John Malkovich, Jack Huston, Quavo and Willa Fitzgerald.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTV France International, the French TV promotion organisation, is launching the first edition of Rendez-Vous DOCS, a series of online pitching dedicated to documentaries. Aimed at 124 buyers across 38 countries, the sessions will highlight 18 projects and each program will be pitched by producers/and or sales agents and filmmakers at a Paris venue called Le Shack.

Wales Scrum-half Kieran Hardy has been ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a hamstring injury but Tomos Williams is potentially expected to be fit again after missing the games against Scotland and England. Dan Biggar has been nursing an injury niggle but it is not expected to keep him out of the game against Italy at this stage.

Eddie Jones says there is “no wriggle room” to add Sam Underhill to his Six Nations squad after he came through his return from injury with Bath. Underhill withdrew from England’s squad before the Six Nations began with a hip injury, which he has now overcome.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNamir Smallwood and Sidney Flanigan will star in “Rounding,” a new dramatic thriller from “Saint Frances” director Alex Thompson. “Rounding” follows a driven young medical resident (Smallwood) who transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start.

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based sales firm Film Bridge International has sold shark survival pic The Requin to Reset Collective (Australia/New Zealand), YouPlanet (Spain), Mediawan (France), Monolith (Poland), Purple Plan (SE Asia), Blitz Film Group (Ex-Yugo), and Blue Lantern (Vietnam).

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrance TV Distribution has closed a raft of sales on “Hear Me Out,” a romantic comedy directed by French actor-turned-helmer Pascal Elbé (“Thank You for Calling,” “Turk’s Head”).The film stars Elbé as Antoine, a fifty-year old history professor who discovers that he’s losing his hearing and starts having a recluse life because of his handicap. His encounter with Claire, a widow whose daughter is mute, will help him open up again to the world.

The Berlin International Film Festival has crowned winners from its youth-focused Generation and Shorts programs. In Generation Kplus, the Grand Prix for Best Film went to Han Shuai’s Summer Blur, with a special mention for Betania Cappato’s A School in Cerro Hueso.

For LGBTQ people in Chechnya, life has become a nightmare.

READ MORE: Andrea Bocelli sings Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love WATCHThe melody for Can't Help Falling In Love is based on Plaisir d'amour, a well known French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. Originally the track was written for a female singer and was called Can't Help Falling In Love With Him.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrance’s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was on Monday sentenced by the Paris judicial court to a three-year jail term after being found guilty of corruption and influence peddling in a case dating back to 2014, according to French news channel BFMTV.The three-year sentence includes just one year of imprisonment — two years have been suspended. He can serve the term at home.

EXCLUSIVE: Rainfall, the action sci-fi starring Ken Jeong, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Gillies and Jason Isaacs, has sold around the world for Film Mode Entertainment.