French Alps-Set Les Arcs Film Festival Pioneers Green Charter For Film Fests As Local Glaciers Melt

nailed. This year alone, our Parisian pals have made , and the cuts everyone's been asking for in salons thanks to their, you know, je ne sais quoi.So which hair trend is coming in hot for 2023? According to Syd Hayes, Session Stylist and BaByliss Ambassador, the latest iteration of cool-girl hair is the French New Wave.

Vive la France! The 2012 film version of Les Misérables – the epic period musical with a star-studded cast — has taken its audience on an emotional and suspenseful journey long after its release.

Ooh La La! Emily in Paris is back and while many things may be uncertain in the life of heroine Emily Cooper (played by Lily Collins), one thing is for sure — the American in Paris is looking more gorgeous than ever.

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales powerhouse Wild Bunch International (WBI) has unveiled the bulk of its French slate for the first half of 2023 as it gears up for the Unifrance Rendez-vous in Paris, running January 10-17.

EXCLUSIVE: Creation Entertainment Media and Magic Frame Animation today announced that they will team up to adapt Georges Alexander Vagan’s Christmas-set book series Paul Martin and the Magic Magnifying Glass for the big screen.

This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the 16 films selected for its flagship Tiger Competition. Scroll down for the full list.

APPOINTMENTSUniversal Music’s Republic Records in the US has promoted Beau Benton to SVP Media & Operations. “It’s been such a pleasure working with Beau every day for the last ten years”, says EVP Media & Artist Relations, Joseph Carozza. “As a colleague and as a friend, I’ve had a front row seat to his media expertise, his love and commitment to artists and the team, and his infectious energy”.Artist management firm UROK has hired Tayla Dhyll as Head Of Audience and Sophie Lane as Senior Artist Manager.

David Fincher To Receive Honorary Cesar AwardDavid Fincher is to receive an Honorary Award at this year’s Cesar Awards. The primary French awards show will fete the Gone Girl filmmaker at its 2023 ceremony on February 24 at the Olympia in Paris. The awards body described Fincher as an “outstanding technician” and “a true visionary.” Awarded since 1976, previous Honorary Cesar Award winners include Robert Redford, Penelope Cruz, and George Clooney. The nominees for the 48th César Awards will be announced on January 25.

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water began its international box office rollout today in such majors as Korea, France, Germany and Italy — and with early sneaks in China. One of the most anticipated movies of recent years, it’s dominating play.

Former enfant terrible of British rock Peter Doherty and keyboard playing producer-filmmaker wife Katia de Vidas gave a surprise private concert at the Les Arcs Film Festival in the French Alps on Monday evening.

Lithuania filmmaker Vytautas Katkus’s debut feature project The Visitor won the top €6,000 Artekino International Award at the Les Arcs Coproduction Village on Tuesday.

Actress, screenwriter and director Kristen Stewart has been named president of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.“We’re excited about Kristen Stewart taking on this distinguished task. She’s one of the most talented and multi-faceted actors of her generation,” festival directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian said in a statement. “From Bella Swan to the Princess of Wales she has given life to everlasting characters.

wining and dining with the California rebel and his partner Michèle Lamy in Paris led to assumptions—okay, fine, just hopes and prayers—that the creatives could have a little something up their (artfully draped) sleeves.Beckham’s return to France follows her successful spring-summer 2023 show—her first in the fashion capital and a big step up in terms of craft, execution, and styling. “I feel like this has been a flag-in-the-sand moment for the brand,” said Beckham of doubling down on her company values and recentering the modern VB woman who is “quite intellectual, quite cool, quite subversive.” This time around on French soil, Beckham seemed to be forward-planning while soaking up the festive spirit.

A Holocaust denier who has been on the run from French authorities does not consent to be extradited to France, a court has heard. Vincent Reynouard, 53, was arrested in Anstruther, Fife, last month and has been in custody since then.

Since it debuted at the Venice Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury prize, Alice Diop’s first feature Saint Omer has had a robust life on the fall festival circuit. An austere, tightly scripted and subtly acted drama, in which a novelist (Kayije Kagame) becomes fascinated by the trial of an immigrant mother for the murder of her own daughter, the film nevertheless draws deeply on the director’s previous experience as a documentary filmmaker.