History was made across the board with the 93rd Oscar nominations. Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American nominated for Best Actor.
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Neon has scooped up North American rights to Céline Sciamma’s sixth feature directorial Petite Maman, bringing the Oscar-winning film studio back in business with the French filmmaker behind 2019’s award-winning pic Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Already there is great word of mouth brewing from critics on Sciamma’s new title out of its world premiere at the Berlinale.
The drama stars sisters Joséphine Sanz and Gabrielle Sanz, with Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne and Margot Abascal. In Pete
History was made across the board with the 93rd Oscar nominations. Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American nominated for Best Actor.
Naomi Judd gave an update on her daughter Ashley’s recovery process during an appearance on Thursday’s “Watch What Happens Live”.
Naman Ramachandran Theatrical distributor and global curated film streaming service MUBI has picked up well-regarded Berlinale title, French auteur Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman.”MUBI has acquired all rights for the U.K., Ireland and Turkey, for the film that was in competition at the Berlinale. MK2 Films is handling international sales.“Petite Maman” follows eight-year-old Nelly who has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home.
Petite Maman, Céline Sciamma's follow-up to her 2019 international breakthrough Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a more intimate affair. The acclaimed French filmmaker has switched the erotic charge and sexual politics of her 18th century period drama for a more personal story of love and loss in a tale of an eight-year-old girl trying to connect with her mother.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorForesight Unlimited has closed deals for key international territories on Gigi Gaston’s “Nine Bullets.” The adventure thriller, written by Gaston, stars Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”), Sam Worthington (“Avatar” franchise), Barbara Hershey (the “Insidious” films) and Dean Scott Vasquez (“Jack Ryan”).Major territories sold include Australia (Rialto), Benelux (Splendid), the CIS (Top Film), Eastern Europe (Daro), France (Daro), Germany (Splendid),
After working together on the domestic release of Portrait of a Lady on Fire,Neon has acquired the North American rights to Céline Sciamma'sPetite Maman. Petite Maman, which premiered at Berlinale,is a time-travel story that follows 8-year-old Nelly, who has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out the childhood home of her mother, Marion.
The two most mature and emotionally insightful seven-year-old girls you’ve ever encountered in your life are the subjects of Petite Maman. Magnetically attentive to the serious “things of life,” as the French put it, Céline Sciamma’s 72-minute study of an intense brief friendship between two girls of extraordinary similar looks prioritizes insight and emotional awareness over any artificial plot constructs. The result is a piercingly satisfying chamber drama with a lovely intimate feel.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNeon has acquired North American rights to Céline Sciamma’s latest feature, “Petite Maman,” following its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.The sale reunites Sciamma with Neon, the New York-based independent studio that released her acclaimed drama “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.”Written and directed by Sciamma, “Petite Maman” follows 8-year-old Nelly, who loses her beloved grandmother and goes to help her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic“Give me a child until he is 7, and I will show you the man,” proposed Aristotle, to which fiercely feminist French director Céline Sciamma might add, “Give me a woman, and I will show you the free, unbroken spirit she still was at age 8.”Sciamma, who went from being a queer cult favorite (for such bracingly free indies as “Tomboy” and “Water Lilies”) to an internationally respected auteur with 2019’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” follows up that barrier-breaking
Dakota Fanning is set to pportray Susan Elizabeth Ford opposite Michelle Pfeiffer’s Betty Ford and Aaron Eckhart’s Gerald Ford in Showtime’s anthology series The First Lady, headlined by Viola Davis, Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Davis executive produces the series, directed and executive produced by Susanne Bier and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime.
Lady Gaga made headlines last week when two of her French bulldogs were kidnapped after her dog walker was shot. The horrific incident sent shock waves and left the singer devastated.
Lady Gaga’s dog walker Ryan Fischer took to Instagram with a lengthy statement on Monday, speaking out for the first time since he was hospitalized for a gunshot wound.Fischer was shot on Wednesday, February 24 while out walking three of the star’s French bulldogs.
Lady Gaga’s dog walker has spoken out for the first time after he was shot in a horrifying armed robbery last week. Ryan Fischer was shot four times in the chest by armed robbers, who then stole the Poker Face singer’s French bulldog pups, which were being walked by Ryan at the time.Two of Lady Gaga’s dogs, Koji and Gustav, were stolen during the incident, but have since been found safe and well, while her other Frenchie Asia avoided capture.
Lady Gaga ’s missing dogs have been found! Two days after the 34-year-old superstar’s French bulldogs were stolen, LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station has confirmed that they are safe and sound. Police Captain Jonathan Tippet told Associated Press that the pups were brought to the station by a woman around 6 p.m.
Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs have been returned to her safe and unharmed after they were stolen by an armed robber.The 34 year old singer’s dogs, Koji and Gustavo, were taken after her dog walker, Ryan Fischer, was shot in Hollywood, California on Wednesday 24 February. After offering $500,000 reward for the pups’ safe return an unnamed woman, said to be “uninvolved and unassociated” with the shooting, handed the dogs in at LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station on Friday 26 February.