A review of French films at festivals (selections, awards) and funding support for commercial release in December 2008.   Festivals: delegations, selections, and awards (feature films) Unifrance accompanied French artists attending the following 5 film festivals: The 2008 Beirut International Film Festival, the 2008 French Cinepanorama in Hong Kong, the 2008 Jakarta International Film Festival, the 2008 French Cinema Today Festival in Russia, and the 2008 Dubai Int...

Another 10 days at the world's leading festival for fantastic cinema have come to a close. All the extraterrestrials have phoned home. And the zombies are in repose until next October. Despite very late nights drinking with actors, filmmakers, distributors and programmers from Finland, Colombia, Korea, Japan, Ireland, Australia, France, Canada, New York and, of course, Spain, I managed to see 23 or 25 or 27 movies, often sleeping on my feet, so that the whole experience began to feel like an e...

Another 10 days at the world’s leading festival for fantastic cinema have come to a close. All the extraterrestrials have phoned home. And the zombies are in repose until next October. Despite very late nights drinking with actors, filmmakers, distributors and programmers from Finland, Colombia, Korea, Japan, Ireland, Australia, France, Canada, New York and, of course, Spain, I managed to see 23 or 25 or 27 movies, often sleeping on my feet, so that the whole experience began to feel like an e...