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Cannes Films ‘Alpha,’ ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ ‘Colors of Time’ and ‘The Great Arch’ Showcase Growing Maturity of French VFX Sector
Films shot in France have embraced VFX — both artistically and industrially — and the sector has reached a new level of maturity.
Subsequent public initiatives have only accelerated this virtuous cycle, as the government’s France 2030 investment plan looks to widen a talent pool that now boasts 4,500 professionals while the country’s national film board, CNC, has rolled out a series of VFX bonuses and incentives for local productions as well. Several French titles premiering in Cannes — among them Julia Ducournau’s genre drama “Alpha,” Richard Linklater’s Godard tribute “Nouvelle Vague,” and the historical epics “Colors of Time” by Cédric Klapisch and “The Great Arch” by Stéphane Demoustier — all thoughtfully deployed digital tools, often to eager industry encouragement. French studio CGEV boarded “Nouvelle Vague” early on, as supervisors worked through a trove of digital models and archival materials to help director Richard Linklater rigorously and painstakingly recreate the 1950s Paris that Jean-Luc Godard so spontaneously captured in “Breathless.”
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