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RDV In Paris Round-Up: Unifrance Heads Gilles Pélisson & Daniela Elstner Talk 2025 Optimism; Shifting Market Calendar, Russian Participation & Prizes
RDV In Paris: Unifrance Heads Gilles Pélisson & Daniela Elstner Talk 2025 Optimism; Shifting Market Calendar, Russian Participation & Prizes
It’s a very, very lively Paris neighborhood, with plenty of cafes and good quality restaurants,” she added, noting the venue is just a stone’s throw from the iconic La Coupole brasserie once frequented by the likes of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Edith Piaf and Ernest Hemmingway. A talking point out of the Unifrance International box office report was the fact that Russia was French cinema’s second biggest market after Germany for a second year running, at time France when is at odds with the country over its ongoing military action against Ukraine. Some French film sales agents suggest it would make more sense for the event to run in late-October, early November as a platform to sell movies launched over the summer and in the fall festivals, with neither Venice or Toronto seen as offering that right now.
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