https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting French actor Adele Haenel when she was a minor goes on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement. https://www.thelocal.fr/20241206/director-accused-of-abusing-french-star-haenel-goes-on-trial Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:04:05 +0100 director-accused-of-abusing-french-star-haenel-goes-on-trial Nearly 60 French actors and other prominent figures have denounced the "lynching" of disgraced film legend Gerard Depardieu, who is charged with rape and is facing a litany of other sexual assault claims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231227/dozens-of-french-actors-denounce-lynching-of-depardieu Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:39:39 +0100 dozens-of-french-actors-denounce-lynching-of-depardieu The Berlin film festival on Saturday awarded its best acting award to nine-year-old Spanish girl Sofía Otero for her performance in "20,000 Species of Bees", the youngest person ever to win the prize. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230226/french-documentary-spanish-girl-clinch-top-prizes-at-berlinale Sun, 26 Feb 2023 10:30:04 +0100 french-documentary-spanish-girl-clinch-top-prizes-at-berlinale French actor Vincent Cassel is set to dominate big and small screens this year, appearing in two blockbuster French films and a new spy thriller on Apple TV. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230222/never-look-back-actor-vincent-cassel-frances-scary-star Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:29:00 +0100 never-look-back-actor-vincent-cassel-frances-scary-star If you're not a fan of the tradition of dubbing foreign-language movies into French, here's how to avoid it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220622/reader-question-can-you-avoid-seeing-a-dubbed-movie-in-french-cinemas Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:46:46 +0200 reader-question-can-you-avoid-seeing-a-dubbed-movie-in-french-cinemas Lost in Frenchlation, a film club that screens French films with English subtitles in Paris, is returning to cinemas this weekend after holding virtual screenings during lockdown. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210520/french-film-club-for-english-speakers-returns-to-cinemas Thu, 20 May 2021 12:34:05 +0200 french-film-club-for-english-speakers-returns-to-cinemas France's love affair with cinema threatens to be an overwhelming experience next week, when theatres finally reopen -- the scheduling nightmare of a massive backlog of 400 films. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210513/french-cinemas-face-400-film-backlog-as-they-prepare-to-reopen Thu, 13 May 2021 12:33:05 +0200 french-cinemas-face-400-film-backlog-as-they-prepare-to-reopen The coronavirus pandemic might not seem like the obvious time to build new movie theatres, but in cine-mad France, it will take more than a virus to dampen passions for the big screen. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210218/a-lifeline-for-small-towns-france-keeps-building-cinemas-despite-covid Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:09:24 +0100 a-lifeline-for-small-towns-france-keeps-building-cinemas-despite-covid Cinema club Lost in Frenchlation will organise its second virtual screening of a French film with English subtitles on Friday - and this time the event will also be accessible in Australia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201201/lost-in-frenchlation-virtual-cinema-club-screening-french-films-with-english-subtitles-expands-to-australia Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:21:43 +0100 lost-in-frenchlation-virtual-cinema-club-screening-french-films-with-english-subtitles-expands-to-australia One of France's most iconic cinemas is to shut its doors for the month of August because so few people want to risk seeing movies on the big screen in times of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200728/paris-cinema-that-stayed-open-during-the-war-closes-due-to-coronavirus Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:53:03 +0200 paris-cinema-that-stayed-open-during-the-war-closes-due-to-coronavirus France will begin to shake off its coronavirus blues Sunday with cinemas opening on the stroke of midnight and thousands of people taking to the streets for its midsummer music festival. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200620/france-shakes-off-its-virus-blues-as-cinemas-casinos-set-to-open Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:05:08 +0200 france-shakes-off-its-virus-blues-as-cinemas-casinos-set-to-open Parisians are about to have the chance to experience an evening of movie magic on the Champs-Elysées as the world's 'most beautiful avenue' gets set to become a giant cinema for just one night. Friday is the last day to vote on what film will be shown. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180615/champs-elyses-set-to-transform-into-open-air-cinema-for-one-night-in-july Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:21:13 +0200 champs-elyses-set-to-transform-into-open-air-cinema-for-one-night-in-july France's National Cinema Centre (CNC) on Tuesday announced new gender equality measures, in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal in the US. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180314/french-cinema-industry-to-get-new-equality-watchdog-in-wake-of-weinstein-scandal Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:57:09 +0100 french-cinema-industry-to-get-new-equality-watchdog-in-wake-of-weinstein-scandal The popularity of French films is on the rise in France, while Gallic interest in US movies drops, new figures reveal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180104/frances-film-industry-draws-french-spectators-but-us-movies-suffer Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:59:06 +0100 frances-film-industry-draws-french-spectators-but-us-movies-suffer A student has scored an online hit with a video placing scenes from the blockbuster film Dunkirk alongside archive photos and film footage of the World War II evacuation of around 330,000 British and Allied soldiers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171229/french-student-scores-internet-hit-by-matching-dunkirk-archive-photos-with-scenes-from-blockbuster-movie Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:04:46 +0100 french-student-scores-internet-hit-by-matching-dunkirk-archive-photos-with-scenes-from-blockbuster-movie The French capital's last porn cinema, The Beverley is set to screen its final "little death" as it gets ready to close its doors at the end of the year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171204/sex-doesnt-sell-last-erotic-cinema-in-paris-to-close-its-doors Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:18:09 +0100 sex-doesnt-sell-last-erotic-cinema-in-paris-to-close-its-doors A proposal that France should ban the cigarette from the silver screen has been met with widespread derision and mockery among the French. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171120/proposed-ban-on-smoking-in-films-leaves-french-in-stitches Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:45:21 +0100 proposed-ban-on-smoking-in-films-leaves-french-in-stitches French cinemagoers secured their title as Europe’s most regular visitors to the silver screen last year, new stats revealed. But their choice of films might worry the French cinema industry. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170919/france-keeps-its-crown-as-home-of-europes-film-buffs Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:13:04 +0200 france-keeps-its-crown-as-home-of-europes-film-buffs The world's largest festival of French film hits Hollywood this month with an innovative line-up embracing the latest technology to showcase the best of the country's filmmaking talent. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170405/french-film-festival-goes-high-tech-as-it-hits-hollywood Wed, 05 Apr 2017 11:06:20 +0200 french-film-festival-goes-high-tech-as-it-hits-hollywood Minors in France are no longer automatically banned from going to see films that include real sex scenes, as the government looks to loosen the laws around film classifications. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170209/france-to-allow-under-18s-to-watch-real-sex-scenes-at-the-movies Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:46:16 +0100 france-to-allow-under-18s-to-watch-real-sex-scenes-at-the-movies