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The History of French Cinema: 2009 |
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11/1 - |
Oscar-winning director Claude Berri is admitted to the neurological centre of the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris suffering from a blood clot on the brain. [MORE] |
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12/1 - |
Actor, director and producer Claude Berri, affectionately known as ‘the Godfather of French film,’ dies of a stroke in Paris at the age of 74. [ADD] |
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| 16/1 - |
Actress Catherine Deneuve announces that she plans to sue the editor of Bernard Violet’s biography of her father, Maurice Dorleac, over its portrayal of him as a Nazi collaborator during WWII. [MORE] |
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| 27/2 - |
Martin Provost’s Seraphine wins seven awards at the 2009 Cesar Awards in Paris including best picture, best director and best original screenplay. [MORE] |
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| 9/4 - |
The French parliament unexpectedly rejects a new law to ban access to the internet for anyone who continues downloading films and music after receiving three warnings. [MORE] |
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| 12/5 - |
The French government succeeds in passing its’ controversial internet privacy law at the second attempt. A packed assembly approves the law by 296 votes to 233. [MORE] |
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| 13/5 - |
Pixar and Disney’s digital 3D cartoon feature Up receives its world premiere as the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival. It is the first animated film ever to open the festival, and the first played there by Disney in five years. [ADD] |
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| 17/5 - |
Danish director Lars von Triers’ new film, Antichrist, in which Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg play a grieving couple who cope with the death of their young son by embarking on a sadomasochistic sex session, is poorly received at the Cannes Film Festival. [MORE] |
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| 24/5 - | Michael Haneke's WWII drama White Ribbon wins the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, while Jacques Audiard's A Prophet wins the Grand Prix award. [MORE] | |||
| 10/6 - |
The constitutional Council rules that the Creation and Internet piracy law passed by parliament on 13th May is contrary to the Declaration of the Rights of Man because it gives the government the power to prevent internet access to people caught downloading content illegally. [ADD] |
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| 11/6 - |
Luc Besson announces his intention to build a e30 (£25.6 million) studio in Paris to rival Britain’s Pinewood and Germany’s Babelsberg studios. Construction is due to begin in December 2009, with completion scheduled for early 2012. [ADD] |
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| 17/6 - | Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's Tellement Proches is released following a heavy publicity campaign. Vincent Elbaz, Isabelle Carre, Francois Xavier-Demaison and Omar Sy star. The animated urban comedy Lascars, which also features Omar Sy, is also released today. [ADD] |
