The US in Progress Paris (part of next month's Champs-Élysées Film Festival's Industry Days) folks are switching up the formula this year. Their usual...
With the American Film Festival in Wrocław comes the US in Progress co-production forum initiative. It also means that micro gems might trickle down from Europe...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.