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Fabien Lemercier @fabienlemercier.bsky.social · 2d

Daniela Elstner (Managing Director of @unifrance.bsky.social) talks about about MyMetaStories (online and within Minecraft).
"We want to make cinema more accessible, to show that it’s not just a dusty old thing for old people and that it can reinvent itself"
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Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance

09/10/2025 - The French agency head chatted with us about MyMetaStories, the highly original European film festival unspooling online and primarily within Minecraft

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · 4d

📣 Unifrance presents the second edition of MyFrenchAnimationDays (MyFAD), from 11 to 31 October, a special initiative to highlight the creativity of French animation and its industry!
All the events & details ➡️ en.unifrance.org/news…

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Fabien Lemercier @fabienlemercier.bsky.social · 10d

Unifrance promotes European film to gamers and internet users via MyMetaStories
Backed by Creative Europe, the 3rd edition of the festival unspooling online and via Minecraft will run between 10 October and 2 November.
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Unifrance promotes European film to gamers and internet users via MyMetaStories

02/10/2025 - Backed by Creative Europe, the 3rd edition of the festival unspooling online and via Minecraft will run between 10 October and 2 November, with 18 films jostling on the agenda

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Sep 11

👾 Unifrance ready to launch the 3rd MyMetaStories, the innovative European film festival online and in Minecraft®(Oct 10 -> Nov 2)
👀 Explore the vitality of new European cinema through an eclectic 18-film selection from 11 countries! #MyMetaStories

All info ➡️ en.unifrance.org/news/17230/m...

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Aug 22

🇮🇹Quatre films français (signés Olivier Assayas, Kaouther Ben Hania, Valérie Donzelli & François Ozon) porteront les couleurs de la France en compétition de la 82e Mostra de Venise (27/08 - 6/09).
Découvrez toute la présence française, et les actions d'Unifrance !
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Fabien Lemercier @fabienlemercier.bsky.social · Jun 25

Unifrance brings "Watch Next from France" to Sunny Side of the Doc
A selection of 21 French documentaries with high international potential are being presented to buyers assembled in La Rochelle @unifrance.bsky.social
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Unifrance brings "Watch Next from France" to Sunny Side of the Doc

25/06/2025 - A selection of 21 French documentaries with high international potential are being presented to buyers assembled in La Rochelle

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Jun 24

🎬 Appel à candidatures – Rendez-vous franco-allemands du cinéma 2025
Unifrance lance un appel à candidatures à destination des étudiantes et étudiants en cinéma pour participer à l’édition 2025 des RDV (8 et 9 octobre).
Toutes les infos ↙️
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🎬 Appel à candidatures – Rendez-vous franco-allemands du cinéma 2025 | Unifrance

🎬 Appel à candidatures – Rendez-vous franco-allemands du cinéma 2025 Dans le cadre des Rendez-vous franco-allemands du cinéma, Unifrance lance un appel à candidature à destination des étudiantes et é...

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Cinéma Le Grand Action @grandaction.bsky.social · Jun 19

#Gioia de Nixon Singa a obtenu le Prix Unifrance / Grand Action 2025
Le film est projeté du 18 au 24 juin en première partie de la séance de 19:45 de Voyage au bord de la guerre (A Pertjatko).

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Patrick Heidmann @patrickheidmann.bsky.social · Jun 3

Es ist mal wieder Zeit für ein paar Film- und Serien-Tipps aus Frankreich. Dieses Mal inkl. BLACK TEA, Neuem von & mit der wunderbaren JULIE DELPY sowie einer in jedem Wortsinn kurzen Serie bei Arte. (via @unifrance.bsky.social)
#geheimtipp #wordofmouth #frenchcinema
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🇩🇪 Geheimtipp | Juni 2025 | Patrick Heidmann

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · May 27

#FrenchCinema honored at 78th Cannes Film Festival, with a magnificent Palme d'Or ("It Was Just an Accident") coproduced by Les Films Pelleas, and the Best Actress award for Nadia Melliti in "La Petite Dernière". 🏆
Discover all the French (co)productions awarded.
➡️ en.unifrance.org/news/17164/f...

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · May 21

📰 Une interview de Gilles Pélisson et Daniela Elstner à lire dans les pages de "Gala Croisette" :
"Le président et la directrice générale d'Unifrance partagent leur passion pour la production tricolore, si séduisante pour les acheteurs étrangers."

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · May 21

🏆La cérémonie de remise des Prix Unifrance du court-métrage a eu lieu mardi 20 mai sur la Terrasse Unifrance du Festival de Cannes.
"Vautours", du réalisateur sud-africain Dian Weys, coproduit pour la France par Insolence Productions, reçoit le Grand Prix. 👏
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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · May 5

📣 Unifrance will be present at the @cannesfilmfestival.bsky.social from May 13 to 24 to help promote the works and artists of French cinema.
We'll be located in our two usual spaces, the Terrace and the Unifrance stand (Film Market).
Discover all our venues and events!
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Patrick Heidmann @patrickheidmann.bsky.social · Apr 2

Neues aus Frankreich. Wobei der beste französische Film, der im April in den Kinos läuft, von einem Haitianer inszeniert wurde. (via @unifrance.bsky.social) #frenchcinema #ernestcole #seriesmania
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🇩🇪 Geheimtipp | April 2025 | Patrick Heidmann

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Andrea G. Bermejo @andreagbermejo.bsky.social · Apr 2

Mis películas francesas favoritas de este mes de abril. Podéis ver el vídeo completo en @unifrance.bsky.social @filmin.es @laaventuracine.bsky.social (*Presunción de inocencia se ha retrasado al 9 de mayo)

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Mar 21

🇮🇹 🇫🇷 Unifrance présente les 15es Rendez-vous – Nuovo cinema francese (Rome 2-6 avril), en présence de nombreux invités, dans le mythique Cinema Nuovo Sacher.
"L'Attachement" fera l'ouverture, en présence de Carine Tardieu et Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. 💫
Toute l'info ➡️ www.unifrance.org/actualites/1...

Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Mar 13

🇺🇸 On March 11, as part of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema in New York, taking place at @filmlinc.bsky.social, French director & actor Judith Godrèche joined for a conversation with actor & activist Cynthia Nixon. 💪
Photo ©️Thomas Brunot / Unifrance

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Mar 12

From left to right : Gilles Pelisson (President - Unifrance), Angelina Jolie, Daniela Elstner (Executive Director - Unifrance), Rithy Panh, director and Elizabeth Becker, journalist and author of the book upon which the film is based.Photo: ©Thomas Brunot / Unifrance

Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Mar 12

✨ Last week-end at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York, actress and director Angelina Jolie did us the great honor to attend the "Meeting with Pol Pot" screening. ✨

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Mar 7

🇺🇲 Great opening of the 30th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York! 🏙️
🤩 Co-organizers @filmlinc.bsky.social & Unifrance welcomed French artists Emmanuel Mouret and India Hair for "Three Friends" (opening film), directors Louise Courvoisier, Muriel & Delphine Coulin and Rithy Panh.

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Fabien Lemercier @fabienlemercier.bsky.social · Mar 6

The New York-based Rendez-Vous With French Cinema event celebrates its 30th anniversary
Organised by @unifrance.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social, the event will screen 22 feature films in the company of numerous directors between 6 and 16 March.
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The New York-based Rendez-Vous With French Cinema event celebrates its 30th anniversary

06/03/2025 - Organised by Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center, the event will screen 22 feature films in the company of numerous directors between 6 and 16 March

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Mar 5

🇺🇦 With over 165,000 admissions to date, French smash hit 'The Count of Monte Cristo' has become THE MOST-WATCHED FRENCH FILM OF ALL TIME in Ukraine! 👏

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Patrick Heidmann @patrickheidmann.bsky.social · Mar 3

Die besten französischen Filme des Monats, mit MISERICORDIA, dem frisch gebackenen Oscar-Gewinner FLOW sowie der immer noch starken Ernaux-Verfilmung DAS EREIGNIS. (via @unifrance.bsky.social)

🇩🇪 Französische TV Programme und Filme | März 2025 | Patrick Heidmann

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Unifrance @unifrance.bsky.social · Mar 4

🇺🇸🇫🇷Two days until the grand opening of the 30th edition of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York! 🌇
Set up by @filmlinc.bsky.social and Unifrance, this edition will bring you over 20 films, accompanied by as many French artists!
Full program here ↙️
➡️ en.unifrance.org/news/17100/u...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · Feb 23

Rendez-Vous w/French Cinema @filmlinc.bsky.social Dir Patricia Mazuy with stars Isabelle Huppert & Hafsia Herzi took male-written prison VISITING HOURS turns into unusual female friendship of very different wives that surprises their lives
3/8 w/Q&A, 3/10 @unifrance
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Visiting Hours

Affluent Alma (Isabelle Huppert) meets working-class Mina (Hafsia Herzi) during visits to the prison facility where both of their husbands are serving time, and the two women quickly form a close conn...

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