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Film News: Group concerned by growth of alt content — Independent film distributors in France are protesting the growth of alternative content in digitally equipped theaters and are threatening to withhold their contribution to conversion costs.

Film News: Group concerned by growth of alt content — Independent film distributors in France are protesting against the growth of alternative content in digitally equipped theaters.

Film News: ‘Misfortunates,’ ‘Barons’ broke through in ’09 — In Belgium, the local hits tend to be Flemish thrillers, comedies or children’s films, with French-speaking pics rarely troubling the top 10. But 2009 was a little different.

Film News: Canet, Gray develop Philadelphia-set drama — The thriller is loosely inspired by Jacques Maillot’s 2008 “Les Liens du sang.”

Film News: ‘Hugo Cabret’ to shoot in Paris — Scorsese’s hommage to early French cinema is the second GK Films pic to nab a rebate this year.

Film News: ‘Hugo Cabret’ to shoot in Paris — Martin Scorsese’s “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” and Universal’s toon skein “Minions Short Series” are among five productions awarded a French tax break for international shoots.

Film News: Boulanger cast in ‘Monte Carlo’ —
French actor Pierre Boulanger is making his English-speaking feature debut.

Film News: A passel of studio pics get Gallic treatment — Think French exports, and most will conjure up images of brie, Champagne and Peugeots.

Film News: Wild Bunch, MK2, Memento among visitors — Wild Bunch, MK2 and Memento Films International are among top Gallic mini-majors traveling to the 5th edition of the Lisbon Screenings — integrated within the 7th edition of IndieLisboa, the Portuguese capital’s biggest film fest.

Film News: Wild Bunch, MK2, Memento among visitors — Wild Bunch, MK2 and Memento Films International are among top Gallic mini-majors traveling to the 5th edition of the Lisbon Screenings — integrated within the 7th edition of IndieLisboa, the Portuguese capital’s biggest film fest.