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If you utter the phrase “Jimmy V speech” to a sports fan, the reaction will likely be immediate. Almost every sports lover out there knows about the impassioned plea Jim Valvano gave during the 1993 Espy Awards, and now has become the subject of a new documentary headed to ESPN on Wednesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. Et, titled simply “The Speech.” You can watch ESPN with a subscription to Sling TV. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Hulu Live TV, Fubo, or YouTube TV.

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Valvano was a successful basketball coach in his day, having led North Carolina State to an improbable win in the 1983 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.

French schoolhouse-set comedy directed by Mélanie Auffret.

Other Angle has secured deals for French schoolhouse-set comedy Mélanie Auffret’s Sweet Little Things following its market premiere at the EFM.

The Paris and LA-based international sales and distribution company has sold the film – French title: Les Petites Victoires - to Twelve Oaks Pictures in Spain, Nos Lusomundo in Portugal, Pandora in Brazil, Vertigo in Benelux and Pathé in Switzerland.

The sales follow the crowd-pleasing film’s premiere at France’s comedy film fest the Festival l’Alpe d’Huez where it was awarded with the special jury prize and audience award.

Wassim Beji, the French producer of “Boite noire,” and Snd have acquired the adaptation rights to iconic French detective novels “Fantomas” and are planning a film and a series based on the franchise.

A ruthless and multi-faceted thief and assassin, Fantomas “was the first occidental super-villain featured in a serialized format, first through comic strips and later in a radio series,” said Beji, adding that “Fantomas” has also been a source of inspiration for some of the greatest artists of the 20th century, including the surrealist poet Guillaume Apollinaire.

Created in 1911 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, Fantomas is one of France’s most popular fictional characters, along with Arsene Lupin. Fantomas was first adapted for the big screen by into a silent crime film serial directed by Louis Feuillade for Gaumont in 1913. The property was later adapted into a crime comedy trilogy starring Jean Marais and Louis de Fines...

France’s most famous Catholic priest, Abbé Pierre, will be portrayed in a €15 million ($17.5 million) biopic movie produced by Snd and Wassim Beji, who previously teamed on “Yves Saint Laurent.”

Titled “Abbé Pierre, a Century of Devotion,” the movie will be directed by Frederic Tellier with Benjamin Lavernhe (“The Speech”) playing the title role, alongside Emmanuelle Bercot.

Snd, the commercial arm of French TV network M6, is producing the film with Beji at Wy Productions and will launch sales at the American Film Market. “Abbé Pierre” will start shooting in December.

Tellier, who depicted the world of firefighters in the critically acclaimed film “Through the Fire,” has done extensive research on the French priest’s legacy in order to chart his life.

Born and raised a Catholic, Henri Groues became a member of the Resistance during World War II, an experience which shaped him and catalyzed his desire to help others.

Since the original Jersey Shore back in 2009 and the revival, Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, which debuted almost a decade later in 2018, the cast has captured the hearts of viewers. While Jersey Shore comes across as nothing more than salacious drama, there's a lot underneath the surface of the reality series.

Related: Every Season of Jersey Shore, Ranked From Worst To Best 

Every season has had moments that have gone viral, from "The Note" the girls wrote to Sammi revealing that Ron had cheated on her to "The Wedding Speech" in the revival that led to Nicole "Snooki" deciding to leave the series (she did eventually return). But beyond the moments that spark conversation because of controversy, the cast of Jersey Shore has done some pretty nice things for one another, too. Whatever the case, some moments, both good and bad, didn't get the attention they deserved, for differing reasons.

Drama stars Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth.

Mubi has acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Mia Hansen-Love’s Bergman Island, which will world premiere in Competition at Cannes next month.

The London-based streaming platform and distributor struck the deal with Paris-based Kinology, which is handling international sales, and plans to release the film theatrically.

French filmmaker Hansen-Love wrote the drama about a US filmmaker couple, played by Phantom Thread star Vicky Krieps and UK actor Tim Roth, most recently seen in The Misfits and drama series Tin Star.

The couple retreat to the mythical Faro island for the summer,...

New international deals have also been done on ’The Rose Maker’ starring Catherine Frot.

Ahead of this year’s Cannes, Paris-based sales company Charades has secured a raft of deals on two titles from last year’s Cannes: Laurent Tirard’s comedy drama The Speech, which was feted with the Cannes 2020 label, and Chloé Mazlo’s Skies Of Lebanon, which received the Critics’ Week label last year.

The Speech has sold to Canada (MK2 Mile End), South Korea (Pan Cinema), Austria (Panda), Sweden (Njuta), Singapore (Shaw Organisation), Airlines (Skeye), Turkey (Fabula), Argentina (Zeta Films), India (Big Tree), Uruguay (Movie) and...

Paris-based company unveils first details on new slate for Cannes Pre-screenings and Marché du Film.

Charades has boarded sales on Laurent Tirard’s new comedy Oh My Goodness! and plans to launch pre-sales at the upcoming online Cannes Pre-screenings in June and physical Marché du Film in July.

It revolves around five nuns who set their sights on winning the cash prize in a major cycling race to raise money to renovate a dilapidated hospice. The only hitch is that none of them can ride a bicycle but they are counting instead on God working in mysterious ways.

The ensemble...

This number will increase as Cannes, Venice and other summer festival titles are added to the mix alongside studio releases.

French cinemas reopen this Wednesday (May 19) after lying dark for six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the country’s 100-plus distributors rushing to set theatrical dates for an estimated backlog of 400 stalled films.

As a result, French cinemagoers will have access to the richest and most diverse offering of films in the world over the coming months, spanning festival titles, local mainstream comedies and dramas, world cinema and studio blockbuster fare, as the summer advances.

As of May...

French cinemas and theaters that were expected to reopen Dec. 15 will be staying closed until at least Jan. 7 due to the pandemic. The news was announced by France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday evening.

Along with cinemas and theaters, concert venues and museums will also remain shut until early January at the soonest.

“The numbers are not going down…and we know that the holiday period presents some risks. We cannot let our guard down,” said Castex.

“I know how much professionals in the culture sector have been preparing for the reopening [on Dec. 15]…It’s a particularly painful decision. But if we let ourselves be tempted by a reopening, the sanitary situation would be worse in January,” said Castex.

France President Emmanuel Macron said during a televised address on Nov. 24 that the country’s venues could reopen on Dec. 15 if the number of coronavirus cases had decreased to 5,000 per day,...

Covid-19 cases have not fallen enough to allow cinemas and theatres to re-open.

French cinemas and theatres will remain closed until at least January 7, 2021 as part of national measures to rein in Covid-19 in France, prime minister Jean Castex confirmed on Thursday.

”Establishments receiving the public, which we had hoped to allow to reopen December 15, will stay closed for an extra three weeks,” said Castex, in a special televised address detailing the government’s latest strategy for managing the pandemic.

“Unfortunately, the conditions that were set to allow them to reopen have not been met,” he continued.

This ruling covers cinemas,...

Institute also announces AFI Alumni Awards.

The American Film Institute (AFI) has launched the Black Production Fund in partnership with AMC Networks under the auspices of AFI’s equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.

The Fund, announced on Saturday (October 17), will provide grants for thesis productions by Black Fellows in their second year at the AFI Conservatory.

Beyond the fund, AMC Networks has committed to distributing select AFI Conservatory films on Umc, AMC Networks’ streaming VOD platform dedicated to showcasing Black film and television.

The showcase starts with The First Stone, directed by Kaisan Rei (AFI Class of 2016); and continues with Gummi Bear,...

Festival to go ahead as a physical event with guests including Thomas Vinterberg and Francois Ozon.

Rome Film Fest has revealed the programme and plans for its 15th edition, which is set to go ahead as a physical event with digital elements from October 15-25.

A total of 24 films and documentaries will comprise the official selection, most of which have proved critically-acclaimed at festivals such as Toronto, with nine having previously received a Cannes 2020 label.

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These include three titles from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology: Mangrove; Lovers Rock; and Red, White And Blue. The...