Docu "Humbert Balsan producteur rebelle" offers a respectful but inert tribute to the rebellious producer of the title, a dynamic force in Gallic cinema who committed suicide in 2005. Pic will make an ...

The Father of My Children, a drama about love, sorrow and the heartbreak of independent film financing, is sliced neatly in half by the sudden death of its protagonist, Grégoire Canvel. I’m not ...

The Father of My Children, a drama about love, sorrow, and the heartbreak of independent film financing, is sliced neatly in half by the sudden death of its protagonist, Gregoire Canvel. I’m not ...

French producer Humbert Balsan, chairman of the European Film Academy, committed suicide Feb. 10 in Paris. He was 50. He was found in the offices of his production company Ognon Films. Balsan, who ...

In 2001, three of France's most respected independent producers — Humbert Balsan, Paolo Branco and Gilles Sandoz — formed a distribution alliance called Pirates. By Charles Masters, The Associated ...

In 2001, three of France's most respected independent producers -- Humbert Balsan, Paolo Branco and Gilles Sandoz -- formed a distribution alliance called Pirates. Five years later, Balsan has ...

Grégoire Canvel, the lead character in French writer/director Mia Hansen-Løve’s second film, The Father of My Children, is based on Humbert Balsan, the French film producer who was chairman of the ...

One of the principal virtues of the new French drama “The Father of My Children,” the second feature by Mia Hansen-Løve—a film à clef about the real-life producer Humbert Balsan, whom she knew well—is ...

Movie Review | 'The Father of My Children' By Manohla Dargis The poignant, startling French film “The Father of My Children” opens with a whoosh of activity. A financially struggling independent-movie ...

On 22 January, a new French independent distribution company called Pirates Distribution will release their first title, Baigneuses by Viviane Candas, and produced by Gemini Films. Pirates is the ...