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Cannes places focus on financiers who support French production A moment during the debate (© Eric Bonté/CNC) Film funding in France didn’t completely dry up in 2020, mainly thanks to the joint mobilisation of the CNC and the IFCIC alongside specialist banks and BPIFrance. These organisations are also introducing new subsidies for sector companies, as confirmed by the panellists assembled in the CNC’s pavilion on 13 July. Opening the debate, CNC Financial and Legal Director Maxime Boutron confirmed that funding for cinema works had withstood the pandemic: in addition to exceptional pub...

France's National Film Board President to Remain in Post During Police Investigation (EXCLUSIVE) Elsa Keslassy, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Dominique Boutonnat, the president of France’s powerful National Film Board, will remain in post despite his indictment last week following a lawsuit for alleged sexual assault and attempted rape filed by his 22-year-old godson. Boutonnat, a 51-year-old film financier and producer who took the helm of the CNC in July 2019, was placed under investigation on Feb. 11 after a police complaint was filed by the son of long-time friends on Oct. 7 for an ...

President of France's National Film Board Held in Custody, Sued for Sexual Assault by Godson Elsa Keslassy, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Dominique Boutonnat, president of France’s powerful National Film Board (CNC), is being sued for attempted rape and sexual assault by his 22-year-old godson. He has been held in custody since Wednesday morning. The news was first reported by news channel BFM TV. The complaint was filed by Boutonnat’s godson on Oct. 7 and the alleged sexual assault occurred in August during a holiday in Greece. More from Variety “Dominique Boutonnat contests having...