5/18/07
For the 14th year, Variety is publishing daily newspapers at the Cannes Film Festival -- news, reviews and other features only available here or on the Croisette.
4/13/07
As 12,000 international TV execs traipse to the French Riviera for the 44th Mip TV sales bazaar, the mood on the Cannes Croisette is likely to be heady.
3/8/07
The robust Asian film biz and its talent may attract producers from outside the region, but the fact is that the Far East industry remains distinct from the U.S. and European businesses.
2/1/07
It's a fact that some enthusiastically welcome, and others reluctantly accept, but no one seriously disputes: Berlin has become the year's third market, alongside Cannes and AFM.
1/15/07
The firstrun syndie biz is in a funk, with just a handful of projects coming to market. The syndie biz is also being rattled by the same unsettling digital-driven forces that are altering the face and economics of TV everywhere.
10/15/06
For years, U.S. pics ruled supreme overseas. Now, the throne is beginning to show cracks. This sea change is certain to be the topic of conversation as buyers and sellers come together at AFM.
10/8/06
A look at the directions various Asian countries are taking and shaping the television business.
10/1/06
Reshaping media is the buzz concept that will define the 22nd annual Mipcom TV trade show in Cannes next week, as a record 12,000 participants trek to the Riviera resort to wheel and deal in programming rights.
9/10/06
Indie producers increasingly are finding themselves in a bind. As the major studios shave their slates and pursue tentpole-only strategies, those producing micro- to middle-budget pics have nowhere to go.
6/19/06
Last year saw declines in admissions from Madrid to Munich, leaving Euro exhibs scratching their heads, wondering how they could make the bad news go away. But last month's boffo openings have given them renewed hope.
5/15/06
How smart are the world's top film fests? Do they discover and nurture talent and trends, or simply surf the industry's existing waves? Are fest selectors pioneers or camp followers? Variety examined in detail the past 25 years of the current Big Five.
5/14/06
The red carpets and movie stars get all the attention at Cannes, but with more than 10,000 participants expected for the fest-adjacent film market, the focus will be on business as much as glamour.
5/10/06
More than any city, Cannes embodies the fast-paced, int'l sybaritic lifestyle. The excess extends beyond lavish studio-sponsored beach parties, wheeling and dealing, and long after the star-studded, red-carpet preems have receded into festival lore.
2/6/06
If one indicator of a festival's status nowadays is the number of world premieres it manages to attract, the 56th Berlin Film Festival wins in spades. Variety.com will offer daily news from the fest beginning Feb. 9.
1/22/06
The three-day extravaganza (Jan. 24-26) has morphed into a variegated event in which high-tech demos and high-minded gab have largely replaced the hijinx of the old-style domestic syndication biz.
11/4/05
Has the bling returned to the AFM? Biz at the upcoming confab looks to be more brisk than usual and this mini-site will have all of the latest. New news will be published daily throughout the duration of the market.
10/6/05
Cell phone providers clamoring for content rights, healthier ad markets, and new producers coming on stream should combine to make the 21st edition of the Mipcom TV trade show in Cannes a bustling -- and lucrative -- affair.
4/3/05
This new appreciation for what imported shows from the U.S. can do for stations abroad is the backdrop for the 42nd annual Mip, which in recent years has been in a funk.
10/31/04
As AFM stages its second go-round in 2004, among the issues facing industryites are shifts at various big supplier companies and concerns about the availability of viable theatrical titles.
10/10/04
Everyone loves to gripe about Mifed. The old complaints are well worn -- the primitive facilities, the bad air, the Italian attitude to customer service. These were joined by a new one in recent editions.
