Get a taste of France in London next month by connecting with Film France – CNC team and local film commissions from Paris Region and South of France during FOCUS London. New soundstages developments, investment to increase the talent pool, filming in France during the Olympics, let’s talk about the exciting things happening in France right now!

For the Netflix series “All the Light We Cannot See”, a medieval-looking town in the Aveyron department posed as Saint-Malo in the 1940s, with the help of Occitanie films. Read on to find out more.

The “Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC)”, the City of Paris’ “Mission Cinéma” and Film Paris Region presented on 26th September, the rules that will apply to the organization of film shoots in Paris and the Paris region during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Season one of The Serpent Queen, the American series dramatizing the life of Catherine de Medici throughout her reign, was shot in France. On the occasion of Paris Images (a yearly professional event to showcase the French film and audiovisual industries’ dynamism) and while the second season is already underway, we have met with executive producer John Bernard (Peninsula Film) to discuss the process of recreating this prosperous period on screen. A work that combined visual effects with in-studio and on- location shooting.

Between 1940 and 1941, an American network based in Marseille organised the escape of thousands of refugees. To tell the story of this little-known chapter in the history of the WWII, series creator Anna Winger wanted to film in natural settings in the south of France. Over 4 months, the city of Marseille played host to the filming of this ambitious historical series. Here’s how.