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- Exhibitors gather in Nice to see the latest films and discuss a number of important issues like the challenge of the multiplexes

More than 1000 French exhibitors are in Nice for the 57th annual FNCFCongress (French National Film Theatre Federation) scheduled to run 17-19 September.
Some 58 companies will present the novelties in the film exhibition sector, both in terms of screening technology, ticket sales and promotional tools and instruments. Together with DRAC (the regional cultural affairs office) the French exhibitors’ guild will host a number of Forums. It is likely that discussion will centre on the recent announcement made by the Leclerc Group to build a 799-seat mini-multiplex (with plans to expand capacity to 1499 over the next five years) in a shopping mall situated in the suburbs of Nantes. This “mini-multiplex” is seen as a direct threat to French exhibitors’ traditional territory and the construction could set a dangerous precedent for French exhibitors since no prior building permission is required. Exhibitors fear this multiplex will serve as bait to attract shoppers to the mall and improve the Leclerc brand image. It was suggested that an upper seating limit be introduced., but that was beaten down because it would only damage exhibitors more. This key issue was on the agenda of last week’s meeting between French culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon and FNCF president Jean Labé and the Minister is likely to return to it when he addresses the conference via a live video link on 18 September.
Meanwhile on 19 September French distributors will present their forthcoming line ups with the usual trailers and highlights from major titles like Pascal Bonitzer’s Petite Coupures starring Daniel Auteuil and Kristin Scott-Thomas, Cédric Klapisch’s Ni pour ni contre (bien au contraire) starring Marie Gilain, and Antoine de Caunes’ Monsieur N starring Philippe Torrenton as Napoleon.

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(Translated from French)

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