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COMING SOON TO DIGITAL (2026)

ZORRO

| 2026 – 6 x 52′ – Season 1 – Series, Adventure, Comedy, Women Directors.
Created by: Benjamin Charbit, Noé Debré, Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud.
Written by: Benjamin Charbit, Noé Debré, Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud.
Directed by: Jean-Baptiste Saurel, Émilie Noblet.
Starring: Academy Award Winner Jean Dujardin, Audrey Dana, Salvatore Ficarra, Grégory Gadebois, Baltasar Espinach, André Dussolier, Eric Elmosnino.
Official Competition: TAFFF 2024 (North American Premiere).
In French with English subtitles.
A Mhz Choice release. |

The year is 1821. Don Diego de la Vega is elected mayor of Los Angeles, eager to improve his beloved city. However, the city faces financial problems and his powers as mayor are not nearly enough to fight the rampant injustice. He hasn’t pulled out his Zorro costume in 20 years, but this certainly seems like the moment. Nevertheless, Diego struggles to balance his dual identity, which is now straining his relationship with his wife Gabriella, who is not privy to his secret life. Can Diego salvage his marriage and his sanity amidst the chaos? Starring the inimitable, Oscar-winning Jean Dujardin at his comic, swashbuckling best!

 

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COMING SOON ON NETFLIX

CASIMODO

| 2026 – 100′ –   Adventure, Drama, Period & History.
Written by: Eric Besnard, Edgar Marie.
Directed by: Jean-François Richet.
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Karim Leklou, Daphne Patakia, Benjamin Voisin, Noémie Lvovsky, Sébastien Pouderoux, Eli Nachmani, Alexis Rosenstiel.
In English and in French with English subtitles.
A Netflix release. |

In 1830 Paris, amid cholera and brewing revolution, the real-life inspiration for Hugo’s Quasimodo finds himself torn between political upheaval and forbidden romance.

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WAR OF THE BUTTONS

| 2011 – 109′ – DRAMA,  COMEDY, ADVENTURES, FAMILY+10, FILMS & LITERATURE, PERIOD & HISTORY.
Written by: Yann Samuel.
Based on the Book by: Louis Pergaud.
Directed by: Yann Samuel.
Starring: Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Vincent Bres, Alain Chabat, Salomé Lemire, Théo Bertrand, Tristan Vichard.
In French with English subtitles.
An Under The Milky Way release. |

1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the Southern France countryside. A new adaptation of the novel by Louis Pergaud.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

| 1991~1992  – 39 x 45′ – Season 1~3  – ANIMATION, ADVENTURES, SERIES, FAMILY +8, CLASSIC.
Written by: Christophe Poujol, Robert Réa, Eric Rondeaux, Alex Boon, J.D. Smith.
Based on the Comic Book by: Hergé.
Directed by: Stéphane Bernasconi.
Starring: Colin O’Meara, Thierry Wermuth, Christian Pelissier, Henri Labussière, Yves Barsacq, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Susan Roman.
In English & In French with English subtitles.
An Ellipse release. |

The show tells the story of a young Belgian reporter named Tintin, his faithful dog and friends and all the dangerous, exciting and humorous adventures he has all over the world.

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BELLE & SEBASTIAN: THE LAST CHAPTER

| 2018 – 90′ – Drama, Adventure, Family 10+, Period & History, Coming of Age, Film & Literature.
Written by: Fabien Suarez, Juliette Sales.
Based on the Book by: Cécile Aubry.
Directed by: Clovis Cornillac.
Starring: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Clovis Cornillac, Thierry Neuvic, Margaux Chatelier, André Penvern, Anne Benoit, Lilou Fogli.
In French with English subtitles.
A Gaumont release. |

This new adventure starts right where the last one ended. Belle is now a mother of three puppies and Sebastian is 12 years old. His father is planning to move to Canada with Angelina and Sebastian does not want to go. Faced with the prospect of being alone, Sebastian also has to contend with a new threat: Joseph, who claims to be Belle’s rightful owner.

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INTO THE WONDERWOODS

| 2025  – 84′ – Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Family 10+.
Written by: Vincent Paronaud.
Directed by: Vincent Paronaud, Alexis Ducord.
Starring (French Voices): Yolande Moreau, Philippe Katerine, José Garcia, Marie Nonnenmacher, Emmanuel Garijo, Antoine Tomé, Boris Rehlinger, Augustin Jacob.
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 2024, Annecy International Film Festival 2024.
In English or in French with English subtitles.
A Shout! Factory release. |

10-year-old Angelo dreams of becoming an explorer and a zoologist. When he hits the road with his family to visit his beloved granny, his distracted parents leave him behind at a rest stop. Left to his own devices, Angelo decides to cut through the forest in search of his family. He enters a dark and mysterious world inhabited by strange creatures, some friendlier than others.

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TWO BROTHERS

| 2004  – 109′ – Drama, Adventure, Nature & Environment, Family 10+.
Written by: Alain Godard, Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Freddie Highmore, Moussa Maaskri, Oanh Nguyen, Bernard Flavien, Annop Vorapanya.
2 César Awards nominations 2005, including Best Cinematography. Winner: Best Editing.
In English.
A Universal release. |


Set not so long ago in a distant land, the film follows the adventures of twin tiger cubs–one shy and gentle, the other bold and fierce–who are born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle. However, on a fateful day, the brothers are separated by fate. The bold brother is sold off to a circus, where homesickness and living in a cage rob him of his spirit. Meanwhile, the shy cub becomes the beloved companion of the governor’s lonely young son, until an accident forces the family to give him away to a man who resolves to break his gentle nature and turn him into a fighter for sport. When they are fully grown the brothers find themselves reunited–but as forced enemies, pitted against each other.

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QUEST FOR FIRE

| 1982  – 95′ – Drama, Adventure, Classic, Film & Literature, Period & History.
Written by: Gérard Brach.
Based on the Book by: J.H Rosny Ainé.
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Starring: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong, Gary Schwartz, Naseer El-Kady, Franck Olivier-Bonnet, Jean-Michel Kindt.
Academy Award Winner 1983 for Best Make-Up. 5 César Awards Nominations 1983 (Winner Best Film & Best Director).
In English.
A Fox release. |

80,000 years ago, fire meant power. When a tribe is attacked by another aggressive tribe and their source of fire is stolen, three tribesmen travel in a quest for fire. They retrieve the source of fire from a primitive group of cannibals and a female prisoner escapes death. She follows the trio. Anthony Burgess created the primitive language for the early humans in this prehistoric adventure about a trio of warriors who travel the savanna, encountering sabre-toothed tigers, mammoths and cannibalistic tribes in search of a flame that would replace the fire their tribe has lost.

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THE BEAR

| 1989  – 100′ – Drama, Adventure, Classic, Nature & Environment, Family 10+.
Written by: Gérard Brach.
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Starring: Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe.
Academy Award Nomination 1989 for Best Editing. 5 César Awards nominations 1989, including Best Film & Best Director (Winner Best Director and Best Editing).
In English.
A Shout! Factory release. |

An infant bear cub witnesses the death of his mother in a rockslide and is forced to set out to fend for himself. The young bear encounters a giant grizzly (Bart the Bear), who at first cannot abide the young bear’s presence. However, the grizzly is soon ambushed by a pair of hunters — Bill (Jack Wallace) and Tom (Tcheky Karyo) — after an altercation with their pack animals. As the injured beast cleans his wounds in a stream, the young bear comes to his aid, and the giant takes the youngster under his wing. However, Bill and Tom have sworn revenge on the grizzly, and when they capture the young bear, it lures the giant back into the hunters’ camp.

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THE BIG BLUE


| 1988 – 168′ – Adventures, Drama, Romance, Sport, Nature & Environment, Classic.
Written by: Luc Besson, Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin, Marc Perrier, Jacques Mayol.
Directed by: Luc Besson.
Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Bouise, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Griffin Dune, Marc Duret, Kimberly Beck.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 1988. 8 César Awards nominations (1989). Winner 2 César Awards.
In English.
An Itala release. |


Luc Besson’s director’s cut The Big Blue charts the competition and friendship of real-life champions Jacques Mayol (played by Barr) and Enzo Maiorca (renamed in the film to “Enzo Molinari”, and played by Reno). However the divers were not close in age in real life (four years apart) and did not compete. The action is divided into two timelines – the nascent rivalry between the two divers as children, and (as adults) their final competition at the world free-diving championships at the Sicilian town of Taormina. Mayol’s search for love, family, “wholeness” and the meaning of life and death is a strong undercurrent of the latter timeline.

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