News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
PriMed, the Festival of the Mediterranean in images, is celebrating its 22nd year in Marseille. Nearly 40 hours of free public screenings for cinema-goers in Marseille, with 25 films in competition. Created in 1994 and organized by the Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CMCA), the PriMed (Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage …
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Matteo Garrone’s new film Pinocchio will begin shooting in the first quarter of 2019. Production of this adaptation was postponed while the Italian director focussed on his latest film, Dogman. This time Garrone, who has twice won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes for his films Gomorra and Reality, is taking his inspiration from Italian …
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The 12th Catalonia Festival of Arab and Mediterranean Film opened on November 8th in Barcelona with the screening of Daily life in a Syrian village, a film by the great director and writer Omar Amiralay. This documentary made in 1974 with the playwright Saadallah Wannous had been banned in Syria. By showing the daily life …
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The Medfilm Festival, focussing on films from the Mediterranean basin, opened on November 9th at Rome’s Savoy cinema. For its 24th year, 79 films from 34 countries were screened in three locations in the Italian capital: the Savoy cinema, Macro – the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma – and the Nuovo Cinema Aquila. Many film-makers, …
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Between November 9th to 17th the Andalusian capital will become a centre for the 7th art as it hosts the 15th Seville European Film Festival, where people connected with European cinema can discuss every aspect of films and film-making. In addition to the films shown in the official selection, there are sections on “new wave” …
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Italian director Francesco Mandelli has started shooting his third feature film Appena un minuto (Just a Minute) in Rome. With a 6 week schedule, the film has an enviable cast: Max Giusti, Massimo Wertmuller, Loretta Goggi, Paolo Calabresi, Dino Abbrescia, Herbert Ballerina, Antonello Fassari, Susy Laude, Carolina Signore and Francesco Mura. Max Giusti, who wrote …
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The Seminci festival was held from October 20th to 27th in Valladolid. There was a rich and varied programme, with 70 feature films and 50 short films competing in various categories (official selection, Spanish documentary, climate change, young audience, etc.). The jury of the official selection was chaired by Portuguese film-maker Miguel Gomes, director of …
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