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ITALY / “Zero”, the Netflix drama series about immigration, in the top 10

Zero

“Zero”, an eight-part Italian series released on April 21st, rose straight to Netflix’s Top 10. Taken from the novel “Non ho mai avuto la mia età” (I have never been my age) by Antonio Dikele Distefano, an Italian writer of Angolan origin, the series goes beyond the themes of friendship, adolescence and love, managing to …

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ITALY / The Ministry of Culture launches a candidate call for grants to minority co-productions

Ministero della Cultura

The Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo of the Italian Ministry of Culture has announced that subsidies worth €5 million are available for feature films being co-produced with a minority Italian participation. The grants will be allocated between May 10th and June 4th 2021, then from September 6th to October 1st 2021. The conditions for eligibility are:– the Italian company must have …

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GREECE / The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a competition for podcasts

Compétition Podcasts TFF

The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is calling for applications for its new podcast competition. Following the success of its workshops and the enthusiastic response from the public, the festival’s special podcast competition is now officially open. Fiction podcasts, documentary podcasts, and either fiction or documentary podcasts which incorporate interviews are all eligible; those in Greek will …

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FRANCE / Free increases its offer of Arabic channels for Ramadan

Free Packs Ramadan

As well as the 28 channels in Arabic already available, Free is offering access to 15 new channels in Arabic for Ramadan 2021. The complete list of new channels offered: Asharq News  580 Gulli Bil Arabi 682 Watania Djazareia 683 Watania 2 674 Hannibal 686 MBC 5 687 MBC+ Drama 688 ART Al Hekayat 1 689 ART Aflam 1  …

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ITALY / Candidate call for the Gianandrea Mutti Award for immigrant film-makers or Italian directors born abroad

Premio Mutti

The Gianandrea Mutti Award, the national competition for migrant or foreign-born directors, is calling for applications for its 13th edition. Created in 2008, the award was the result of a collaboration between the Associazione Amici di Giana, the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, the Archivio Memorie Migranti (AMM) and the Fondazione Pianoterra Onlus. The Gianandrea Mutti Award, the national competition for migrant …

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CYPRUS / The Cyprus Film Days returns to Cypriot cinemas

Cyprus Film Days

From April 16th to 24th Cyprus Film Days is once again having cinema screenings with a live audience. Co-organized by Cyprus’ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth, the European Commission and the European Parliament’s Cyprus Office, the “largest international film event on the island of Cyprus” traditionally takes place at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and …

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SPAIN / €12 million for the ICAA’s 2021 grants

ICAA

The Spanish Instituto de la Cinematografia y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) has published in the country’s Official Gazette its proposal for supporting feature-length film projects. €12 million will be shared among independent production companies working on a screenplay for a film of “particular cinematographic, cultural or social value”, or on a documentary in development, a first …

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