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FRANCE / La Fabrique des formats teams up with Gedeon Programmes for a pitching session

The two partners have launched an application call for a pitching session. Registration has been open since April 24th and is for all authors and directors with a documentary project. Indeed, this pitching session encourages documentary projects of all types, with no restrictions on subject-matter, narrative form or media. The aim is to discover new …

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FRANCE NORTH AFRICA / Two north African films chosen for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

The official selection of films to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival has been published, with two north African films chosen in the “Un certain regard” section. This year’s festival, the 70th, will run from May 17th to 28th. One of the films is “Aala Kaf Ifrit” (Beauty and the Dogs) by young Tunisian …

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FRANCE / New production agreements with France Télévisions

On March 31st France Télévisions signed a series of funding agreements with organizations representing film producers for animation films, documentaries and live entertainment. Each agreement defines the remit of the films in that category, the annual increase of investment, the minimum distribution in each category and other provisions specific to each genre. For example, the …

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FRANCE SERBIA / Inauguration of the Acid Trip at Cannes

For the first time the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (ACID) will organize three screenings at the Cannes Film Festival. These screenings, called collectively the ACID Trip, will be on May 19th, 20th and 21st. The idea is to give a free hand to a foreign independent film body for three screenings. The …

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FRANCE / Launch of Provence Azur

  In May the Bouches-du-Rhône department will once again have a privately-run local TV channel, Provence Azur. It will be available on channel 30 of DTT, previously used by TV Sud Provence and before that by LCM. After a call for applications to replace TV Sud Provence, the CSA chose Provence Azur last June. Two …

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FRANCE / Candidate-calls for the 39th Cinemed

The Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema, now in its 39th year, will be held between October 20th and 28th 2017. Screenings of short and feature-length films, documentaries and animation, are on the agenda, as well as special and thematic evenings, previews, well-known guests (actors, producers), events for young people, meetings, exhibitions. The call for …

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FRANCE / Candidate-calls for «Les rencontres du cinéma italien»

Dolce Cinema has announced the launch of the 11th «Rencontres du Cinéma Italien» . It will be held in France – in Grenoble and the department of Isère – from November 18th to 26th. Devoted to Italian cinema, the event helps French audiences discover, or rediscover, the latest Italian films, helping the two cultures to …

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