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The Grasse Film Festival was held from April 17th to 20th. Of the nearly 750 films sent in from many countries, 7 short and 9 feature films were screened, including 5 having a first showing. The idea for the festival came in 1999 during a training course for high school students led by film critic …
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On April 16th Sibyle Veil was named as the new head of Radio France, where she has been Deputy Director in charge of Operations and Finance. The new appointment is for five years, and Mme Veil replaces Mathieu Gallet, dismissed at the beginning of the year by the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, the French media …
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TV France International, an organisation exporting French TV programmes, presented its Export Awards, divided into three categories: Animation, Documentary and Drama. The winners were chosen at a meeting of international buyers and journalists. Millimages, a production and distribution company for French and European animated films, won the Animation category for its series “Molang”, which has …
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The third printemps du film engagé, a festival of politically committed drama and documentary films, will be held in Marseille from April 6th to 14th. Organized by a collective of the same name, this year’s festival focuses on the theme “1968-2018, why I continue the fight”. Primitivi, a Marseille-based street television for alternative news, will …
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Since 1981 the Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has organized an annual competition for auteur documentaries, with a Grand Prix for the winning film. The aim of the competition is four-fold: to encourage the independent documentary format, to promote humanist values of tolerance and respect between peoples, to reject any form of propaganda whatsoever …
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On March 12th and 13th the CMCA held its annual general meeting and board meeting in Marseille. The new board was elected unanimously: Chair: Jérôme Cathala of France Télévisions Vice-chair: Maria Dubesse of RAI and Hakim Amara of EPTV Treasurer: Jacques Hubinet of Films du Soleil General secretary: Wifak Lahlou of 2M
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On March 7th Delphine Ernotte, chair of France Télévisions, inaugurated a 16,000 square metre studio complex at Vendargues near Montpellier in southern France. Initially it will be used to shoot a new daily half-hour soap, scheduled to air as from September on France 2. The series’ storyline is a woman coming back to Montpellier after …
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