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From September 30th to October 9th the ArteKino Festival is giving internet users from 44 European countries the chance to discover a dozen major European films, free of charge. For this first year, 50,000 virtual tickets are being offered to the public (5,000 for each film). Anyone interested must register on-line to reserve access to …
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The call for applications has been launched for the 8th festival for first documentaries, La Première Fois, from February 27th to March 5th 2017 in Aix-en-Provence and nearby towns. Les Films du Gabian, an association of independent documentary film-makers, has organized this event since 2010. Each year an established documentary-maker is also honoured with a …
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Two production companies, Newen (France) and Keshet International (Israel), want to find French or Israeli script-writers who have ideas for a TV series. The two companies want to work together on “high-end European TV series”. Any French or Israeli writer with a TV series to their credit is invited to submit a maximum of two …
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Until the end of September Tunisian director Walid Mattar will be filming his first feature in northern France and Tunisia. “Vent du Nord” follows two characters: a worker in France and an unemployed younger man in Tunisia – linked by a story about factory relocation. Shooting in northern France was completed on August 27th, but …
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On August 25th the Minister of Culture and Communication, Audrey Azoulay, officially announced the launch of a Video-on-Demand platform and the creation of a “documentary film library”. These two announcements were made during the 28th States General of Documentary Film, held at Lussas in France’s Ardèche region from August 21st to 27th. Ms. Azoulay talked …
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On August 19th Mediaset announced it was taking Vivendi to court in Milan to honour the terms of the contract signed by the two media groups in April. In a statement, Mediaset said “the summons is not about the serious losses (more than €1.5 billion) which would ensue if the contract were cancelled.” However, the …
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Meeting on July 28th, the board of directors of the Italian group Mediaset refused to renegotiate the terms of the agreement signed with Vivendi in April. According to this contract, Vivendi was supposed to buy Mediaset Premium, a pay-TV platform, and buy 3.5% of Mediaset’s capital. But on July 26th the French group, owned by …
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