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FRANCE / 37th Cinemed

The 37th Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film will take place from October 24th to 31st. The festival “continues its cultural aim of discovering films from the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, Portugal and Armenia. In a spirit of tolerance, it facilitates exchanges, seminars and studies on the shared components which connect these film industries.” This …

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FRANCE / Touscoprod: call for web-series projects

Touscoprod, the crowdfunding platform for cinema and broadcasting, wants to encourage new talent in the world of web content by launching a call for projects connected with web-series. Any genre is allowed (animation, documentary, comedy, gaming) with no limit on length. Candidates must have a minimum fund-raising goal of €3,000 and a teaser or a …

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FRANCE / “Marseille” – the series – in production

Shooting “Marseille”, the first French series produced by the US giant Netflix, began on August 31st – in Marseille. The series, presented as a French “House of Cards”, will consist of eight 42-minute episodes, directed by Florent Emilio Siri, Thomas Gilou and Dominique Carrara. The audience will find themselves immersed in an electoral battle of …

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FRANCE / “Much Loved” wins Valois d’or

At the 8th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, held from August 25th to 30th, the jury chaired by French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade awarded the Valois d’or to the Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch for his film “Much loved”. The actress Lubna Abidar won the Valois for Best Actress. There were 9 other films in competition. “Much loved” …

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SPAIN FRANCE / Series “Cannabis”

Arte, the Franco-German channel, is preparing its new series “Cannabis”. The six 52-minute episodes will be directed by Lucie Borleteau. The series will follow cannabis trafficking through Morocco, Spain and France. According to the newspaper Libération, “in the scenario the bosses and drug lords are given more air-time, rather than the police, leaving room for …

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FRANCE / INA’s VOD subscription offer launched

On September 30th the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) launched INA Premium, an online video-on-demand subscription service (VODSS) with unlimited access to more than 20,000 programmes: series (Les Rois Maudits, Thierry La Fronde…) shows, children’s programmes (Bonne nuit les petits, Casimir), sporting events, documentaries. The service works on a computer, smartphone or tablet, with no …

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FRANCE / Record for exports of French broadcast programmes

In a September 8th press release, TV France International (TVFI) and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) announced that overseas sales of French TV programmes set a record in 2014, increasing by 12.1% to generate €153.8 million. Including pre-sales, exports increased by 17.1% to €210.3 million. This increase was driven by …

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