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2015 sees the return of the biennial festival “The Middle East: What the Cinema Can Do” from November 20th to 29th in Paris, at the Les 3 Luxembourg cinema. This year 40 films will be screened, many for the first time in France. The festival will open with Amir Shomali’s animated documentary “The Wanted 18”, …
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In early 2016 “Bonne mère”, the first film by actress Hafsia Herzi, will begin shooting in Marseille’s northern districts. Set in a housing estate, the film follows “Nora, a woman in her sixties with inexhaustible energy, watching over her family, her children and their friends.” “Bonne mère” is produced by Abdellatif Kechiche (Quat’sous Films). He …
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On October 14th the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (the French broadcasting watchdog) announced its verdict on the proposed sale of Numéro 23 to the NextRadioTV group, owner of BFM TV, RMC and RMC Découverte, for €88.3 million. In a statement the French broadcasting regulating authority announced it is withdrawing its authorization for the channel to …
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The 14th CineHorizontes, a festival of Spanish Film in Marseille, will be held from November 6th to 15th at the Cinéma Le Prado and in partner cinemas across the city and the PACA region. The programme includes the screening of some fifty films, mostly around themes of elsewhere, a window on the south and a …
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The CMCA, in collaboration with the Swiss Consulate in Marseille, the Alcazar Library, Akka Films, France Télévisions, RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) and Mission Film Distributors is organizing the first screening in France of Nicolas Wadimoff‘s 2014 Swiss documentary “Spartans” (winner of several awards in North America and Europe). The screening will take place on Friday, …
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Wild Bunch, the independent French distribution company, has announced the launch of Wild Bunch TV. This extends its activities to the co-production and distribution of television series made for the international market. It has already acquired two new series: – “Medici: Masters of Florence”, an Italian series in eight episodes about the rise of the …
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In a press release on October 8th, France’s television watchdog, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) announced that 18 digital terrestrial television channels (DTT) would pass to high-definition (HD). The chosen candidates are BFM TV, D17, D8, iTV, Gulli, NRJ12, NT1, TMC and W9 for free DTT and Canal Plus Cinema, Canal Plus Sport and …
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