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FRANCE / The Albert Londres Award: 2015 edition in Morocco cancelled

In a February press release, the Association Albert Londres announced the cancellation of its 2015 project in Morocco. The jury of the 77th Albert Londres Award decided not to travel to Morocco for this year’s award ceremony, following the expulsion of French reporters who had gone there to cover the event. The award was created …

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FRANCE / Euronews: Naguib Sawiris new majority shareholder

The European 24-hour news channel, Euronews, created in 1993 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), should see its capital increase with the arrival of a private shareholder. On February 24th the decision was approved by the Supervisory Board. Exclusive negotiations about an injection of capital from one of Naguib Sawiris’ companies had been entrusted to …

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FRANCE / Two calls for entries for the 4th International Screenwriters Pavilion at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

La Maison Des Scénaristes is launching two calls for entries for the 4th International Screenwriters Pavilion at this year’s Cannes Festival. The first call is for “Feature films”. During the festival the selected authors will be invited to the International Screenwriters Pavilion to present their feature film projects to producers and/or distributors and discuss setting …

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FRANCE / Call for films for the 37th Cinemed

The 37th Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film will take place from October 24th to 31st. It was founded in 1979 by the people behind Montpellier’s Ciné-club Jean-Vigo. First known as Rencontres avec le cinéma méditerranéen, in 1989 the event became the “Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film” and introduced a competitive section. “The Montpellier …

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FRANCE / Call for entries for Cross Video Days

The call for entries for the 6th Cross Video Days has been open since February 2nd. Cross Video Days is an opportunity for producers and creators of digital and interactive programmes to present their projects in late-stage development to international backers. This year it will take place on June 11th and 12th with eight categories: …

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FRANCE / Release of Eran Riklis’s “Dancing Arabs”

After “The Syrian Bride” and “The Lemon Tree”, Israeli director Eran Riklis’ latest film, “Dancing Arabs”, opened in France on February 11th. The film (released in France as “Mon Fils”) is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Sayed Kashua, an Arab Israeli writer/journalist. It’s about identity and the complex relationship between Israeli’s and Arabs. “Iyad …

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FRANCE / Short films available on France Télévisions digital platforms

In the context of rapidly changing technologies and new applications, both of which mean wider distribution of films, France Télévisions and the Syndicat des producteurs indépendants (SPI) have agreed on the need to adapt contractual and exhibition conditions for short films pre-financed by France Télévisions. The short films will be available free on the internet …

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