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FRANCE / A TV channel for Europe 1

According to L’Opinion, executives at Europe 1 radio are about to launch a TV channel – Europe 1 TV. It would be broadcast on a web-site, an application, and perhaps ultimately the box of ISPs. There will probably be a press conference to present and explain the project. Sources: cbnews,l’opinion  

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FRANCE / Call for applications: 34th International Grand Prix of Personal Documentaries

The Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) is organising, with the support of UNESCO and all international broadcasting organizations, the International Grand Prix of Personal Documentaries. Each television company can register one or two documentaries for free. The rules and registration form can be obtained on request from: nathalie.lacroix@radiofrance.com. The registration form can also be …

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FRANCE / 28th FIPA: Signing the Charter for Professional Practice for broadcast films

The 28th Festival international de programmes audiovisuels (FIPA) was held from January 20th to 25th in Biarritz. This unmissable event for discovering series, dramas, documentaries and current affairs films made for the small screen was marked this year by the signing of a Charter of Professional Practice. Signed on Friday, January 23rd in the presence …

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FRANCE / 18th North Africa Festival : so far, so close

From January 16th to February 1st the North African nomadic festival “so far so close” came to cinemas in the French départements of Aude and Pyrénées Orientales. Feature films from North Africa and short films from both Mediterranean Africa and Europe were shown. The festival is a shop window for film directors from Southern Europe …

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FRANCE / New for the 17th Luchon Festival: documentaries

The 17th Festival of Television Creations at Luchon will take place from February 4th to 8th. Created in 1998, the aim is to promote French broadcast drama by rewarding the best single drama, mini series, short programmes and web-series. This year there will be something new: a documentary category with its own selection committee and …

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FRANCE / Short Film Festival at Vaulx-en-Velin: Tunisia guest of honour

The 15th French-language Short Film Festival was held at Vaulx-en-Velin between January 16th and 24th. This year, “a fist is short”, Tunisia was guest of honour with an evening of Tunisian short films, including two dramas: Nadia Toujer’s “Précipice” and Samir Harbaoui’s “Désirs” – plus two documentaries, Abdallah Chamekh’s “Ici et maintenant” and “Femme courage” …

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FRANCE / Death of René Vautier

The politically committed film-maker René Vautier, died on January 4th 2015 at the age of 86. Born on January 15th 1928 at Camaret-sur-Mer in Brittany, he joined the Resistance in 1943. After the war, he obtained his degree at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) and joined the French Communist Party. He is known …

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