The French media company Vivendi has announced that by the end of the month it will create a subsidiary in Italy, where for more than a year a legal dispute has pitted it against the Italian group Mediaset. The news was announced by Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Chairman of Vivendi’s Executive Board. The subsidiary, named simply …
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EUROMEDITERRANEAN / Imminent creation of the first Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre
During the Cannes Film Festival, an important agreement was signed by the directors of several Mediterranean broadcasting organisations. Its aim is to create a Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre. The group of signatories includes Nejib Ayed, director of the Carthage Film Festival; Teresa Azcona of the Spanish Film Commission; Joanna Gallardo, head of the Ile-de-France Film Commission; …
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FRANCE / 11 projects chosen for FIDLab 2017
11 film projects representing 12 different countries have been chosen to participate in the 2017 FIDLab, the international co-production platform set up as part of FID (Festival international de cinéma de Marseille). More than half the projects selected are from the Mediterranean: “The Portuguese” (Portugal) a drama in development by Rita Azevedo Gomes, produced by …
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ITALY / Dance is the guest of honour at the 13th Biografilm
The programme of the 13th Biografilm festival has been announced. Held in Bologna from June 9th to 19th, this year’s festival for life stories and biographies (documentaries, biopics) will focus on the world of dance. The opening film will be Stéphanie Di Giusto’s The Dancer, the life-story of Loïe Fuller, daughter of a farmer in …
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ITALY / Mediaset in profit again in 2017
After suffering heavy losses in 2016 following litigation with Vivendi, Mediaset’s accounts for the first quarter of 2017 are back in profit. The Italian group posted a net profit of €15.9 million for the first three months of the year, against a deficit of €18 million for the same period in 2016. However, despite an …
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ITALY / “Liberami” voted Best Italian Documentary of the year
On April 27th Doc / It, the association of Italian documentary directors and producers, announced the winners of the 7th Doc / It Professional Awards, which since 2010 has rewarded the best of Italy’s documentary production. The award for Best Documentary of the Year went to Federica di Giacomo, whose “Liberami” explores exorcism in …
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ITALY / Screening the documentary “Le Tunnel, le secret du siège de Sarajevo” at the Italian Festival “C’è un tempo per l’integrazione”.
The Short Film Festival “C’è un tempo per…l’integrazione” will take place in May, split between the towns of Sarnico and Bergamo (northern Italy). As well as the usual short film programme, the festival is also organizing various events (screenings, exhibitions) to mark the 25th anniversary of the start of the war in former Yugoslavia. As …
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