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SPAIN / Audio-Visual Technology Trade Show (BIT) at Madrid’s Feria

bit madrid 2018

BIT, the annual audiovisual technology trade show, was held in Madrid from May 8th to 10th. All the major players involved in audiovisual broadcasting were there – distributors, manufacturers and service providers. Traditional TV and radio people were there as well of course, but also representatives from the cinema and various innovative distributors. More than …

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SPAIN / 33rd Valencia International Film Festival

The 33rd Valencia International Film Festival will be held from June 22nd to 29th. Organized by the city’s cultural institute, the festival’s aim is to bring out emerging talents and be a showcase for international films made by young people. Nearly 1,000 films from more than 50 countries have been submitted for either the short …

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SPAIN / Creation of a competition “Zaragoza en Corto” to stimulate film-making in the region

The Zaragoza municipal council has launched a short film competition “Zaragoza en Corto”. Films must be less than 30 minutes long and feature the region’s capital, Zaragoza. The aim is to promote the town and encourage its inhabitants to make films. The films can be of different genres: documentary, drama, experimental etc. The competition is …

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SPAIN / A communication centre in the town of Huelva to honour Jesùs Hermida

Photographie de Jesùs Hermida

The Spanish public radio and television group, RTVE, together with the Huelva town hall and the local press association have signed an agreement to create a communications centre to honour one of the town’s most famous sons, Jesùs Hermida. The journalist, who died in 2015, was well known in Spain as RTVE’s New York correspondent …

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SPAIN / The government wants to take control of the media in Catalonia

Having activated Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution on Saturday October 21st, suspending Catalonia’s autonomy, Madrid now wants to place the Catalan public broadcasters under state supervision, including the television channel TV3. This measure would allow the Madrid government to put new leaders in place at TV3 and dismiss those currently in office. In a …

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SPAIN / The winner of the 2017 Mostra Viva del Mediterrani

This year’s Mostra Viva del Mediterrani ended on October 15th. Four awards were given to Mediterranean-based directors. Agnès Varda and JR’s Visages, Villages wins the Best Feature Film Award. This French documentary is a road trip across rural France, with the two directors talking to people outside the major towns. The Best Short Film Award …

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SPAIN / Medimed hosts the future of Euro-Mediterranean documentary

The 18th Medimed, the Euro-Mediterranean documentary market, will be held in Sitges, Catalonia from October 12th to 15th. As every year, Medimed’s programming focuses on pitching sessions, in which directors and producers present their documentary film projects to a panel of buyers, broadcasters and distributors. 29 projects from 16 countries in Europe and the southern …

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