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SPAIN / TV and telecoms operators must continue to pay the “RTVE tax”

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On June 16th the appeal court of the Spanish Supreme Court rejected an appeal lodged by the main television and telecoms operators against the “RTVE tax”, a tax which obliges them to help finance the public broadcasting group. Redtel (Asociación Espanola de Operadores Telecomunicaciones), DTS (Canal Plus), Telefónica, Cable Europa (Vodafone) and Tenaria joined forces …

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SPAIN / A window on Mediterranean cinema at Valencia

The Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly Foundation (MCAF) has just launched “Cinema Mediterrani als Arago” in Valencia (Spain), a monthly opportunity to view films produced in the Mediterranean. In cooperation with the Cinema Arago, the Mostra Viva del Mediterrani (Valencia Mediterranean Film Festival), the Tres Culturas del Mediterraneo foundation and the Casa Árabe, the MCAF will screen …

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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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SPAIN MOROCCO / 14th Festival of African Cinema

This year’s Festival of African Film will be held in Tarifa from April 28th to May 6th and in Tangier from April 30th to May 5th. This is the second of these cross-border events. It will run simultaneously in Tarifa (Spain) and Tangier (Morocco), two cities separated by 14 kilometres of sea. For Mane Cisneros, …

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IRAN SPAIN / Ashgar Farhadi’s new film in pre-production

Iranian director Ashgar Farhadi is currently preparing his next film in Spain. Starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, it will be co-produced by Pedro Almodovar’s production company “El Deseo”. Farhadi is currently in Spain finishing the script. Although as yet the film has no title, we know it looks at the difficulties of a family …

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SPAIN / 17th Las Palmas International Film Festival

The 17th International Film Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will take place from March 31st to April 9th. The festival director, Luis Miranda, presented the programme at the end of February. This year, a hundred films will be screened throughout the island. The films selected are divided into several categories: an official section, …

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