News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The 28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival took place from March 5th to 15th in cinemas and online. This year a total of 252 documentaries were screened, feature-length and short, including a record 80 world premieres, 32 international premieres and 11 European premieres. Greek documentaries were also well represented with 57 across the various categories. …
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The French public broadcaster France Télévisions, Rai (Italy) and ZDF (Germany) have commissioned an animated adaptation of The Saddle Club, a series of children’s books. Created by Bonnie Bryant, The Saddle Club books were published between 1988 and 2001 and have sold 16 million copies worldwide. They are about a group of friends who go …
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During the autumn of 2025 the 6th Ventana Cinéfila, an educational project to improve audiovisual literacy, reached 319,587 primary, secondary and 6th form pupils in 900 schools in Andalusia, Castile and León and Catalonia. Organised by the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), the Sitges Film Festival, the Seville Film Festival, the Huelva Film Festival and …
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Arab cinema made a strong showing at the 76th Berlinale. With Morocco as guest country at the European Film Market (EFM) and 15 Arab films selected in Festival’s various categories, the Arab film industry demonstrated its dynamism and creativity. During the EFM, the Centre cinématographique marocain (CCM) organised several events to showcase the diversity of …
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The Ministry of Culture has announced the appointment of Fabrice Lacroix as Chair of the Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA). A civil servant and graduate of ESCP, Sciences Po Paris and ENA, Fabrice Lacroix has extensive knowledge of the public broadcasting sector, having been successively Chief Financial Officer at Radio France (2006-2009) and Deputy Director …
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On February 17th, at an extraordinary general meeting of the Board of Directors of the Arab World Institute in Paris and following a French government proposal, Anne-Claire Legendre was appointed to the Board and unanimously elected Chair of the Institute. She succeeds Jack Lang, who resigned after thirteen years. A career diplomat, Anne-Claire Legendre began …
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Two Mediterranean productions, Sirāt and The Voice of Hind Rajab, have been nominated for the 2026 Academy Awards, which will be held on March 15th in Los Angeles. Directed by Olivier Laxe, Sirāt is nominated for Best Sound and Best International Feature Film (Spain). Set in the heart of the mountains of southern Morocco, the …
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