News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
Spain has approved two major public-private investment projects, together worth €39.8 million, aimed at strengthening the country’s international audiovisual production capacity. The two new projects are part of the second phase of the “Spain Audiovisual Hub” plan (which we wrote about here) whose total investment is €1.7 billion. They will consolidate the country’s position as …
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During the recent Mediterrane Film Festival, the Malta Film Commission announced the creation of a €2 million scholarship fund to develop and improve professional skills within the film industry. The scholarship fund will enable film technicians to update their knowledge and expertise by taking training courses and professional development programmes. The initiative will be funded …
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The organisers of the 83rd Venice Film Festival have invited Tunisian writer/director Kaouther Ben Hania to be one of the six jury members. After studying film at the Sorbonne Nouvelle and La Fémis, Ben Hania directed her first short film, La Brèche, in 2004, alongside several other projects. In 2014 she moved into feature films, …
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Released in cinemas across the Middle East and North Africa between May and June, the Saudi-produced thriller7 Dogs has so far generated $7 million in box office revenue. During its initial run in Saudi Arabia the film sold more than 200,000 tickets, 720,000 in Egypt and nearly 91,000 across Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain and …
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As part of the CourtMed competition, four students short films selected by France 3 PACA will be broadcast on their channels on Thursday, July 2, at 9:15 a.m. The films have also been available online since June 25 on the france.tv website. FRANCE 3 PACA Awards : L’AUDITION D’OSCAR(France, 14 min, 2025)Director: Henri Ballester-ColonnaProduction: SATIS (Aix-Marseille …
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Reuters has just published its latest Digital News Report which analyses how people access news media in different countries. INA offers a synthesis in French. Every year the Reuters Institute and Oxford University publish a report based on a survey for which this year they polled nearly 100,000 people across 48 countries. For the first time …
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Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, twice winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes for his films 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) and Fjord (2026), has spoken about the problems plaguing the Romanian film industry and called for its restructuring. In a public address the director revisited what he considers to be the “ten …
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