News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
Films Femmes Méditerranée has launched its Season VI Journées Pro as part of the 19thRencontres FFM which are due to take place in Marseille from November 30th to December 6th. This professional day brings together selected film-makers and producers from the Euro-Mediterranean area. Who can participate? Any director who identifies as a woman or non-binary …
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The organizers of the 77th Cannes Film Festival have announced this year’s selection. The Festival runs from May 14th to 25th. In the Official Competition 19 feature films are competing for the Palme d’Or, with 12 European directors, including the Italian Paolo Sorrentino with his new film Parthenope and the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos with Kinds …
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French broadcaster M6 has launched Mémoire Vive, a series adapted from the Turkish Persona. Produced by Calt Studio, the French adaptation will have four 60-minute episodes. Written by Laurent Burtin, Anne-Gaëlle Daval and Hélène Lombard, this version, unlike the Turkish, will feature a female protagonist played by Clémentine Célarié. The series follows two apparently unrelated …
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After the recent reform of the Media Law (see our article), 21 film and audiovisual unions came together on April 5th to express their anger at government delays in public funding. Nearly 1,500 directors, producers and distributors, plus representatives of all the industry’s professions took part in the meeting. They want the government to issue …
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Eurimages has just announced the results of its first Project Evaluation Session. 26 projects, including 5 documentaries and one animation, have been selected by the executive committee. In total €6,992,000 will be allocated for them. Among the drama films selected, Spanish director Carla Simón’s new film Romeria received €500,000. It is about an orphan adopted …
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The Swedish production company Yellow Bird, affiliated to Banijay Nordic, is in pre-production for A Life’s Worth, a drama series written by Mona Masri and Oliver Dixon and directed by Ahmed Abdullahi. Adapted from Magnus Ernström’s novel of the same name, it is set in late 1993, during the war in Bosnia. Swedish UN soldiers …
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The Italian government recently announced the reduction of the statutory investment obligations for video-on-demand (VoD) platforms. By modifying the 2021 Media Law, Georgia Meloni’s government has reduced the percentage of turnover which streaming platforms have to invest in European films from 20% to 16%. The change also increases the quota for Italian audiovisual production. Initially …
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