Category: WESTERN EUROPE

News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)

FRANCE / A month celebrating North African films in Paris

From November 5th to December 15th Le Maghreb des Films will show sixty feature and short films in 11 Parisian venues and 40 cinemas around the city outskirts and in the provinces. Among these films, fifteen are being projected in pre-release, including the latest films by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina (“Crépuscule des ombres” Twilight of the shadows), …

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ITALY / Gianfranco Rosi finished a documentary on Lampedusa

On October 29th Italian director Gianfranco Rosi, winner of the 2013 Golden Lion at Venice for “Sacro GRA”, presented the first sequences of his new documentary, “Oltre Lampedusa” (literally Beyond Lampedusa), during an evening celebrating 15 years of RAI Cinema. Produced by RAI Cinema, Luce Cinecittà and Arte France, the film “tells the stories of …

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SPAIN / RTVE completes the resale of the studios Buñuel

The public broadcaster RTVE has finally moved out of the Buñuel Studios. Following an agreement signed there nearly a year ago, the studios now belong officially to the property company Pryconsa. The transaction will bring RTVE 33.7 million euros. The Buñuel Studios have been in the hands of RTVE since 1988, and they include L-3, …

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FRANCE / A monthly documentary slot on France 24

France 24

The news channel France 24 has launched a new slot for longer reports and documentaries. Lasting 26 minutes, “Reporters, le doc” will be broadcast every second Saturday of the month and will give greater depth to current topics. The programme will air on France 24‘s French, English and Arabic channels, and will be available on …

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ITALY / New Director for Fox International Channels

On January 1st 2016 Fabrizio Salini will be replaced by the Australian Kathryn Fink to run the satellite package Fox International Channels (FIC) Italy. Salini announced he would be leaving his post to “pursue new opportunities” in another broadcasting group, which, he added, “would not be in competition with Fox.” He has been Director of …

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FRANCE / The contents of “Mediterraneo” in November

Bulgaria is the European Union’s poorest country, with an average wage of less than €400 a month. An economic and social problem which particularly hits the rural areas. Since the fall of communism there has been a steady drain of people from farming communities. To the west of the country, an NGO is resisting. In …

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SPAIN / 55 million euros for public broadcasting in Valencia

In 2016 the Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana will invest €26 million to complete the liquidation of Ràdio Televisió Valencia (RTVV), a process which began in late 2013. The amount appears in the annual budget submitted to the autonomous community’s parliament on October 30th. Another €29 million will be invested in 2016 to create a …

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