News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
On October 28th the Washington-based NGO, Freedom House, published its annual report on internet freedom in the world. Presented as a map, it gives an overview of the state of internet freedoms in the Mediterranean, assigning scores of 0 (total freedom) to 100 (no freedom) for each State. Syria (87) and Egypt (61) are rated …
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At its 140th meeting, last October in Tbilisi, the Executive Committee of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund voted to support 14 feature film co-production projects, 2 animation films and 1 documentary for a total amount of €5,116,469. Among the supported feature films projects there is “Dita ze fill” (Daybreak) by Albanian director Gentian Koci …
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This November is the 16th Documentary Film Month – an annual event organised by the French Ministry of Culture and the Institut français for showing documentary films in cultural, social and educational venues in France and 39 countries across the world. The CMCA, in partnership with Marseille’s Alcazar Library, has organized free screenings of two …
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On Saturday, October 31st the 37th Cinemed ended with an Award ceremony in Montpellier. The Golden Antigone this year went to João Salaviza for “Montanha” a film about a teenager becoming the man of the house while his grandfather is dying. Another Portuguese director, João Pedro Placido, won the Ulysses Award in the documentary section …
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2015 sees the return of the biennial festival “The Middle East: What the Cinema Can Do” from November 20th to 29th in Paris, at the Les 3 Luxembourg cinema. This year 40 films will be screened, many for the first time in France. The festival will open with Amir Shomali’s animated documentary “The Wanted 18”, …
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The 10th Rencontres à l’échelle will be held from November 4th to February 14th in several of Marseille’s cultural venues. Created and produced by Les Bancs Publics, the Rencontres is an annual international get-together, combining theatre, dance, music, performance, photography, cinema, reading and the visual arts. The festival will show primarily the work of young …
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The Image de Ville festival brings together the world of cinema, architecture and urban planning. This year, its 13th, it will be held from November 13th to 22nd in Aix-en-Provence, Martigues, Port-de-Bouc and Marseille. The programme focusses on “the edges of cities”. Several films will be screened (documentaries and drama) and there will be discussions …
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