News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The 18th DocsBarcelona festival was held from May 25th to 31st. 42 films from 26 countries were screened. As every year, the themes chosen and the ways of treating them were many and varied. Reflecting on the economy, “Falciani’s Tax Bomb”, a German-Spanish film from Ben Lewis, opened the festival. Among the very strong characters …
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“Palestine in sight – First Palestinian Film Festival in the Rhône-Alpes Created by the ERAP Association (Palestine/Rhône-Alpes Exchanges) this first festival of Palestinian film opened in Annecy (France) in May and will travel round ten of the region’s towns from June 3rd to 12th. More than twenty screenings of ten different films are being shown. …
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“Mustang”, the first feature by Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, will be released in France on June 17th. “The beginning of summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters play innocently with boys on their way home from school. The supposed debauchery of their games creates a scandal with unexpected consequences. …
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The latest film by Algerian director Merzak Allouache “Les Terrasses” opened in France on May 6th. The film has won several awards, in particular the Gold Amayas at the Algiers Festival of North African Film and Best Director of the Arab World and the FIPRESCI Award at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival. “From dawn …
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The Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), the Syndicat des producteurs indépendants (SPI) and the Union syndicale de la production audiovisuelle (USPA), have signed an agreement introducing a new way of paying for broadcasting archives whose rights have expired. This is to extend the lifespan of broadcasting works and make it easier to use them by …
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Lagardère Active has announced the acquisition of an 82% stake in Grupo Boomerang TV (Grupo BTV). The remaining 18% are still owned by the founding members, who will continue the daily management of the Group. Created in 1998, Grupo BTV is a leading independent Spanish producer for broadcasting (drama and once-only TV) and has initiated …
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Mediaset España and Grupo Godó have signed an agreement for the former to buy 40% of the capital of Catalunya Emissions Digital SA. Until now this company has been the exclusive property of Grupo Godó, owner of several channels in Catalonia (8TV RAC 105 TV, Barça TV). The newspaper “La vanguardia” reports that this alliance …
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