News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The list of films selected for the 26th PriMed – the Festival of the Mediterranean in images – is now available. No less than 22 films, located in nearly 13 countries of the Mediterranean basin, have been chosen in the different categories. This year Annick Cojean (author and senior journalist on Le Monde) will do …
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Sicily has announced it is opening a new fund for financing films and television productions. The sum allocated for 2022 and 2023 is €10.8 million, which will be administered by the Sicilian Film Commission. Regional administrators hope this new fund will revitalize the island by stimulating employment, local services and tourism. An article in the …
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Beta Group, one of Europe’s leading independent film and television companies, has opened a new division in Spain, Beta Fiction. The Munich parent company produces, finances and distributes audiovisual works on a global scale. Beta Fiction is part of Beta Entertainment Spain, enlarging and strengthening the group’s well-established presence and position in that country. Mercedes …
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During the 37th Mostra de València, the organizers will present their 1st International Co-production Forum. According to the festival’s press release, this new gathering of film professionals is to encourage co-productions across the Mediterranean basin, and for that reason “puts the festival into the production sector”. The Forum will take place during the festival, on …
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Bulgarian director Pavel G Vesnakov’s second film is entering post-production. Entitled Windless (working title), it is produced by the Bulgarian company Red Carpet and co-produced by the Italian company, Disparate. With a budget of approximately €560,000, it received €225,000 from the Bulgarian National Film Centre. It also received support from the Italian Ministry of Culture …
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Fantastic 7 was held for the fourth time in Cannes on May 22nd : seven international festivals of fantasy and horror films each presented a film of their choice at the Cannes Film Market. Fantastic 7 showcases new work from emerging film-makers in the fantasy and horror genre, allowing the directors to meet potential funders, …
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The Spanish comedy The Good Boss (El buen patrón) has won four awards at the Platino Awards ceremony for Ibero-American cinema. Organized annually since 2014 by EGEDA (Society for Audiovisual Producers Rights Management) and FIPCA (Ibero-American Federation of Film and Audio-visual Producers), these awards promote Ibero-American films internationally. The Good Boss by Fernando León de …
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