Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

ITALY – SERBIA / Co-production agreement signed

Forum pour la coopération économique et scientifique

On March 21st during the Forum for Economic and Scientific Cooperation in Belgrade, a film co-production agreement was signed by Maja Gojković, the Serbian Government’s Vice-President and Minister of Culture, and Antonio Tajani, Vice-Chair of Italy’s Council of Ministers’ and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. This agreement concerns every type of cinematographic and …

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ROMANIA / TV5 Monde Plus: launch of a Romanian version

TV5-Monde-Plus

On March 15th TV5 Monde launched the Romanian version of its digital platform TV5 Monde Plus. All programmes are now subtitled in Romanian. With more than 7,000 hours of programmes available, the on-demand platform is accessible free of charge on all devices: computers, tablets, mobile applications and connected TVs. This launch is a new stage …

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FRANCE / 42nd URTI International Grand Prix for creative documentary

URTI

The Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) is organizing the 42nd International Grand Prix for creative documentaries. Registration is open until April 18th. Participation in the 42nd URTI Grand Prix is open to public and private television companies as well as associations and institutions working in the audiovisual medium (maximum of two programmes per company). …

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SPAIN / Liliana Torres’ 3rd feature “Mamífera”

Distinto Films

Produced by Distinto Films and Edna Cinema, Mamífera is Liliana Torres’ third feature and closes her autobiographical trilogy which started with Family Tour (2013) and What Went Wrong (2021). This film is set at a time when Spanish law required pregnant women to reflect for three days before having an abortion. Lola accidentally becomes pregnant …

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ARAB WORLD / The 14th Arab Film Festival Berlin revealed

ALFILM

The Arab Film Festival Berlin (ALFILM) has announced the dates of its 14th edition. It will be held from April 26th to May 2nd 2023. Organized by the Zentrum für arabische Filmkunst und Kultur (Centre for Arab Cinema and Culture), ALFILM highlights creative film-making in the Arab world and its diaspora, showing films of high …

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EUROPE / SkyShowtime’s European launch

SkyShowtime

On February 14th the video-on-demand platform SkyShowtime completed its largest expansion to date. Nearly 8 countries in Central and Eastern Europe now have access to its services. These countries are Albania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Since February 28th Spain and Andorra have also been part of this expansion, …

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MOROCCO / The Dakhla Film Commission at the EFM

Commission du Film de Dakhla

The Daklha Film Commission took part in the European Film Market (EFM) – the first time that a Moroccan organization has taken part in this event. Considered one of the three major international markets for the audiovisual industry, the EFM was held during the 73rd Berlinale from February 16th to 22nd. Every year nearly 10,000 …

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