News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
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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Sky Studios has launched its first Italian production, Blocco 181. This 8-episode series, directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, has been available across Europe on the Sky channel since May 20th. The Blocco 181 series is set in a huge social housing complex nicknamed Bloc 181, in the heart of Milan’s mixed-race suburbs. It’s an area where …
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