News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
Since October 26th all cinemas, theatres, sports halls and swimming pools have been closed in Italy, and will have to remain closed until November 24th, following new restrictions to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte explained that these measures were necessary to avoid a 2nd lockdown. Their aim: “to keep the contagion …
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The 42nd Cinemed ended on October 24th. This Montpellier-based film festival is purely for Mediterranean films. Eleven awards were given at the end of this year’s festival. Among the feature films, the Antigone d’Or went to Srdan Golubovic for his film Father (Serbia). The BNP Paribas Critics’ Award was won by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma …
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The Spanish Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) has finalised its project to help finance the production of feature-length film projects. The total amount being offered is 11.9 million euros. A minimum of 35% of this is for films directed by women and a maximum of 25% must be reserved for …
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At its 160th meeting, the management committee of the Eurimages Fund agreed co-production finance for 29 European projects. €5,692,700 will be shared among 18 feature film projects and 11 documentaries. Among the projects selected, a third are by women. Several Mediterranean projects have been chosen: The documentaries:Brotherhood by Francesco Montagner (Czech Republic /Italy) (€36,000)Francesca and …
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The 35th Mostra de València takes place from October 22nd to November 1st, with several Mediterranean films on the programme. Eleven are on the shortlist of the official competition for the Palme d’Or. In addition to the films already announced in September, the festival has chosen: Tereza37 by Danilo Šerbedžija (Croatia, 2020)Willow by Milcho Manchevski …
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On October 16th the European Parliament organized a live event on its Facebook page with the Parliament’s Vice-President, Heidi Hautala and MEP David Casa. The two politicians were joined by Andrew Caruana Galizia, son of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese investigative journalist who was murdered in 2017. The purpose of the event was to announce …
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GREC and the Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration (National Museum of Immigration History) are launching a candidate call for a residency to make a short film on migration. The call for Residence Frontières is open to anyone making a first or second short film. Candidates who have already made a long film are not …
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