News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
Kosovar director Blerta Basholli’s first feature, Hive, will be released in France on June 1st. It has won many awards at major international festivals, including three at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival (Audience Award, Jury Award and Best Director). Shown the same year at Montpellier’s Cinemed, the film won the Antigone d’Or. It is also …
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Created in 2018, this festival purely for women directors Cine Por Mujeres (Films by Women) returns for a 5th year in Madrid from October 25th to November 6th. The role of women in film-making has long been underrated: it wasn’t until 2010 that a woman won the Oscar for Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow; in …
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The first Cine Donne Festival (Women’s Film Festival) will take place in Bastia (Corsica) from April 6th to 10th. This new event, initiated by the Communauté d’Agglomération de Bastia and organized by the Arte Mare association, is specifically for the work of international women directors. Like the International Women’s Film Festival in Créteil or Marseille’s …
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At the end of February Tarak Ben Ammar, the Tunisian head of Eagle Pictures France, bought the Studios de Paris. Ben Ammar got into the film business in the mid-1970’s and has since developed many international projects as a producer. At the end of February 2022 the EuropaCorp group announced in a press release that …
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Provisionally called Bartali’s Bicycle, a film based on the life of Italian cyclist Gino Bartali has started production. Co-produced by Lynx Multimedia Factory and the Toonz Media Group, the film’s national distribution will be handled by RAI, with TVCO responsible for international distribution. The release is scheduled for 2023. This animated family film is set …
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The Ateliers Varan are asking for applications for a documentary training session, scheduled from September 19th to November 5th in Ajaccio (Corsica). Jean Rouch and Jacques Arthuys created Ateliers Varan in Paris in 1980 for aspiring directors from different countries. Since then the organisation has offered many documentary training courses in France. The courses are …
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The final scenes of Ivano De Matteo’s new film Mia are now in the can. Produced by Lotus Production (a member of the Leone Film group) and RAI Cinema, the film will arrive in Italian cinemas very soon. The script was written by De Matteo and Valentina Ferlan, his long time partner. Indeed most of …
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