Organized and founded in 2012 by the Arab British Centre, SAFAR Film Festival is the only UK film festival dedicated to the Arab world. This year’s hybrid edition, running from July 11th to 17th, is organized around the theme of “generational encounters in Arab cinema”, through contemporary and classic films about the emerging generation, family disparities …
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FRANCE / The 33rd International URTI Radio Grand Prix launches its call for candidates
The Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has launched its 33rd annual competition for the International Radio Grand Prix. This year’s theme: “the question of gender in tomorrow’s world”. The application deadline is September 1st 2021. Participation in the URTI Grand Prix is open to all international public and private radio organizations as well as associations and institutions working in …
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SPAIN / CulturaMadrid, a new broadcasting platform
CulturaMadrid is a new Spanish audiovisual content site already offering more than 100 works to viewers who love dance, cinema, music and the fine arts. Created by the capital’s administration, Comunidad de Madrid, the platform offers free and open access to interviews with artists, reports on the city’s theatres and museums while also giving access each …
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ITALY / Candidate call for the Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy
The 16th Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy is scheduled for August 30th to September 8th 2021. The Global Campus for Human Rights launched the programme in 2005; this year’s theme is “delivering social change to children and young people” within the broader framework of Human Rights protection and promotion. The Summer School in Cinema Human Rights …
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ITALY / Candidate call for the Gianandrea Mutti Award for immigrant film-makers or Italian directors born abroad
The Gianandrea Mutti Award, the national competition for migrant or foreign-born directors, is calling for applications for its 13th edition. Created in 2008, the award was the result of a collaboration between the Associazione Amici di Giana, the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, the Archivio Memorie Migranti (AMM) and the Fondazione Pianoterra Onlus. The Gianandrea Mutti Award, the national competition for migrant …
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ITALY / The Covid crisis alters the country’s film festival industry
The Associazione festival italiani di cinema (AFIC) has published the results of a survey conducted in 2020 showing how festivals across the country are changing. Of the 142 Italian film festivals participating in the study, “62% say they are considering a hybrid form for their next edition”. More than a third of festivals see this obligatory change …
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FRANCE / France Télévisions launches Culturebox, a temporary new cultural channel
In early February the France Télévisions group launched a new channel, CultureBox, to support the world of culture during the current crisis. Accessible on the TNT channel canal 19 and on the france.tv site, it is “100% dedicated to culture, performing arts and artists.” During the day the channel retransmits documentaries and cultural programmes from the public broadcasting group. At the …
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