News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
Postponed in March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 14th Spanish Screenings, part of the Málaga Film Festival, will be held online from November 17th to 20th. The event aims to increase international sales of Spanish films. During the four days international buyers will be able to see the latest Spanish feature films online on …
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Italian film-maker Laura Luchetti is directing a new series called Nudes. Filming began in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, with principal locations in Casalecchio di Reno, San Giovanni in Persiceto and Bologna. Produced by BIM Produzione and RAI Fiction for RAI Play, Nudes is an Italian remake of a Norwegian series of the same name exploring …
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Greek writer and director Christos Massalas is currently filming Broadway. His previous short films have been shown in several festivals, but this is his first feature. It’s about four young thieves in modern-day Athens. Nelly, Barbara, Rudolph and Mohammad are a team specialising in two arts: dance and pick-pocketing. While Nelly and Barbara dance to …
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The theme of the 26th MedFilm Festival was “a new way of being together.” All the selected films were available on the Mymovies platform from November 9th to 15th. This year’s festival featured 70 films from 30 different countries – 38 of them being screened in Italy for the first time. The official competition, for …
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The 2nd Mediterranean Co-production Forum will take place from October 30th to November 1st in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille. The event is organized by Méditalents, an association helping film-makers from all Mediterranean countries to write or develop their projects. Through this Forum the association hopes to build a co-production and cultural network. The Forum …
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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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