News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The European Film Factory (EFF) is a film education platform. Their website, accessible on all digital devices, is for students aged 11 to 18 and for all European teachers. Since August 26th educational guides in German, English, Spanish, French, Greek, Italian, Polish and even Romanian have been put online so that Internet users can discover …
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On Saturday September 12th the 77th Venice Film Festival announced its list of award-winners: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland (United States) won the Golden Lion, the Grand Jury Award went to Michel Franco’s Nuevo Orden (Mexico) and the Silver Lion to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Sacrificed Lovers (Japan). Indian writer and director Chaitanya Tamhane received the Best Screenplay Award …
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Having passed the first measures to alleviate the effects of the lock-down, the French government is going to allocate a new grant to help the French film industry get back to work. The CNC’s budget will be boosted to cushion the impact of the health crisis. It was at the opening of the Angoulême Francophone …
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During the Venice Film Festival, an international organisation was launched to support film-makers whose profession puts them at risk. The International Coalition for Film-makers at Risk (ICFR) was founded by the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the European Film Academy. The project was announced in 2019, but it was …
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The Mostra de València will open on October 22nd and end on November 1st. Once again the festival emphasises its commitment to show the best films made around the Mediterranean. The first films included in the competitive section have been announced: Zana by Antoneta Kastrati (Kosovo): The director uses elements of fantasy to reflect on …
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È stata la mano di Dio (It Was the Hand of God) is the new film by Paolo Sorrentino. Shooting is due to start soon in Naples and the film is produced for the Netflix streaming platform. The film’s title is a phrase used by the Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona when he scored a goal …
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The Spanish Instituto de la Cinemamatografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales has published a ministerial decree announcing new measures to support the film industry. In particular the document encourages co-productions with foreign companies. There are now grants for films in which Spain has only a minority stake (around 5%). Gender equality and accessibility are also …
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