News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The 23rd DocsBarcelona was held from May 19th to 31st. Because of the coronavirus crisis the event was put online – without affecting its popularity one bit: over 130,000 viewers watched it, an astonishing number, more than the attendance figures for any of the previous years’ editions. 55% of the selected documentaries were produced by …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/spain-results-of-the-online-version-of-docsbarcelona/?lang=en
The Spanish Association of Women in Film and the Audiovisual Media (CIMA) has launched a new training programme to help women get into the audiovisual industry – CIMA IMPULSA. In particular it’s aimed at script-writers and producers to help them develop their projects. The initiative is similar to the one launched in mid-April, by the …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/spain-cima-impulsa-encourages-women-film-makers/?lang=en
Although Italian cinemas should reopen on June 15th, Italian distributors continue to work together to keep their audiences. Their new initiative is called #iorestoinSALA (I’m staying in the cinema). Behind the name are 71 exhibitors from across the country who want to create a new circuit of virtual cinemas to restore the link between the …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/italy-the-iorestoinsala-initiative/?lang=en
At the end of April, with many countries in full lock-down, the CMCA wanted to (re) discover certain films selected for previous editions of PriMed. They asked directors for permission to put their films online for free. The film-makers agreed, so every day for a month a new documentary was posted on the PriMed Facebook …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/france-primeds-special-programming-during-lockdown-a-success/?lang=en
At the beginning of April, the organizers of the Valletta Film Festival announced that this year’s event would be cancelled. Partly because of the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 but also because of insufficient public support. The Film Grain Foundation became the festival’s organizer in 2015. Since then it has attracted around 50,000 spectators and presented …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/malta-la-valette-film-festival-cancelled/?lang=en
The Documentaire Sur Grand Ecran association has set up a support fund for distributors of documentary films. Through this fund the association hopes to prevent any difficulties distributors may experience when cinemas reopen. The association was created in 1991 to promote documentary films and their cinema distribution in France and French-speaking countries. To help the …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/france-help-for-cinema-documentary-distributors/?lang=en
Elena Ferrante’s latest novel, The Lying Life of Adults, will be adapted into a television series. Her first saga My Brilliant Friend was broadcast by HBO in co-production with Wildside and Rai. This time Netflix will produce this new series. Set in Naples in the 1990’s, The Lying Life of Adults follows Giovanna’s passage from …
Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/italy-the-lying-life-of-adults-soon-a-tv-series/?lang=en
