News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
Actor, director and script-writer Edoardo Leo is the first Italian director to start shooting a new movie once the lock-down ended. On July 7th the crew started filming Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma in Rome. Edoardo Leo is both director and principal actor, playing the title-character Lasciarsi. An Italian-Spanish co-production, the film is produced by …
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The 31st FIDMarseille will take place as planned, but due to the Covid-19 crisis its schedule has been altered. FIDLab, the platform for supporting international co-production, took place online between July 6th and 10th. FID festival will be held in Marseille cinemas from July 22nd to 26th. It will be the first French film festival …
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Meditalents is organizing a residency for feature film scriptwriting, Lab Sud. Running from October 24th to 29th, the residency is open to directors and scriptwriters with a first or second feature film project. To qualify for registration, applicants must either: Live in the Provence-Alpes-Côtes d’Azur Region of Franceor Spend more than 50% of the shooting …
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Zero is the new Italian-made series from Netflix. Platform subscribers will be able to follow the story of a shy boy who has the power of invisibility. Presented as a modern hero, Omar lives in a suburb of Milan from which he longs to escape. The series shows Milan in a very different, unique way. …
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During June the Maltese telecommunications company Go announced it had invested more than €6 million to revolutionize Maltese television. The company has introduced a wireless television service which requires no professional installation, set-top box, or cable. To receive the service, customers need only pay a subscription fee. In each household any number of devices can …
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On June 17th the European Commission approved the launch of Buendía Estudios. This content creation and production company came out of an agreement between Telefónica (Spanish telecommunications company) and Atresmedia (Spanish audiovisual group which owns the Antena 3 channel). The new company will create original audiovisual content in Spanish for international distribution. Buendía Estudios has …
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In June the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC – Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises) launched a new funding system to stimulate international co-productions. They are looking for projects which have at least 40% of their budget provided by an international producer and another part covered by a Catalan partner. However the percentage covered …
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