News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
At the end of March Casa Africa, the Festival de Cinéma Africain de Tarifa (FCAT) and the University of Seville created the # YOMEQUEDOENCASA campaign to encourage people to stay at home during confinement. 40 African films were made available and could be downloaded free. All you needed to view the films was send an …
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To help authors and audiovisual companies cope with the current health crisis, the French Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) adopted three emergency measures in early April. Three steps have been taken. First of all, the CNC will donate money for the emergency fund for authors created by the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques. Secondly, …
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The San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF) will take place from September 18th to 26th. As they prepared for this year’s event the organizers announced they want to introduce a film market into the programme. Like the Zurich Film Festival, the SSIFF wants to create a market which would include films selected for festivals cancelled …
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On March 30th Escales Documentaires began a scheme to show award-winning films from their previous festivals. Every week their website gives a link to a different film, accessible free of charge. On the first week they showed the winner of the 2019 Young Peoples’ Award, The Way Back directed by Dimitre Petrovic and Maxime Jennes. …
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Like many countries, Spain is having to live with a period of confinement, which includes closing its cinemas. As a consequence a Spanish distribution and production company, A Contracorriente Films, may be forced to postpone several of its films. To prevent total disruption to its schedules, A Contracorriente Films has decided to preview four of …
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On March 24th the Maltese government announced it was creating specific aid packages for the island’s most affected sectors in order to combat the coronavirus crisis. But it didn’t mention either film or television. The Malta Producers Association reminded the government that film production has stopped world-wide, and Malta is no exception. Since all foreign …
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The deadline for submitting films (documentaries and news reports) to participate in PriMed – the International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary Film and Reportage – which was initially March 31st, has been extended to April 15th. As a reminder, PriMed is open to all writers, directors, producers and broadcasters who, through their programmes or films, help …
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