Category: WESTERN EUROPE

News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)

FRANCE / New deadline to participate in PriMed

In view of the special circumstances affecting a large majority of countries at the moment, and because of the numerous registrations received, the CMCA has decided to extend the deadline for submitting films. The new deadline for sending works (documentaries and reportages) to participate in PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary Film and Reportage …

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FRANCE / Albert-Londres Award : candidate call

The call is open for applications for the 2020 Prix Albert-Londres. Created in 1933, this award is named after one of the first French investigative journalists. Every year since 1985 three awards have been given: for the best reporter in the written press, best audiovisual reporter and, since 2017, for the best investigative book. This …

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SPAIN / Launch of Platino Educa

Platino Educa is a digital platform which uses film to educate and spread cultural values – a joint initiative by EGEDA (an organization managing the intellectual property rights of Spanish producers) and FIPCA (Federación Iberoamericano de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales). Aimed at young people, Platino Educa wants to help them learn how to watch and …

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ITALY / Netflix and the Italian Film Commissions in partnership

Netflix and the Italian Film Commissions (IFC) have joined forces to create a fund to support the film and television industry faced with the coronavirus lockdown. In early April, the two entities announced they had created an emergency fund for workers and crews in the Italian audiovisual industry affected by the nationwide shutdown of production. …

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SPAIN MOROCCO / # YOMEQUEDOENCASA by the Casa Africa, the FCAT and Seville University

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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FRANCE / The CNC adopts emergency measures

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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SPAIN / A film market at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF)

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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