News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
France Télévisions is renewing its competition “À ton court” this year. It’s an opportunity for anyone aged between 16 and 30 to submit a short drama film, an animated film or a documentary of less than 5 minutes. The theme of this year’s competition is Quel monde pour demain? (What world for tomorrow?), particularly for films …
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2018/2019 saw the most important excavations in Pompeii for the past 70 years, part of an Italian initiative, Great Pompeii Project. The dig uncovered a street, several houses and about fifteen victims. The information pieced together with DNA analysis of the bodies enabled the archaeologists not only to understand more about the people they had …
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The Fête du court métrage is a festival of short films, with screenings across France and abroad. Initially scheduled from March 25th to 31st the Fête is taking place despite confinement: to reach as many people as possible, the Fête has moved into people’s homes. Since March 24th a secure reader has been available at …
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Every day during the confinement imposed in France the production company MK2 and the cinema magazine TROISCOULEURS will put several films online for free. The idea: to let each home create its own festival. Every Wednesday, the day films are traditionally released in France, the company will put online a selection of “hidden treasures, rarities …
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A call for projects is open for a 5-episode mini-series, with each episode running just 2 minutes : the “ 5 x 2 ” competition, organized by the GREC (Groupe de recherches et d’essais cinematographiques) and the Cinémathèque de Grenoble in partnership with France Télévisions. Fifteen projects will be selected, then a jury will decide which …
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Every year since 1981 URTI (Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale) has organized the International Grand Prix for creative documentaries, to reward programmes from around the world and promote recent productions. The jury is made up of the heads of member countries’ public television companies, and since they come from such a broad cultural base they …
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On March 16th the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) decided to put online more than 300 films from its collection. The enormous range of feature films on offer should satisfy everyone. Made between 1988 and 2019, the films are of different genres and lengths and address many themes. There are even 29 documentaries …
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