Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

FRANCE / Winners of the 38th URTI Grand Prix International

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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EUROPE / IDFA puts 300 documentaries online

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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ITALY / Minerva Pictures puts 100 films online

The Italian production and distribution company Minerva Pictures has decided to make some films available free of charge. In the context of the confinement imposed in several European countries, around a hundred feature films of all kinds are now available on the internet. Ginluca Curti, Minerva’s CEO, said, “Primarily as citizens, not just as digital …

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FRANCE / 19th CineHorizontes

This year’s CineHorizontes will be held in Marseille from November 5th to 13th. Since 2001 this Spanish film festival has shown French audiences the wealth and diversity of Iberian cinema. The festival is organized around various events : An official competition with different categories, chaired by a jury of professionals. Several awards are given, including …

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SPAIN / El Hierro voted best European film location

During the European Film Market the Spanish island of El Hierro (one of the Canary Islands) received the EUFCN Location Award for best European location in the film and television industries. The European Film Commissions Network created this award in 2017. To choose the winner, ten locations had been selected by a jury and then …

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ITALY / 15th Sole Luna Doc Film Festival

From July 6th to 12th this year the fifteenth Sole Luna Doc Film Festival will take place in Palermo, Italy. Created in 2006, the event is to encourage independent films and bring together the people working in them. Behind the festival’s organization is the association Sole Luna – A bridge between cultures whose name testifies …

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FRANCE ITALY GERMANY / The Alliance ’s announcements at the Berlin Film Festival

Representatives of the Alliance, took advantage of being at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival to discuss their projects. In addition to reaffirming their commitment to use their partnership to strengthen European cultural identity by co-producing TV series, they gave details about some of their current projects. For example, series ready for transmission : they …

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