Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

SPAIN FRANCE / Netflix comes to the help of the film industry

Having made a partnership with the Italian Film Commissions, Netflix is continuing to support broadcasting professionals around the world. In Spain all filming has been stopped for over a month and discussions about government aid for the people working in the industry are difficult. So, to prevent a crisis, the American platform is investing a …

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FRANCE TUNISIA / Project call by the CNC and the CNCI

The French Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) and its Tunisian equivalent, the CNCI, are renewing the bilateral co-production finance fund created in 2017. For three years this fund has provided grants for feature film projects of 60 minutes or more. The films, of any genre, must be intended for an initial cinema release and have …

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SPAIN / Schedule for the online version of the D’A Film Festival

Like many other cultural events, the D’A Film Festival Barcelona has chosen not to cancel its festival but to programme it online. The organisers are keeping to the original date, so the event will run as planned from April 30th to May 10th. 47 feature films and 20 shorts can be viewed on the Spanish …

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FRANCE / CNC anticipates new releases

In early April the French Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) took emergency measures to help film-makers and audiovisual companies cope with the health crisis. One of the measures authorizes the early release of films on DVD. At the start of the month 31 films had applied for authorisation, then 12 new films were added to …

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SPAIN / RTVE makes films accessible free on its portal Somos Cine

RTVE is making more than 60 films available on its website free of charge. Thanks to its portal Somos cine, a major Spanish film catalogue is now online. Julieta by Pedro Almodóvar, The Olive Tree by Icíar Bollaín, Champions by Javier Fesser and Verónica by Paco Plaza are just a few of the titles which …

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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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