News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
In December 2018 the French public broadcasting group signed an agreement with the five trades unions representing French producers: SATEV, SPECT, SPFA, SPI and USPA. The agreement builds and strengthens a historic partnership. In a statement France Televisions said the agreement will allow it “to take up the digital challenge by expanding the non-linear showing …
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La Première Fois, a festival of first documentaries, celebrates its 10th anniversary in Marseilles from February 26th to March 3rd. Organized by Les films du gabian, this festival seeks out films by documentary makers with a personal point of view, while encouraging young film-makers to come and exchange ideas. Non-competitive, it presents an international selection …
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Nouv.o.monde will take place from March 8th to 17th in three towns in southern France: Rousset, Trets and Aix-en-Provence. Organized by Films du Delta, this 8th edition is a place for cinematographic creation. Presenting emerging directors and major film-makers, nouv.o.monde sees its role as helping audiences discover films which are “spectacular or intimate, but which …
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The Spanish documentary El Silencio de otros (The Silence of Others) was released in French cinemas on February 13th. Produced by Pedro Almodovar’s production company, El Deseo, it was directed by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. The film gives voice to the victims of the crimes of the dictator Franco, committed during his regime from …
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The 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival closed on February 9th with the award-giving ceremony in the town’s Maison de la Culture. For 9 days some 160,000 spectators, including 3,500 professionals, watched short films from around the world in a dozen locations in Clermont-Ferrand. The festival was organized around three competitions: international, national and the …
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For the past four years, one film has followed one another at Provence Studios. In 2018 this film studio on an industrial estate in Martigues, 40 km from Marseille, hosted 104 films. Almost ten times more than four years ago, when Olivier Marchetti initiated the project in dis-used warehouses on a 22-hectare site. With an …
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The 5th Ciné Palestine festival will be held from March 10th to 19th in Toulouse and 8 other towns in the Occitanie Region. Through a selection of 24 feature films, shorts and documentaries visitors will discover the vitality of Palestinian film-making. The festivities will begin with a concert to celebrate the festival’s five years’ existence. …
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