News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The Astra Film Festival has announced its selection for this year’s event, which runs from October 17th to 26th in Sibiu, Romania. There will be five competitions, including a new category, DocShorts, with ten short documentaries. These will include Aitana by Marina Alberti (Spain), Beware of the Southern Stars by Christos Karteris (Greece), and Cosmonauts …
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The Mostra de València – Cinema del Mediterrani has opened the call for projects to participate in the fourth edition of València Film Afers, the co-production forum for fiction and non-fiction feature films in development. The event will take place on October 29 and 30, 2025, during the festival. Projects can be submitted until Thursday, …
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In a recent report, PROFILM, an association of production companies, revealed a 33.6% drop in foreign film investment in Spain in 2024. The reason for this decline? Spain has apparently become less competitive than its European neighbours. The report, summarised by Cineuropa, shows that investment fell from €197.4 million in 2023 to €129.9 million in …
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The 36th Fameck Arab Film Festival will be held in north-eastern France from October 2nd to 12th.This year the main focus is on Lebanon, with the organisers wanting to “shine a spotlight on creative Lebanese films, reflecting a changing society, combining poetry, resistance and a search for identity.” More than 15 films – fiction, documentaries …
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Since June 2nd Arte has been broadcasting the Franco-Algerian series El’Sardines on its platform. Directed by poet Zoulikha Tahar, this six-episode, 11-minute miniseries is set in Oran. Six days before her younger sister’s wedding, Zouzou, a 30-year-old celibate marine biologist, cannot bring herself to tell her family that she is leaving the day after the …
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Many film industry professionals in Greece are concerned about the dysfunctional Hellenic Cinema and Audiovisual Centre (EKKOMED). This national institution, which administers the country’s cash rebate system, has not paid out anything since March 2024. Nearly 2,000 members of the Greek audiovisual sector signed an open letter calling for reform and the payment of outstanding …
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Awal Film has announced details of the 6th Amman International Film Festival which will be held from July 2nd to 10th. This year’s theme, A World Unscripted, will focus on the unforeseeable aspects of story-telling. In the words of Festival President Princess Rym Ali: “This year’s Festival embraces the unpredictable and the deeply human in …
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