Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

SPAIN / Medimed launches its call for new documentaries

Medimed, the Euro-Mediterranean documentary market, has launched a project call for its 20th edition, to be held from October 10th to 13th in Sitges, Catalonia. One of the most important meeting places for Euro-Mediterranean documentary co-production, Medimed facilitates exchanges between television professionals and independent producers, allowing them to promote their recent productions or upcoming projects. …

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FRANCE / Increasing turnover helps INA continue growth

A statement released on April 29th announced that INA’s Board of Directors has approved the accounts and balance sheets for 2018, the fourth year of the five-year Targets and Resources Contract 2015-2019. For the third consecutive year the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel has seen its turnover increase, totalling €39.4 million, up 10% compared to 2015. …

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FRANCE / France Télévisions launches a call for projects for its Unité Documentaire

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On May 9th the French public broadcaster launched a call for projects for “native digital creations” with the theme “Climate: a decisive torment”. It invites audiovisual creators to propose projects about climate change and its impact on everyone’s life. In its statement, France Télévisions clarifies the theme in these terms: “Climate change with all its …

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SPAIN / Madrid celebrates documentaries at the DocumentaMadrid festival

The 16th DocumentaMadrid is taking place from May 9th to 19th in the Spanish capital. This year the festival dedicated to documentaries takes place in 7 of Madrid’s cultural centres, in addition to its usual venues for screenings. The Cineteca remains the festival’s main venue. With 123 films on the programme, coming from 36 countries, …

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FRANCE / Death of Philippe Carrese, Marseille writer director

The director, writer and jazz musician Philippe Carrese died on May 5th, at the age of 63. His family coming originally from Naples, Philippe Carrese was born in Marseille in 1956 and grew up in the Panier district. He moved to Paris to study at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques. After graduation, he began …

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FRANCE / URTI launches its call for documentaries

With the support of UNESCO and many international broadcasting organizations, URTI is organizing the Grand Prix for Author’s Documentary. In the television world this award has a very high reputation, due to the large number of participants and the quality of the selected programmes. Created in 1981 by Armand Lanoux, a French writer who was …

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ITALY / Rai Movie and Rai Premium merge

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In a statement released on April 15th the Italian public television company announced its film offer is being overhauled following the creation of a new channel. This new channel is part of the 2019-2021 Business Plan, validated at the beginning of March, which proposes the company show more films, as part of a wider strategic …

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