News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
A new film by Franco-Greek director Costa Gavras, Adults in the Room, began shooting in March and will continue until the end of May. The main locations are in Athens, Brussels, Riga, Frankfurt and London. His 19th feature film is set in the economic crisis which shook Greece, his country of origin, between 2009 and …
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Lebanese actress, screenwriter and director Nadine Labaki will chair the jury of Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Founded in 1978, Un Certain Regard runs parallel to the Official Competition and is known for its original and daring films, usually made by little-known directors. The jury look for new ways of story-telling …
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Organised by a collective of committed volunteers, the festival of militant cinema will run from April 26th to May 4th in Marseilles. The films, around the theme of urban struggle, will be shown at the Gyptis and La Baleine cinemas, the Alcazar library, the Lycée St Exupéry and in outdoor spaces. Every night for over …
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The 13th Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia will be held from November 7th to 17th 2019 in Barcelona. This year the films will no longer be presented according to their nationality, the section “Pais” (country) being replaced by “In perspective”. The new programming will look at various themes and help us see them …
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On April 4th the Institut Français and the Centre Nationale du Cinéma (CNC) organised a special evening to celebrate their funding system for international films, Aide aux cinémas du monde. Since these grants were initiated in 2012, 350 films from 90 countries have been helped. In the words of Frédérique Bredin, chair of the CNC, …
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GREC (Groupe de recherches et d’essais cinématographique) is launching a call for applications for the in-residence workshop “Improving the writing of a short film”, organized in partnership with the Cinémathèque Gnidzaz in the southern French town of Martigues. This intensive 15-day programme will be held from June 27th to July 11th in Martigues. Twelve applicants …
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The festival “C’è tempo per…l’integrazione” has changed its name for this 13th edition, and becomes the Integrazione Film Festival. Based in Bergamo and Sarnico (Italy), the festival programmes films about integration, identity and intercultural relations. Five days are devoted to these issues, with screenings and events taking place from Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th April. …
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