Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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FRANCE / Audience for French channels: France Télévisions in front

France TV

On December 31st Médiamétrie published its data on French television’s audience ratings for 2018. The public television group France Televisions is in the overall lead, with 28.4% of audience share. That is slightly ahead of the privately owned TF1 group, which has 27.6% audience share across its various channels. Nevertheless the individual channel most watched …

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SPAIN / Launch of the “Atenea” programme

Atenea

The Institut Valencià de Cultura and the association Dona i Cinema, which organises a festival of the same name, announced the launch of the “Programa Atenea” for young women directors. It was created out of a need to help women who are either completing their studies or newly graduated, and who want to work in …

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FRANCE / The Lumières Award announces its nominated films

24e Lumières de la Presse Internationale

On December 17th the Académie des Lumières announced the films in competition for the 24th Lumières de la Presse Internationale. The award was created in 1995 by Daniel Toscan du Plantier and Edward Behr to make the international press more aware of French films. Every year Paris-based foreign journalists give the awards to the best …

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SPAIN / 7th Barcelona Festival of Italian Cinema

Festival de Cinéma Italien de Barcelona

For a few days in December the Catalan city became the capital of Italian cinema, with the 7th Barcelona Festival of Italian Cinema. From the 14th to 18th Spanish audiences could watch the best recent Italian films, with a selection of 10 features and 6 short films. The free screenings were followed by discussions with …

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SPECIAL REPORT / 22nd PriMed edition

Award ceremony

Read our complete report about the 22nd PriMed edition, which took place in Marseilles, from November 25 to December 1. The winners of the 22nd PriMed Cécile Allegra won the Grand Prix – Mediterranean Issues 3,500 high-school students took part in PriMed Full house for the 22nd PriMed’s Audience Award A second look at the …

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FRANCE / The winners of the 22nd PriMed

12 awards were distributed at the PriMed Award Ceremony, which was held on November 30th in the Prado cinema in Marseilles. Among them Broadcasting Awards, one Special Mention and a new award given by 6th formers “Moi, citoyen méditerranéen”.   Grand Prix: Mediterranean Issues – Sponsored by France Télévisions LIBYE, ANATOMIE D’UN CRIME by Cécile …

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FRANCE / Cécile Allegra won the Grand Prix – Mediterranean Issues of the 22nd PriMed

Libye, anatomie d'un crime

Cécile Allegra won the PriMed’s most prestigious award for her documentary Libye, anatomie d’un crime. In Tunis she recorded interviews with men who seem damaged, who talk obliquely about an unprecedented crime: the systematic rape of male prisoners since the Revolution. An unspeakable crime on a massive scale, which history is trying to suppress.  She …

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