Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

ITALY / A digital cultural centre will open in Milan

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The Cariplo foundation, a philanthropic organisation supporting social, cultural and economic development, and the platform Meet the Media Guru, active since 2005, have united to launch MEET, Italy’s first international centre for digital culture, in Milan. The centre will help bridge the digital divide and make Milan a local and international reference for digital culture. …

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ALBANIA ITALY / “Balkan Days Tirana-Rome” created during the European film market

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At last October’s Balkan Film Market, the Albanian Film Centre emphasised the positive effects of doing co-productions with Italy. They then decided to share their experience with the other Balkan countries. Now Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria have all been integrated into the project. The European film market at this year’s Berlinale was …

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FRANCE / The French region Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée invests in audiovisual

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The southern French region of Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, in partnership with the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, is financing various film-making projects, providing grants for feature films, short films, telefilms (series and one-offs) and documentaries Production grants for a feature-length drama or an animation can be up to €210,000, with up to …

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ITALY / Call for application for the 12th “C’é un tempo per… l’integrazione” festival

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PrimMed’s partner and friend for many years, this festival will be held in Bergamo and Sarnico (Italy) from May 10th to 13th. Its goal is to bring together and promote films about multiculturalism from all over the world. It also gives a special place to young cinematographers, independent film-makers and innovative projects. The festival’s criteria …

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FRANCE / 9th edition of the “La première fois” festival

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The 9th “La première fois”, a festival for long, medium-length and short films, was held in Aix en Provence and Marseille from February 20th to 24th. All the films were first documentaries. This year’s guest of honour, Jean-Gabriel Périot, gave a masterclass on the first day, which was followed by the official opening. Several Mediterranean …

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SPAIN / A communication centre in the town of Huelva to honour Jesùs Hermida

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The Spanish public radio and television group, RTVE, together with the Huelva town hall and the local press association have signed an agreement to create a communications centre to honour one of the town’s most famous sons, Jesùs Hermida. The journalist, who died in 2015, was well known in Spain as RTVE’s New York correspondent …

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EUROPE / UNIC presents its update on attendance in European cinemas in 2017

Cinema attracts more and more people in Europe, that at least is the conclusion of the International Union of Cinemas’ annual survey. The provisional update was released on February 14th, a more detailed report on the region will be available in the spring. Some Mediterranean countries show a clear increase in cinema attendance, for example …

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