News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
On April 16th Sibyle Veil was named as the new head of Radio France, where she has been Deputy Director in charge of Operations and Finance. The new appointment is for five years, and Mme Veil replaces Mathieu Gallet, dismissed at the beginning of the year by the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, the French media …
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TV France International, an organisation exporting French TV programmes, presented its Export Awards, divided into three categories: Animation, Documentary and Drama. The winners were chosen at a meeting of international buyers and journalists. Millimages, a production and distribution company for French and European animated films, won the Animation category for its series “Molang”, which has …
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The Zaragoza municipal council has launched a short film competition “Zaragoza en Corto”. Films must be less than 30 minutes long and feature the region’s capital, Zaragoza. The aim is to promote the town and encourage its inhabitants to make films. The films can be of different genres: documentary, drama, experimental etc. The competition is …
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Amazon has signed an agreement with Rai Television to include recent films, some film classics and the channel’s own TV series on its Italian video platform. The series concerned will be the most successful ones, such as “Medici: Masters of Florence”. Every new episode of a series being broadcast will be available on Amazon just …
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The third printemps du film engagé, a festival of politically committed drama and documentary films, will be held in Marseille from April 6th to 14th. Organized by a collective of the same name, this year’s festival focuses on the theme “1968-2018, why I continue the fight”. Primitivi, a Marseille-based street television for alternative news, will …
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Since 1981 the Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has organized an annual competition for auteur documentaries, with a Grand Prix for the winning film. The aim of the competition is four-fold: to encourage the independent documentary format, to promote humanist values of tolerance and respect between peoples, to reject any form of propaganda whatsoever …
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On March 12th and 13th the CMCA held its annual general meeting and board meeting in Marseille. The new board was elected unanimously: Chair: Jérôme Cathala of France Télévisions Vice-chair: Maria Dubesse of RAI and Hakim Amara of EPTV Treasurer: Jacques Hubinet of Films du Soleil General secretary: Wifak Lahlou of 2M
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