Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

20th PriMed: Awards Ceremony

PriMed 2016 – Special dossier : The PriMed 2016 winners – The reactions of the jury – 2,500 high school kids come to PriMed! The public gives its award – Screenings and discussions – The Awards Ceremony   The Awards Ceremony for PriMed 2016 was on Friday November 25th at the Villa Méditerranée, with many …

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BELGIUM / Festival of Mediterranean cinema in Brussels

The Brussels Festival of Mediterranean Film (Med for short) runs from December 2nd to 9th with 70 films shown to the public accompanied by a festive programme. Among the guests of this year’s festival are some prestigious names of Mediterranean cinema, such as Marco Bellocchio, to whom Med is devoting a retrospective and a screening …

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JORDAN / Roya TV wins awards at the Eutelsat TV Awards

On November 25th Milan hosted the 19th Eutelsat TV Awards, an annual event held by the European satellite operator Eutelsat. This year awards were given to the best themed channels using Eutelsat’s satellite resources. In the Lifestyle category Roya TV, a Jordanian private channel, was named Best Channel – the first award won by a …

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GERMANY / Call for films for the Arab Film Festival Berlin

Every spring, ALFILM, Arabissches Filmfestival Berlin (Arab Film Festival Berlin), offers a wide selection of contemporary films from Arab countries. Now in its 8th year, the next festival will be from March 31st to April 7th in the heart of the German capital. The call for films for the 2017 festival is now open: any …

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SPAIN / European Court judges RTVE’s funding to be legal

Following a complaint by Distribuidora de Televisión Digital (DTS) a private satellite television operator, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that the way the Spanish public broadcaster, RTVE, is financed conforms to European regulations. Since the 2009 RTVE Financing Act there has been no advertising on Spanish public television. To compensate for the …

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FRANCE / Robert Guédiguian is filming “La Villa”, his 20th film

The Marseille-based director has just begun a 35-day shoot for his latest film. For the ninth time Robert Guédiguian brings his camera to Marseille, or more precisely to one of the calanques or creek inlets just along the coast. Once again he is working with his favourite actors: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan. …

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From November 20th to 26th PriMed will celebrate its 20th year

The 20th PriMed, the festival of the Mediterranean in images, will be held in Marseille from November 20th to 26th. Discover the full programme of this eventful week. For this anniversary edition, PriMed invites you to discover 24 documentaries and web-documentaries from 21 different countries, all filmed around the Mediterranean. They will be shown free …

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