Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

FRANCE / At Cannes, critics give awards to Arab films

On May 21st , the ACC (Arab Cinema Centre) organized their first Critics’ Awards in Cannes, with a jury of critics allocating awards to the best films produced in the Arab world the previous year. 24 Arab, European and American critics, representing 15 countries, chose the 5 award-winners, who each received their trophy at a …

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FRANCE / Arte broadcasts “Alger, la Mecque des révolutionnaires”

  This new documentary about the accumulation of foreign revolutionary movements in Algiers between 1962 and 1974 will be broadcast on May 16th on the Franco-German channel Arte. Directed by Mohamed Ben Slama, “Alger, la Mecque des révolutionnaires” reveals “a defining episode in international history, unknown to the general public”, in the words of the …

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GREECE / The Greek Film Centre will support 26 film projects

The Greek Film Centre has announced it will help finance an additional three film projects from the applications received between May 1st and July 31st 2016. A total of 26 film projects were chosen for the third and final aid package of 2016. Two of the additional projects selected for 2016 will be included in …

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ITALY / Dance is the guest of honour at the 13th Biografilm

The programme of the 13th Biografilm festival has been announced. Held in Bologna from June 9th to 19th, this year’s festival for life stories and biographies (documentaries, biopics) will focus on the world of dance. The opening film will be Stéphanie Di Giusto’s The Dancer, the life-story of Loïe Fuller, daughter of a farmer in …

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CYPRUS / Rosemarie wins first prize at the Cyprus Film Days

“Cyprus Film Days” is the country’s most important film event. The 15th session took place from April 27th to May 6th in Limassol and Nicosia. For the first time since the festival’s creation a Cypriot film won first prize. Adonis Florides’ Rosemarie received the “Glocal Images” Best Film Award in the international competition. The film …

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ITALY / Mediaset in profit again in 2017

After suffering heavy losses in 2016 following litigation with Vivendi, Mediaset’s accounts for the first quarter of 2017 are back in profit. The Italian group posted a net profit of €15.9 million for the first three months of the year, against a deficit of €18 million for the same period in 2016. However, despite an …

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FRANCE / A single candidate for the chair of France Médias Monde

In a press release on May 17th the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) announced that only one application has been received for the chair of France Médias Monde (FMM): from the current CEO, Marie-Christine Saragosse, who will therefore be the sole candidate for her own replacement. There are two reasons for the lack of competitors …

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