Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

FRANCE / The public news channel will be called France Info

On July 11th Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, Mathieu Gallet, Marie-Christine Saragosse and Laurent Vallet, respectively heads of France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde and INA, unveiled the name of the future public news channel: France Info. At the same time they showed the press the studios, the logo and the visual and sound identity the channel …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/france-the-public-news-channel-will-be-called-france-info/?lang=en

ITALY / A new production company in the Banijay stable

Banijay, the French production company specializing in TV programmes, has taken a minority stake in the capital of a new Italian production house, DRY. DRY (Do not Repeat Yourself) was founded by four former employees of Magnolia, another production company associated with Banijay: Fabrizio Ievolella, Danila Battaglini, Francesco Lauber and Leopoldo Gasparotto. DRY’s aim is …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/italy-a-new-production-company-in-the-banijay-stable/?lang=en

ITALY / Call for films for the Genoa “Port Zones” Film Festival

The application call for the second Genoa “Port Zones” Film Festival is open until July 31st 2016. The Festival is for films showing any aspect of the relationship between a port and the town around it: the workings of a port, the historical development of ports, any activities created by a port, the ways a …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/italy-call-for-films-for-the-genoa-port-zones-film-festival/?lang=en

Selection for PriMed 2016: The Mediterranean Multimedia selection

The names of the four web-documentaries which will compete in the Mediterranean Multimedia category for PriMed 2016 have just been announced: – CASQUES SUR LE FRONT Robin BRAQUET and Flavian CHARUEL – CHRETIENS, JUIFS, MUSULMANS: DES LIEUX SAINTS EN PARTAGE Véronique BARRAL – FARSELONA  Kika SERRA and Paty GODOY – TROUBLED WATERS  Isabelle SYLVESTRE Click …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/primed-2016-the-mediterranean-multimedia-selection/?lang=en

SPAIN FRANCE ITALY / National drama films still well regarded

For the seventh consecutive year, France’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has published a study on “Performances de la fiction en Europe” based on the 2015 viewing figures for drama programmes (films for TV, series, mini-series and serials) in the five major European markets, including Spain, France and Italy. In Spain, national productions monopolize the …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/esp-fra-ita-national-drama-films-still-well-regarded/?lang=en

SPAIN / “Verano 1993”, a Franco-Hispanic co-production

The Catalan director Carla Simón, a graduate of the London Film School, is filming her first feature film, “Verano 1993” (Summer 1993). Shooting began on July 4th at Girona in Catalonia, and will take six weeks. “Verano 1993” is about a 6 year old girl who is adopted when her mother dies and has to …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/spain-verano-1993-a-franco-hispanic-co-production/?lang=en

FRANCE / Crowd-funding Campaign for “Une maison au bord du monde”

Productions du Lagon in association with ClapOsud have launched a participatory funding campaign for Pascal Cesaro’s documentary project “UNE MAISON AU BORD DU MONDE” on the Ulule crowd-funding site. It will close on July 13th  2016. Founded twenty years ago in Gardanne, La Maison is a unique centre, specializing in end-of-life support. Its first mission was to …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/france-crowd-funding-campaign-for-une-maison-au-bord-du-monde/?lang=en