News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
From December 4th to 11th Brussels hosts the fifteenth Brussels Festival of Mediterranean Film at the Botanique, at the Bozar, and for the first time at the Cinéma Aventure. 70’s films from 20 countries are included in this year’s programme. The opening film will be Jonas Carpignano‘s “Mediterranea”, showing the dangers and tragedies of illegal …
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Produced by Taodue and Mediaset Premium, “Chiamatemi Francesco” (Call me Francis) looks at the path followed by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, particularly his life as a young Jesuit in Argentina during the dictatorship and Dirty War there before he became the Pope of the Catholic Church, called Francis, in 2013. The Argentinian actor Rodrigo de la …
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Ernesto Pagano‘s new documentary, “Napolislam”, was released in Italian cinemas on December 2nd. Originally scheduled for November 25th, the film’s release was changed by the distributors Uci Cinemas after the attacks in Paris. The director follows the daily life of ten Neapolitans who have converted to Islam – an unemployed person, a young girl in …
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His first film, “The Apaches”, was shown during the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, now Thierry de Peretti is back in Corsica for his next film. Inspired by a true story, “A Violent Life” is about a man in exile in Paris who returns to Corsica for the funeral of a murdered …
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The distributor Pretty Pictures has decided to postpone the release in France of Nicolas Boukhrief‘s latest film, “Made in France”, following the attacks in Paris on November 13th. Originally scheduled for November 18th, the film probably will not be released before January 2016. “Made in France” is about a Muslim journalist, played by Dimitri Storoge, …
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On November 30th Laurent Vallet, managing director of the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), appointed Jean-Marc Boero as General Secretary. He will take office on January 4th 2016 and will succeed Jean-Marc Auvray. Since 2003 M.Vallet has worked for the Public Sénat channel, successively as Deputy Secretary General, Director of Human Resources and Administration and …
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On November 17th the Franco-German channel ARTE launched on its website a selection of programmes subtitled in Spanish and English. In all, a dozen hours of programmes will be available each week for Spanish and English-speaking Internet users. The channel’s most representative programmes have been chosen: “Tracks”, “ARTE Reportage” and “Metropolis”. Co-financed by the European …
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