Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

FRANCE / INA and FMM train North African journalists

In October the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) and the Académie France Médias Monde hosted 36 journalists from North Africa for two weeks of training, according to a joint press release. Entitled “Theory and practice in France”, the session was conducted in Arabic and French to technicians and journalists under 40 years old from Morocco, …

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FRANCE / Sarah Benillouche’s films free

Sarah Benillouche‘s documentaries are available on Vimeo, and until January 1st they can be viewed free of charge. A great opportunity to view these films whose common denominator is a love of music and travel, from Cuba (“L’autre sérénade” 1997, “Le temps d’un carnaval” 2001), to Spain (“Sur un air andalou” 2005), Tunisia (“Ciao Habiba!” …

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FRANCE / Festi’life: disability in short films at La Criée in Marseilles

On November 20th and 21st Marseilles is organizing the 2nd Festi’life – the International Festival of Short Films on Disability,. 28 films from 13 countries, made from 1998 to the present, will be screened at the Théâtre de La Criée. They include Delphine Gleize‘s “Sale bâtard”, 2000 César for Best Short Film and Adam Elliot‘s …

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FRANCE / A month celebrating North African films in Paris

From November 5th to December 15th Le Maghreb des Films will show sixty feature and short films in 11 Parisian venues and 40 cinemas around the city outskirts and in the provinces. Among these films, fifteen are being projected in pre-release, including the latest films by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina (“Crépuscule des ombres” Twilight of the shadows), …

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ITALY / Gianfranco Rosi finished a documentary on Lampedusa

On October 29th Italian director Gianfranco Rosi, winner of the 2013 Golden Lion at Venice for “Sacro GRA”, presented the first sequences of his new documentary, “Oltre Lampedusa” (literally Beyond Lampedusa), during an evening celebrating 15 years of RAI Cinema. Produced by RAI Cinema, Luce Cinecittà and Arte France, the film “tells the stories of …

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SPAIN / RTVE completes the resale of the studios Buñuel

The public broadcaster RTVE has finally moved out of the Buñuel Studios. Following an agreement signed there nearly a year ago, the studios now belong officially to the property company Pryconsa. The transaction will bring RTVE 33.7 million euros. The Buñuel Studios have been in the hands of RTVE since 1988, and they include L-3, …

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FRANCE / A monthly documentary slot on France 24

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The news channel France 24 has launched a new slot for longer reports and documentaries. Lasting 26 minutes, “Reporters, le doc” will be broadcast every second Saturday of the month and will give greater depth to current topics. The programme will air on France 24‘s French, English and Arabic channels, and will be available on …

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