Category: WESTERN EUROPE

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

SPAIN / Eladio Jareño appointed head of TVE

Spanish public television has a new director. At a special meeting of TVE’s Board of Directors on March 8th, Eladio Jareño was elected to run the public service broadcaster. Born in Barcelona, Sr. Jareño was previously head of the Catalonia branch of RTVE (the public broadcasting group which includes TVE). He’s been with the company …

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FRANCE / A date for the launch of France TV new news channel

On March 10th France Télévision’s Deputy Director of News, Germain Dagognet, unveiled the launch date of the public broadcaster’s future 24-hour news channel: September 1st 2016 at 6:00pm on the web, and September 1st or 2nd for DTT. Germain Dagognet, who is also in charge of the project, said the news channel will need 160 …

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FRANCE / 11th Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb/Moyen-Orient

For the 11th year the association Indigènes Films is renewing its Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient (PCMMO) in Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis. The 2016 selection of 43 films, dramas and documentaries, long or short, will be screened from March 29th to April 17th. In troubled periods like the one we are living though …

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ITALY / Call for films for the 17th Lucania Film Festival

From August 10th to 13th the cultural association Allelammie in collaboration with Namavista Films, is organizing the 17th Lucania Film Festival in Pisticci and Matera. The event, which has welcomed 12,500 directors since its inception, every year shows a selection of independent films from around the world. Besides its international competition of short and feature …

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FRANCE / A very Mediterranean selection for the Cinéfondation

On March 7th Cinéfondation, the Cannes Film Festival foundation for finding new talent, issued the list of film projects chosen for its workshop on May 13th to 19th as part of the festival. For the 12th consecutive year, directors and producers will have the opportunity of meeting potential partners to help them complete their projects. …

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ITALY / Mediaset hosts an Israeli series on its VOD platform

Infinity, a video-on-demand platform (VOD) owned by the Italian group Mediaset, has just obtained the broadcasting rights to “Prisoners of War” (Hatufim in Hebrew) from the Israeli production company Keshet International. The series is about two soldiers who have been prisoners for 17 years and the problems they face trying to return to normal life. …

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ITALY / The CMCA partner of the Sarnico Short Film Festival

At the beginning of June the festival of short films “C’è tempo per…..L’integrazione” will celebrate its tenth anniversary with public screenings in Sarnico and Bergamo. All the films chosen deal with aspects of integration, showing individuals, families or whole populations from every culture and nationality. The films will be divided into two categories: one for …

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