News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
2015 sees the return of the biennial festival “The Middle East: What the Cinema Can Do” from November 20th to 29th in Paris, at the Les 3 Luxembourg cinema. This year 40 films will be screened, many for the first time in France. The festival will open with Amir Shomali’s animated documentary “The Wanted 18”, …
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The 10th Rencontres à l’échelle will be held from November 4th to February 14th in several of Marseille’s cultural venues. Created and produced by Les Bancs Publics, the Rencontres is an annual international get-together, combining theatre, dance, music, performance, photography, cinema, reading and the visual arts. The festival will show primarily the work of young …
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The Image de Ville festival brings together the world of cinema, architecture and urban planning. This year, its 13th, it will be held from November 13th to 22nd in Aix-en-Provence, Martigues, Port-de-Bouc and Marseille. The programme focusses on “the edges of cities”. Several films will be screened (documentaries and drama) and there will be discussions …
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Dario Franceschini, the Italian Minister of Culture, presented the principal measures in the stability law passed by the cabinet and sent to the European Commission. It shows that “the Ministry of Culture’s budget will increase by 8% in 2016 and by 10% in 2017”. “Tax credits to support film and broadcasting will be strengthened: the …
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The 28th European Film Awards (EFA) will be held on December 12th in Berlin. The nominees for the awards will be announced on November 7th at the Seville Festival. For the first time the list of 52 eligible films published by the European Film Academy includes two from Kosovar: “Babai” and “Three Windows and a …
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In early 2016 “Bonne mère”, the first film by actress Hafsia Herzi, will begin shooting in Marseille’s northern districts. Set in a housing estate, the film follows “Nora, a woman in her sixties with inexhaustible energy, watching over her family, her children and their friends.” “Bonne mère” is produced by Abdellatif Kechiche (Quat’sous Films). He …
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Having announced plans to include the television licence fee in electricity and gas bills, the Italian Government clarified its position on which audiovisual media would be affected by the broadcasting tax a few days before the bill was presented to Parliament. On October 22nd the Italian Under Secretary of State for Communications, Antonello Giacomelli (photo), …
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