Every year since 1981 URTI (Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale) has organized the International Grand Prix for creative documentaries, to reward programmes from around the world and promote recent productions. The jury is made up of the heads of member countries’ public television companies, and since they come from such a broad cultural base they …
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This year’s CineHorizontes will be held in Marseille from November 5th to 13th. Since 2001 this Spanish film festival has shown French audiences the wealth and diversity of Iberian cinema. The festival is organized around various events : An official competition with different categories, chaired by a jury of professionals. Several awards are given, including …
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Representatives of the Alliance, took advantage of being at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival to discuss their projects. In addition to reaffirming their commitment to use their partnership to strengthen European cultural identity by co-producing TV series, they gave details about some of their current projects. For example, series ready for transmission : they …
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To compete with video-on-demand platforms, the France Télévisions group is starting to schedule big budget series from the rest of Europe. Arde Madrid is an example of this strategy of broadcasting international co-productions. Winner of the Best European Drama award at last year’s La Fiction TV Festival in La Rochelle, this series takes the viewer …
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Every year Series Mania, the international forum for the makers of television series, organizes a call for projects: the CoPro Pitching Sessions, an event for professionals with a series project in development. On February 19th festival director Laurence Herszberg announced the fifteen projects selected for this year’s session. Nine of them are produced, or co-produced, …
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Since mid-February Arte’s new series, Alger Confidential, has been filming in Germany and Morocco, and will continue until April 9th. The director is Frédéric Jardin (Braquo, Engrenages) and the scripts are written by Abdel Raouf Dafri (Un prophète, Mesrine). Alger Confidential, a mini-series of four 45-minute episodes, is adapted from Olivier Bottini’s novel Paix à …
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The journalist Hervé Bourges, former president of Antenne 2 and France 3, creator of the France Télévisions group, former president of the French television watchdog Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel français, died on February 23rd. In addition to his important role in the media, Hervé Bourges was also an active political figure in France. Committed to …
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