Italy-Spain-Portugal / Netflix arrives The giant American video-on-demand provider, available since September 2014 in France and in more than 50 countries including 13 in Europe, is expanding its services to three new countries. In Spain Netflix will launch its platform on October 20th, in Portugal on October 21st and in Italy on October 22nd. An …
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The second Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no Feminino festival will be held from June 5th to 7th at Lisbon’s Cinema São Jorge and the Cinemateca Portuguesa. It will be part of “Festas de Lisboa”, the Lisbon programme of entertainment organized by the city council. For three days, the festival will celebrate Mediterranean films and …
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The results of the first evaluation session of the Council of Europe’s Pilot Programme for Series Co-production have been announced. Seven co-productions will be supported for a total of €3 million. Among the titles selected, the Greater Adria series (Croatia, Italy, Germany and Belgium) will receive €500,000. It is the first series co-production involving Croatia …
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The 45th Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival – Cinemed – was held from October 20th to 28th. This year, the festival presented 200 films including several French premieres. There were competitions for feature films, shorts and documentaries as well as a retrospective of Italian film-maker Ettore Scola. This year eight feature-length documentaries on the Lebanon, Palestine, …
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In May Jordanian film-maker Zaid Abu Hamdan’s first feature, Daughters of Abdulrahman, was screened in three countries as part of a world tour. It was shown twice in Switzerland, in Milan during Nuovo Armenia (a festival for films from Africa, Asia and South America) and in Holland. Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, the …
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The Malta Film Commission has announced the Mediterrane Film Festival, a new event which will be held from June 25th to 30th in Valletta and on the various islands of the archipelago. The event’s website says the aim “is to strengthen Malta’s position in the global film market while promoting cultural exchange and cooperation between …
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Blerta Basholli’s “Hive” won the Antigone d’Or at the CINEMED festival in Montpellier, an award worth €15,000. Jury president Asia Argento explains their choice: “The film moved us with the courage of its words, the poignant interpretation of the actress who embodies, with such overwhelming strength, the tenacity of a woman who refuses to back …
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