Since 1981 the Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has organized an annual competition for auteur documentaries, with a Grand Prix for the winning film. The aim of the competition is four-fold: to encourage the independent documentary format, to promote humanist values of tolerance and respect between peoples, to reject any form of propaganda whatsoever …
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On March 12th and 13th the CMCA held its annual general meeting and board meeting in Marseille. The new board was elected unanimously: Chair: Jérôme Cathala of France Télévisions Vice-chair: Maria Dubesse of RAI and Hakim Amara of EPTV Treasurer: Jacques Hubinet of Films du Soleil General secretary: Wifak Lahlou of 2M
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On March 7th Delphine Ernotte, chair of France Télévisions, inaugurated a 16,000 square metre studio complex at Vendargues near Montpellier in southern France. Initially it will be used to shoot a new daily half-hour soap, scheduled to air as from September on France 2. The series’ storyline is a woman coming back to Montpellier after …
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The southern French region of Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, in partnership with the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, is financing various film-making projects, providing grants for feature films, short films, telefilms (series and one-offs) and documentaries Production grants for a feature-length drama or an animation can be up to €210,000, with up to …
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The 9th “La première fois”, a festival for long, medium-length and short films, was held in Aix en Provence and Marseille from February 20th to 24th. All the films were first documentaries. This year’s guest of honour, Jean-Gabriel Périot, gave a masterclass on the first day, which was followed by the official opening. Several Mediterranean …
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The Clermont Ferrand short film festival was held from February 2nd to 10th. It broke attendance records with more than 165,000 spectators. In the national category, the Turkish director Ayce Kartal won the grand jury prize with his animated short “Kötü kiz” (Naughty Girl), a Franco-Turkish co-production. Other Mediterranean co-productions also won awards, for example …
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From December 7th to 9th Marseilles is hosting the 3rd Festi’Life, the international festival of short films about handicap. Organized by the Marseilles town council, 33 short films from 14 different countries will be shown to the public at the Théâtre de La Criée in the old port. Poetic documentaries, gentle animations or close-to-the bone …
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