720 results for france

ITALY / “Zero”, the Netflix drama series about immigration, in the top 10

Zero

“Zero”, an eight-part Italian series released on April 21st, rose straight to Netflix’s Top 10. Taken from the novel “Non ho mai avuto la mia età” (I have never been my age) by Antonio Dikele Distefano, an Italian writer of Angolan origin, the series goes beyond the themes of friendship, adolescence and love, managing to …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/italy-zero-the-netflix-drama-series-about-immigration-in-the-top-10/?lang=en

ISRAEL / “Shtisel”, 3rd season of the Netflix series about an ultra-Orthodox Jewish family

Shtisel

Launched in 2013 on the private television channel Yes, the third season of “Shtisel”  has been uploaded to the Netflix streaming platform. “The series follows the trials and tribulations of the ultra-Orthodox Shtisel family in Jerusalem’s Haredi community. The show’s first season begins with 26-year-old Aviva Shtisel, a single Haredi man who lives with his father …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/shtisel/?lang=en

CYPRUS / The Cyprus Film Days returns to Cypriot cinemas

Cyprus Film Days

From April 16th to 24th Cyprus Film Days is once again having cinema screenings with a live audience. Co-organized by Cyprus’ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth, the European Commission and the European Parliament’s Cyprus Office, the “largest international film event on the island of Cyprus” traditionally takes place at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/cyprus-the-cyprus-film-days-returns-to-cypriot-cinemas/?lang=en

TURKEY/ Turkey wants to develop its animated film sector

Rafadan Tayfa Göbeklitepe

During a visit to the ISF animation studios in Ankara the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, told the Turkish news agency AA that Turkey was increasing its potential in this sector. Accompanied by his family, he watched the making of “Rafadan Tayfa Göbeklitepe”, the country’s most popular animated series with 3.5 million viewers. …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/turkey-turkey-wants-to-develop-its-animated-film-sector/?lang=en

ITALY / The Covid crisis alters the country’s film festival industry

AFIC

The Associazione festival italiani di cinema (AFIC) has published the results of a survey conducted in 2020 showing how festivals across the country are changing. Of the 142 Italian film festivals participating in the study, “62% say they are considering a hybrid form for their next edition”. More than a third of festivals see this obligatory change …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/italy-the-covid-crisis-alters-the-countrys-film-festival-industry/?lang=en

NORTH AFRICA / Special productions for Ramadan 2021

Ramadan 2021 2M

In Morocco and Algeria, Ramadan begins on April 14th and ends on May 12th. In Europe, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon the month of Ramadan in the year 1442 AH begins on Tuesday April 13th. The Muslim’s holy month is also the month with the highest audience figures for Arab television, thanks mainly to …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/north-africa-special-productions-for-ramadan-2021/?lang=en

ITALY / This year’s Integrazione Film Festival

IFF 2021

The 15th Bergamo film festival – the Integrazione Film Festival (IFF) – is being held from April 7th to 11th. Organized by Ruah, a social cooperative, in collaboration with Lab 80 Film, this year’s IFF will be streamed and, if the context permits, shown live at Bergamo’s Auditorium. It’s an international competition for short films and documentaries …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/italy-this-years-integrazione-film-festival/?lang=en