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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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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The PriMed week began with the Audience Award on Sunday, November 25th. The auditorium of Marseille’s major museum, Mucem, was packed. Turning out in large numbers, the general public watched 6 short documentaries. But then choosing the best one was difficult – the quality of the films impressed the audience while the some of the …
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The registration period is officially open for nominations for the Academy Awards Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) to be presented at the 92nd Academy Awards. To be eligible for this Oscar, films must have been released in their country of origin between October 1st 2018 and September 30th 2019. Once all …
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After the success of two original series, Suburra and Baby, Netflix continues to invest in the Italian market. On March 29th the American giant announced three new Italian series, including two adaptations. Kelly Luegenbiehl, vice-president of original series for Europe and Africa, said: “These new projects are all very different and will all be shot …
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Cinéfondation has unveiled the 15 feature film projects it has selected for this year’s workshop – the 15th – which will take place during the Cannes Film Festival from May 16th to 23rd. Accompanied by their producers, the directors of the projects are invited to meet potential co-producers from around the world. The workshop has …
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