Carole Filiu Mouhali and Ferhat Mouhali have launched a crowd funding campaign to finance the post-production of their new documentary. “Ne nous racontez plus d’histoires!” (Don’t tell us any more lies) is about the way the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62) is remembered and taught on either side of the Mediterranean. The film-makers look at …
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Registration is now open for the pre-selection phase of FIGRA 2017 (Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité et du documentaire de société – International festival of news reporting and documentaries about our world). Any director, journalist, author, TV channel, television news agency or production company may compete. The films, between 15 and 90 minutes long, …
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The call for applications has been launched for the 8th festival for first documentaries, La Première Fois, from February 27th to March 5th 2017 in Aix-en-Provence and nearby towns. Les Films du Gabian, an association of independent documentary film-makers, has organized this event since 2010. Each year an established documentary-maker is also honoured with a …
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Two production companies, Newen (France) and Keshet International (Israel), want to find French or Israeli script-writers who have ideas for a TV series. The two companies want to work together on “high-end European TV series”. Any French or Israeli writer with a TV series to their credit is invited to submit a maximum of two …
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Until the end of September Tunisian director Walid Mattar will be filming his first feature in northern France and Tunisia. “Vent du Nord” follows two characters: a worker in France and an unemployed younger man in Tunisia – linked by a story about factory relocation. Shooting in northern France was completed on August 27th, but …
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On August 25th the Minister of Culture and Communication, Audrey Azoulay, officially announced the launch of a Video-on-Demand platform and the creation of a “documentary film library”. These two announcements were made during the 28th States General of Documentary Film, held at Lussas in France’s Ardèche region from August 21st to 27th. Ms. Azoulay talked …
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On August 19th Mediaset announced it was taking Vivendi to court in Milan to honour the terms of the contract signed by the two media groups in April. In a statement, Mediaset said “the summons is not about the serious losses (more than €1.5 billion) which would ensue if the contract were cancelled.” However, the …
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