Scheduled a long time ago, the closure of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), Israel’s public broadcaster, finally took effect on May 10th. It has been replaced by a new broadcasting organisation. IBA staff and journalists were warned only at the last minute that programmes would go off-air. On Tuesday evening, Geoula Even, the presenter …
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The FIDADOC (Agadir International Documentary Festival) celebrates its 9th year from May 8th to 13th, putting the spotlight on an unparalleled number of African films in the international competition. 10 feature-length films from 16 countries are part of the selection shown to the public. Six of them were produced or co-produced by an African country. …
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On April 27th Doc / It, the association of Italian documentary directors and producers, announced the winners of the 7th Doc / It Professional Awards, which since 2010 has rewarded the best of Italy’s documentary production. The award for Best Documentary of the Year went to Federica di Giacomo, whose “Liberami” explores exorcism in …
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My Happy Family, a Georgian film by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, won the Golden Olive Tree, the Best Cinematography Award and the FIPRESCI at the 18th Festival of European Film in Lecce, southern Italy. It is about an ordinary Georgian family, with three generations living together under the same roof. In this patriarchal society, …
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HBO and Rai have announced they are co-producing an eight-episode series adapted from Elena Ferrante’s four-volume “My Brilliant Friend”. These four books, about two young women born in post-war Naples, were originally published between 2011 and 2014 and are still being translated into a dozen languages. They have already been a huge success in France, …
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From March 13th to 17th the CMCA held this year’s session of the annual “New writing and new media” workshop in Marseilles. The six trainees were from Algeria, Croatia, Morocco, Tunisia and France. The five-day workshop is to inform journalists working with the CMCA’s television partners about new narrative techniques, particularly for web-documentaries. The …
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The Italian Minister of Culture, Dario Franceschini, has appointed the members of the new Higher Council for Cinema and Broadcasting. It will be chaired by Stefano Rulli, scriptwriter, who previously ran the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome’s principal film school. The Council will be an advisory body reporting to the Ministry. It will be consulted …
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