N°105 May 2012 As you read these lines, the 65 th Cannes Film Festival will be under way, and with it the glitter, the sequins, the celebrities, the scandals. But first and foremost the films, the film-makers and technicians from the four corners of the globe. Whether in the Official Competition or in the parallel sections, the Mediterranean will be present at Cannes as it is every year, represented by a string of talented film-makers, some experienced others budding. Discover them in Festival of the Month . In this issue you will also find recent news about broadcasting in the Mediterranean. Events both fascinating and turbulent in Tunisia and even Spain, where the crisis is not sparing television and cinema. All your usual sections are here, with this month a zoom on France Télévisions ' new current affairs platform, FranceTVInfo . Happy reading to you all! Méditerranée Audiovisuelle-La Lettre. Dépôt Légal 2 avril 2012. ISSN : 1634-4081. Tous droits réservés Directeur de publication : François Jacquel Rédaction : Valérie Gerbault, Julien Cohen CMCA - 96 La Canebière 13001 Marseille Tel : + 33 491 42 03 02 Fax : +33 491 42 01 83 http://www.cmca-med.org - [email protected] Le CMCA est soutenu par les cotisations de ses membres, la Ville de Marseille, le Département des Bouches-du- Rhône et la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. CONTENTS LIFE AT THE CMCA 3 LIFE IN THE CHANNELS 8 PROGRAMMES 12 ECONOMY 14 CINEMA 16 FESTIVALS 21 Festival of the month: Cannes Film Festival 21 Other festivals 23 WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH: FranceTVInfo 25 THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN WAY 26 WEB-DOCUMENTARIES 26 INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS' WAY 27 STOP PRESS 29 2 LIFE IN THE CMCA CMCA Board elects a new president Following Jean Réveillon's nomination as managing director of France 2, Yves Rolland was elected CMCA's new president at the April 18 th Board meeting. Since August 2010 Yves Rolland has been General Secretary of France Télévisions . Two vice-presidents were also elected: Ahmed Djabri, deputy director of external relations at EPTV (Algeria) for another term and Kerem Balci , vice chairman of international relations at TRT (Turkey). Maria Du Bessé , from RAI (Italy), was re-elected General Secretary, and Karim Abdelhamid , from 2M (Morocco), elected deputy General Secretary. Jacques Hubinet , Chairman of the Films du Soleil , was re-elected Treasurer. 3 A new Board of Directors elected for 3 years The CMCA's AGM met on April 18 th and nominated 8 new members who will sit on the association's Board for the next three years. The elected members are: Karim Abdelhamid , from the documentation service at 2M (Morocco), Kerem Balci , deputy chairman of international relations at TRT (Turkey), Ahmed Djabri , Deputy Director of external relations at EPTV (Algeria), Paule Héradès , of Apimed ( Association des Producteurs Indépendants de la Méditerranée ), Jacques Hubinet , Chairman of Films du Soleil , Pier Luigi Malesani , General Secretary of CoPeAM, Marie-Christine Saragosse , Director of TV5 Monde, and Tatjana Simic , Co-ordinator of international projects at HRT (Croatia). Two new members Two new members were introduced at the AGM: the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme at Lille, through its subsidiary ESJ Pro , and Groupe Médias du Sud . Lille's Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme – ESJ or Higher School of Journalism , founded in 1924, is a tertiary institution ranked in France and abroad as among the best of its kind. As well as teaching journalism and providing on-going training opportunities, the ESJ has been running different co-operation programmes for the past 20 years, in Asia, central and eastern European countries, in Africa and at the heart of the Mediterranean area. It started the Théophraste network (which today groups some twenty French-language centres for teaching journalism), with training facilities in Lille and Paris, at the same time strengthening its trans-Mediterranean ambitions by the setting up a TV studio in Montpellier for teaching audiovisual techniques. Groupe Médias du Sud is already strongly represented in the Languedoc-Roussillon and the Bouches-du-Rhône with TV Sud in Nîmes and Montpellier, and LCM in Marseille. It wants to increase its coverage in the Mediterranean area with future channels at Nice, Toulon and Perpignan, concentrating on programmes with a Mediterranean flavour. By belonging to the CMCA, it hopes to benefit from an exchange of programmes and join co-productions, as well as being part of the debate about which direction Mediterranean media should be going in. The group works not only in television, but has a mix of internet and free print newspapers. 4 Two new administrators nominated by France Télévisions at the CMCA Board Meeting Rémy Pflimlin, chairman of France Télévisions , founder member of the CMCA, nominated two new administrators to the association's Board of Directors : Yves Rolland, General Secretary of France Télévisions and Hervé Michel, head of international affairs at France Télévisions. They replace Jean Réveillon, new head of France 2, and Jean-Marie Belin. Yves ROLLAND has been General Secretary to the chairman of France Télévisions since August 2010. A graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, an MA in public law at Paris University and a former pupil of the prestigious Ecole Nationale d'Administration, he began his professional career at the Cour des Comptes. He has been a technical advisor to several ministries and chaired important broadcasting production companies. Hervé MICHEL is director of international affairs at France Télévisions . He has an MA in business law and also graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. During his career Hervé Michel has occupied jobs as European Marketing and Sales Director at Walt Disney Productions as well as Director of International Sales at France Télévisions Distribution . Since May 2007 he has been deputy director of international affairs at France Télévisions 5 Framework Partnership Agreement Signed between MuCEM ( Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée ) and the CMCA ( Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle ) Yves Rolland and Bruno Suzarelli, with, from the left: François Jacquel Managing Director of the CMCA, Ahmed DJABRI (EPTV- Algeria) CMCA vice-chairman, Maria Du Bessé (RAI – Italy), CMCA General Secretary, Julie Basquin, MuCEM's head of communication, Eren EKE, representing Kerem BALCI (TRT- Turquie),CMCA vice- chairman On April 18 th , the director of MuCEM, Bruno Suzzarelli and the new chairman of the CMCA, Yves Rolland, General Secretary of France Télévisions , signed a framework partnership agreement between the two institutions. This framework agreement clarifies the areas of collaboration between MuCEM and the CMCA. It will give the general public access to the Mediterranean broadcasting heritage. Films, images and broadcasting archives will be made available by MuCEM. Every film which has won a award at the CMCA PriMed festival will be made available and broadcast by MuCEM. Through this partnership, the two institutions will be able to organise joint public meetings and other events (screenings, debates, training, the award ceremony, Mediterranean Week), using mainly MuCEM's premises and facilities. The first initiative under this framework agreement will be “La Semaine de la Méditerranée ” to be held at MuCEM in June 2013 for the museum's inauguration. 6 17 th PriMed, from June 17 th to 21 st 2013 in Marseille, European Culture Capital Deadline for registering and sending films : September 30 th 2012 The CMCA has decided to organise the next PriMed from June 17 th to the 21 st 2013, so as to be part of Marseille Provence 2013, European Culture Capital. PriMed – the International Award for Mediterranean Documentary and Current Affairs Film is for film-makers, directors, producers and broadcasters who, through their films and programmes help to improve the public's knowledge of the countries of the Mediterranean in its widest sense, from the Atlantic coast to the Black Sea. The films presented look at the culture, heritage, history, societies and life of the men and women living in Mediterranean countries. They must not contain any element of advertising or propaganda. Nine Awards will be given: - The France Télévisions documentary Grand Prix "Mediterranean Issues" (6,000 €) - The "Mediterranean Memory” Award (5,000 €) - The "First Documentary” Award (5,000 €) - The "Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures" Award (5,000 €) - The "Mediterranean Reportage" Award (5,000 €) - The Special Jury Award (5,000 €) - The Young Public Award (5,000 €) - The Award for the best Mediterranean short film (2,500 €) - The Mediterranean Multimedia Award (2,500 €) There are two web-sites for more detailed information: - The CMCA web-site: www.cmca-med.org - The PriMed web-site: www.primed.tv . You will also find on this site videos, interviews and news films from previous PriMeds. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR REGISTRATION FORM. 7 LIFE IN THE CHANNELS #Tunisia / Habib Belaïd sacked from Tunisian radio #Tunisia / Soon a professional conduct code for Télévision Tunisienne #Tunisia / Verdict in the "Persepolis" trial #Morocco / New specifications for SNRT and 2M #Romania / The private channel OTV collared for electoral propaganda #Spain / RTVE even deeper in crisis #Spain / Xplora replaces LaSexta2 #France / France 3 Corse ViaStella and TV5Monde commit themselves to the French language #Tunisia / Habib Belaïd sacked from Tunisian radio Habib Belaïd ( photo ), who has been managing director of Radio Tunisienne since the end of the revolution, was relieved of his post on April 20 th . He learnt the news when he looked at the Tunisian Republic's Official Journal – on April 24 th . M. Belaid says nobody informed him of the decision, he discovered it for himself. “I learnt it by chance, through one of my staff. Then it was confirmed when I looked at the Official Journal,” he explained. Several heads of public radio stations have resigned out of solidarity.