Services

Video/TV

Mostra is able to rely on over twenty years' experience in the field of high-quality audiovisual production. Thanks to our in-house equipment and experienced teams, as well as our network of specialised partners, we have conducted video production in all the countries of the EU, and beyond. These include multilingual documentaries, topical features, advertisements, and promotional videos.

Over the past ten years or so, we have acquired specific experience in the design and production of Video News Releases (VNR) on behalf of the European institutions. These video reports are usually between 5 and 10 minutes long. Each one relies on journalistic techniques to provide a real-life story which clearly illustrates a specific European issue in fields such as the environment, energy and transport, education and culture, enlargement or justice and home affairs.

The reports are offered to TV journalists and producers free of rights, to encourage coverage of subjects which the broadcasters may not be able to research and shoot themselves, and to enhance the quality of media coverage of important European issues.

Every year, we produce about forty VNRs, which are widely used by television organisations throughout the whole of Europe and often in other parts of the world. For more details, visit our special website for TV professionals www.tvlink.org.

A few examples of our achievements in this area:

Video News Releases (VNRs)

«European biodiversity under threat: the lynx, a symbol and a challenge» (European Commission - Environment DG, 2004, French/English). This video report was made to coincide with the International Convention on Biodiversity held in Kuala Lumpur in February 2004. The video aims to raise European citizens' awareness of the threats facing the biodiversity of their continent, and of the need to take action to protect it. The Iberian lynx is an example of a European species threatened with extinction, and was chosen as the symbol of this awareness-raising campaign. The film was shot on location in Spain, during a visit by Margot Wallström, the Environment Commissioner, to inspect a project supported by the European Commission, which should help to save this rare animal from extinction.



Documentaries

«Shaping up the new Europe» (European Commission - Enlargement DG, 2003, 11 languages). This film traces the history of the current enlargement of the European Union, a process which started with the fall of the Berlin Wall and continues today with many former Communist countries among the new Member-States.





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«Netdays 2003» (European Commission- Education and Culture DG, 2003, 11 languages). A concise and visual advertisement for the week of European 'Netdays', which encourages innovative uses of new media in schools, colleges and communities.

Promotional Videos

«e-Europe 2005» (European Commission - Information Society DG, 2003, French-English). A series of five videos illustrating the action plan of «e-Europe 2005» produced to support the European Commission's participation in the «Telecom 2003» international fair.

DVDs

«Socrates» (European Commission - Education and Culture DG, 2004): Production of a DVD providing a survey of the actions within the Socrates 2 programme, including the Comenius, Erasmus, Grundtvig, Lingua and Minerva projects. The DVD is aimed at the educational community (students, teachers, members of the Socrates network, project developers, local authorities). This DVD, which is available in 11 languages, mixes filmed images, texts, photographs and computer graphics.