Category: EUROMEDITERRANEAN

All news about cultural projects between Europe and Mediterranean

SPAIN / Project call for the 22nd MEDIMED

MEDIMED 2021

MEDIMED, the annual get-together for Euro-Mediterranean documentary co-productions,  will be held in Sitges, a town in the south-west of Barcelona, from October 4th to 8th  2021. Now in its 22nd year, MEDIMED wants to encourage dialogue between television professionals and independent producers while promoting new projects and recent productions. MEDIMED is organized by the Association de producteurs indépendants de la …

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UNITED KINGDOM / SAFAR Film Festival, the only festival solely for Arab cinema, is back after the pandemic

SAFAR

Organized and founded in 2012 by the Arab British Centre, SAFAR Film Festival is the only UK film festival dedicated to the Arab world. This year’s hybrid edition, running from July 11th to 17th, is organized around the theme of “generational encounters in Arab cinema”, through contemporary and classic films about the emerging generation, family disparities …

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FRANCE / The 33rd International URTI Radio Grand Prix launches its call for candidates

URTI Radio Grand Prix

The Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has launched its 33rd annual competition for the International Radio Grand Prix. This year’s theme: “the question of gender in tomorrow’s world”. The application deadline is September 1st 2021. Participation in the URTI Grand Prix is open to all international public and private radio organizations as well as associations and institutions working in …

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ARAB WORLD / Candidate call for the 2021/2022 CLOSE UP programme

CLOSE UP

CLOSE UP, a Brussels-based not-for-profit organization, puts artists from “broken” societies in touch with others, working to build bridges despite censorship: “passionate, talented and courageous film-makers with a deep understanding of the complexities of their communities […] who shine a light on the most pressing social and political realities.” CLOSE UP invites directors from Afghanistan, …

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FRANCE MOROCCO / Crowdfunding campaign for “Rahma et Abraham” via KissKissBankBank

Rahma et Abraham

After her trilogy “Nos mères, nos daronnes”, “On nous appelait beurettes” and “Meufs de (LA) Cité” director Bouchera Azzouz has launched a crowdfunding appeal on the KissKissBankBank platform for her new documentary “Rahma et Abraham”. “In order for women to count we must tell their stories!” In 2015 870,000 people watched a documentary on France 2 about militant …

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ITALY / €40 million to help re-open cinemas

Dario Fransechini

Dario Franceschini, Italian Minister of Culture, has allocated an additional €40 million to the fund supporting the country’s film industry, making a total of over €275 million. The Italian government has supported the film and broadcasting sector – “the country’s main creative industry” – since the start of the pandemic and now is helping the …

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GREECE / “Unfortunately it was paradise” returns from May 30th to June 30th in Athens

Unfortunately it was paradise

“Unfortunately it was paradise” returns to Athens with a rich programme of Greek, Middle Eastern and North African films. The not-for-profit organization Locus Athens and the AIN Association have jointly organized open air and indoor screenings and conferences in Athens’ Tavros district. Launched in September 2020, the project was supposed to be a monthly programme …

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