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CYPRUS / The Cyprus Film Days returns to Cypriot cinemas

Cyprus Film Days

From April 16th to 24th Cyprus Film Days is once again having cinema screenings with a live audience. Co-organized by Cyprus’ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth, the European Commission and the European Parliament’s Cyprus Office, the “largest international film event on the island of Cyprus” traditionally takes place at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and …

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SPAIN / €12 million for the ICAA’s 2021 grants

ICAA

The Spanish Instituto de la Cinematografia y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) has published in the country’s Official Gazette its proposal for supporting feature-length film projects. €12 million will be shared among independent production companies working on a screenplay for a film of “particular cinematographic, cultural or social value”, or on a documentary in development, a first …

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FRANCE ITALY / “Pasolini, Pasoliniennes, Pasoliniens!”, a retrospective of the Italian film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini

Exposition sur Passolini Bpi

The Documentary Cinematheque of the Bpi (Bibliothèque publique d’information) at the Centre Pompidou in Paris is celebrating the work of Italian film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini. From April 1st to June 21st a season of documentaries will make 20 of his films available online, together with a selection of Italian films from the 1980’s to the present “all containing echoes, …

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CROATIA FRANCE / “All These Sensations in My Belly”, a Croatian short about a transgender person at the Annecy Short Film Festival

All those sensations in my belly

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival’s Short Film Competition will feature “All These Sensations in My Belly” by Marko Dješka. Released in 2020, this 13-minute short follows Matia’s transition from male to female and her struggles to establish an intimate relationship with a heterosexual man. A graduate of Zagreb’s Academy of Fine Arts, director Marko …

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ITALY / The Covid crisis alters the country’s film festival industry

AFIC

The Associazione festival italiani di cinema (AFIC) has published the results of a survey conducted in 2020 showing how festivals across the country are changing. Of the 142 Italian film festivals participating in the study, “62% say they are considering a hybrid form for their next edition”. More than a third of festivals see this obligatory change …

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TURKEY AZERBAIJAN / Turkey and Azerbaijan sign cinema and audiovisual cooperation agreement

Accord Turquie Azerbaïdjan

Representatives from Turkey and Azerbaijan met in Ankara to agree on a series of agreements and strengthen their bilateral cultural cooperation. Azerbaijani Minister of Culture Anar Karimov and Turkey’s Minister of International Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu praised the unity of their countries. Their cultural alliance will ensure “the promotion of the translation and publication of modern …

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PORTUGAL / “Contado por mulheres”, filming starts for ten films made by ten well-known women directors

Contado por Mulheres

“Contado por mulheres” (Told By Women) is a series of ten Portuguese literary works adapted as films for television by ten female film-makers. Ten stories to make people weep, laugh and talk about the tragedies of the past and challenges of today. The films will be shot between April and August in ten towns in …

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