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ITALY / A TUTTO SCHERMO puts 10 documentary films online until April 18th

In A Future April

Organized by Rete degli Spettatori and MyMovies, A TUTTO SCERMO continues its mission of creating an outlet for independent films and documentaries. From February 19th to April 18th 2021, a selection of 10 documentaries produced in Italy will be available on demand on the MyMovies platform. This year the documentaries have been chosen to “illustrate the variety of approaches …

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SPAIN / “Las niñas” wins 4 awards at the 35th Goyas ceremony

Las niñas

Pilar Palomero and her independent film “Las niñas” (“The girls”) took home 4 major awards at the 35th Goyas ceremony: Best Film, Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay – and Best Photography for Daniela Cajias, the first woman to receive this award. Women triumphed at this year’s Goyas: 40% of the nominees were women, a historic …

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TURKEY / Turkey’s first cinema museum opens

Cinéma Atlas Turquie

Istanbul’s first cinema museum was inaugurated on February 26th. The Turkish Cinema Museum has opened in the heart of the Europeanized Beyoğlu district, on Istiklal Street, much-frequented by tourists. It is housed in the same building as the Atlas Cinema, built in 1870 during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz and recently restored after two years’ …

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FRANCE / Candidate call for the 14th Corsican Festival MED di u Filmu Cortu

MED di u Filmu Cortu 2021

The Corsican Film Competition organized by Diffusion KVA will show the latest short films produced on the island. This year the event will be in two parts: in the first half of the year it will be in the town of Furiani, near Bastia, then at the start of summer in Porto Vecchio at the Corsican cinémathèque. The …

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TURKEY KOSOVO / New film co-operation agreement between Turkey and Kosovo

Accord bilatéral Turquie Kosovo

Turkey and Kosovo have formalized cooperation between their film industries. Signed in Ankara, the bilateral agreement should facilitate co-productions of films and TV series over the next five years, allocating financial support of between 20% to 80% to Kosovar-Turkish co-productions.  After the signing, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, praised the historical …

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ISRAEL / “Les Grandes Gueules Moyen-Orient”, the new programme from i24news

Les Grandes Gueules Moyen-Orient

The latest addition to the French version of Israel’s i24news promises “debates, opinions, and confrontations”. Launched at the end of January, the “Grandes Gueules Moyen-Orient” gives debating airtime to all sections of society – the basic requirement being “a strong temperament”. From Tel Aviv to Paris, via New York, Washington and Dubai, the channel tries to tackle …

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TUNISIA / Death of Moufida Tlatli, pioneer of Tunisian cinema and committed feminist

Moufida-Tlatli

Tunisian director, writer and editor Moufida Tlatli died on Sunday February 7th at the age of 74. The Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs paid tribute to the lifetime achievement of this pioneer of Tunisian cinema. “Les Silences du Palais”, the Arab woman under the weight of the past Now a cult film, her first feature “Les …

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