News about Festivals in Mediterranean
The 22nd Cyprus Film Days International Festival, the island’s largest film festival, will run from April 12th to 20th. This year’s international competition will have 11 feature films, 5 of which are Cypriot co-productions. Among them Sofia Exarchou’s Animal (Greece) about seasonal workers at an island resort preparing for the tourist season; Emilija Gasic’s 78 …
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In a recent press release, the Observatoire marocain de l’image et des médias announced that the 10th Cap Spartel International Film Festival in Tangier will be held from April 17th to 20th. The Festival’s theme this year is “Journeys towards the other”, more specifically focussing on “the relationship between cinema and travel as a way …
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The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 7th to 17th), complete with 250 international documentaries, has announced its award winners. There were 12 documentaries in the international section, competing for three awards. The prestigious Golden Alexander went to My Stolen Planet by director Farahnaz Sharifi and the Silver Alexander to Lidia Duda’s Forest. The jury …
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Amr Salama’s short film 60 Egyptian Pounds received its first international showing at the Friborg International Film Festival (March 15th – 25th). “60 Egyptian Pounds” is about an aspiring rapper, Ziad, and his family, all victims of an abusive father. Ziad takes refuge in music and writing song lyrics. When the situation at home becomes …
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During the 8th Aswan International Women’s Film Festival, from April 20th to 25th, there will be a tribute to Egyptian director Hala Khalil. Through her films Ms. Khalil has given us stories showing the struggles of Egyptian women for recognition, along with other social issues affecting the country. A good example is her 2015 feature …
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The 9th Beyond Borders, the international documentary festival held on the Greek island of Kastellorizo, will run from August 25th to September 1st, and to publicize the event the organisers have revealed the Festival poster. This year’s theme will be the concept “twice a stranger”. As the press release says, this notion reflects “the exchange …
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The 4th Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival has created a special programme in partnership with the Palestinian Film Institute – “Viva Palestina”. It will be held during the Festival which runs from April 24th to 30th. For the organizers this partnership will “create a distinctive section on Palestinian cinema, highlighting Palestinian film production.” Festival curator Mohamed …
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