Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

FRANCE EGYPT / The PriMed’s Prix des Jeunes de la Méditerranée makes a first call in Egypt

The first event for this year’s PriMed took place in Egypt, with the CMCA meeting a total of 400 young people in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said to discuss how they see their place in the Mediterranean world. To help the students sharpen their critical sense and express their opinions, the meetings were guided and …

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SPAIN / The next European Film Forum will be held during the San Sebastián Festival on September 23rd

After meeting in Venice on August 31st, the European Film Forum will meet again on September 23rd in San Sebastián, in the Basque country. It will take place during the film festival at the San Telmo Museum, with discussions around the theme of “New finance and collaboration models for promoting European films”. The European Film …

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CANADA / Films from the Mediterranean region win awards at the Toronto International Film Festival

The 44th TIFF has just wrapped in Canada, and several Mediterranean films have won awards there. The People’s Choice Award is for three films selected and voted by festival audiences. Since 2009 the award has been split into three categories: Film, Documentary and Midnight Madness. • PEOPLE’S CHOICE: MIDNIGHT MADNESS AWARD The Platform, by Spanish …

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NORTH AFRICA / The Arab Cinema Centre announces the members of the jury for the Arab Critics Awards for European Films

The Arab Cinema Centre announced that forty-two film critics from thirteen Arab countries have joined the jury of the Arab Critic Awards for European Films, a new section of the Critics’ Awards for Arab Films launched in partnership with the European Film Promotion. The Arab Critics Awards for European Films will select the best film …

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LEBANON / The director Ahmad Ghossein wins three awards at the ICW of the Venice Film Festival

Ahmad Ghossein’s Lebanese film All This Victory has won three awards during the International Critics’ Week at the 76th Venice Film Festival: the Critics’ Grand Prix, the Audience Award and the Best Technical Contribution Award. Synopsis. Lebanon, July 2006. War is raging between the Hezbollah and Israel. During a 24-hour ceasefire, Marwan sets off in …

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TUNISIA / Three Tunisian film projects selected at the Market Forum of the 2019 MAFF

This year Tunisia is the guest of honour of the 9th International Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF) in Sweden. The country will also be represented by three film projects selected for the funding programmes of the MAAF Market Forum, which is held in parallel with the Festival from October 5th to 8th 2019. 22 film …

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / The Sarajevo Film Festival announces its programme

The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from August 16th to 23rd. 53 films have been selected from the 950 sent in – all from south-eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Each is in the running to win a Heart of Sarajevo in one of the four categories: feature film, documentary, short film and …

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