Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

ALGERIA / Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival

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From March 21st to 27th, the town of Annaba celebrated its 3rd Mediterranean Film Festival, which, after 25 years absence, made a comeback in 2015. According to the festival’s commissioner, Saïd Ouled Khalifa, the event “has met the challenge of quality and training to establish itself first of all as a place to discover great …

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ISRAEL / Festival of French Film

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From March 13th until April 7th Israel is hosting the 15th French Film Festival to showcase recent films and classics of French cinema. Organised by the Institut français in Israel and the Eden Cinema, the festival offers a varied programme, showing the diversity and richness of French cinema. This year’s guests of honour are director …

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EGYPT / 7th Festival of African Film at Luxor

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Organized by the Independent Shabab Foundation (ISF), the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) was created by writer Sayed Fouad as an alternative to other Egyptian cultural events, most of which take place either in Alexandria or Cairo. Its aim is to encourage African productions and partnerships between the continent’s various countries. The Festival is supported …

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FRANCE / The printemps du film engagé at Marseille

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The third printemps du film engagé, a festival of politically committed drama and documentary films, will be held in Marseille from April 6th to 14th. Organized by a collective of the same name, this year’s festival focuses on the theme “1968-2018, why I continue the fight”. Primitivi, a Marseille-based street television for alternative news, will …

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FRANCE / Candidate call for the URTI Grand Prix

Since 1981 the Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has organized an annual competition for auteur documentaries, with a Grand Prix for the winning film. The aim of the competition is four-fold: to encourage the independent documentary format, to promote humanist values ​​of tolerance and respect between peoples, to reject any form of propaganda whatsoever …

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CROATIA / 14th ZagrebDox

The 14th ZagrebDox, the largest documentary festival in the Balkans, was held in the Croatian capital from February 25th to March 4th. The opening film was Marta Prus’ “Over the Limit”, following a 20-year-old Russian gymnast hoping to win an Olympic medal. The film won the “Small Stamp” for the best film made by someone …

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ITALY / Call for application for the 12th “C’é un tempo per… l’integrazione” festival

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PrimMed’s partner and friend for many years, this festival will be held in Bergamo and Sarnico (Italy) from May 10th to 13th. Its goal is to bring together and promote films about multiculturalism from all over the world. It also gives a special place to young cinematographers, independent film-makers and innovative projects. The festival’s criteria …

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