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For the past year the Italian government has been procrastinating over its planned changes to tax incentives for film and television production. Specifically this affects the funding available to film productions through a 40% tax credit. For industry associations and collectives, this delay in releasing the funding has a direct impact on small and medium-sized …
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The television channel Mediaset Italia has bought the broadcasting rights of two Turkish series: Woman and Forbidden Fruit. Both series are distributed by Calinos Entertainment, the leading exporter of Turkish series, programmes and films to the international market. Their sales manager, Goryana Vasileva, sees this collaboration with Mediaset Italia as “a new milestone in our …
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When East Meets West (WEMW), an event dedicated to audiovisual professionals, will run within the framework of the Trieste Film Festival, from January 19th to 22nd. The WEMW Co-production Forum has announced the 21 projects chosen from over 500 international projects received. This year’s selection includes 10 creative documentaries, 9 feature films and 2 animated …
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Considered the cornerstone of Lebanese independent cinema, the Metropolis Cinema, founded in 2006, has reopened its doors in Beirut after 4 years without a home. Created in 2006 by the Metropolis Association and based in the Hamra Cinema, it became a key venue for Lebanese film-lovers. Over the years the association worked with film-makers and …
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To a Land Unknown by Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel won the Golden Antigone at the 46th Cinemed, the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival. First shown during the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, the film follows two Palestinian refugees, Chatila and Reda, who are stuck in Athens. Desperately they try to make enough money to buy false passports, …
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The festival for Middle Eastern documentaries, Middle East Now, is preparing its 15th edition which will be held in Florence from October 15th to 20th. This year’s theme: Ecologies of Resistance. For the festival organisers this theme covers both the climate crisis and war, two tragedies they consider “deeply intertwined”. Using the earthquakes which hit …
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Premiered on September 10th at Casablanca’s Megarama cinema, Jihane Bahar’s feature Triple A is now on release across Morocco. Written by Ms. Bahar and Nadia Kamali Marwazi, it tells three love stories of marginalized protagonists whose destinies cross in an unexpected way. Between drama and black comedy, the film addresses many subjects such as delinquency, …
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