This year, PriMed celebrates its 30th edition. Thirty years dedicated to Mediterranean documentary film. Thirty years of showcasing the diversity and intensity of a region where the world’s stability is at stake. Our festival remains passionately committed to promoting documentary filmmaking through a rich and unique program, curated especially for this occasion. It takes place …
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EGYPT / “The Stories” chosen to compete in the 2027 Oscars
Egypt has selected Abu Bakr Shawky’s “The Stories” to represent the country in the “Best International Feature Film” category at the 99th Academy Awards. The Egyptian-Austrian director based the film on his own parents’ experiences. Set between the late 1960’s and the 1980’s, the film follows Ahmed, a young Egyptian from a modest family who …
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MOROCCO – ITALY / Future collaboration agreed at the Tétouan Film Festival
During the 31st Tétouan Mediterranean Film Festival, which took place from October 3rd to 10th, a partnership programme was launched with Italy’s Cinecittà for greater Italian-Moroccan collaboration and more co-productions. The idea is to foster bilateral ties between Tetouan and Matera. Both towns have been designated Mediterranean Capitals of Culture and Dialogue for 2026. A …
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ALGERIA / The 21st Béjaia “Rencontres Cinématographiques” closes
The 21st Béjaïa Film Festival took place from September 26th to October 1st at the local cinematheque. Thirty-two films from 15 countries, including Algeria, France, Tunisia, Egypt and Palestine, were shown during the event. In total, seven feature-length fiction films, six feature-length documentaries and nineteen short films were screened. Among them Hassen Ferhani’s documentary Alea …
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PALESTINE / The Gaza Film Academy created
At the recent Venice Film Festival, a group of Palestinian film-makers announced the creation of the Gaza Film Academy. They want to establish a centre in Gaza for film education, training and production, to connect local young film-makers with their international peers. As Dr. Ezzaldeen Shalh, co-founder of the Gaza Film Academy and founder of …
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BULGARIA / Bulgarian film-makers worried by the future of the Nu Boyana Film Studios
In September Bulgarian film-makers and employees gathered to protest outside Nu Boyana Studios. Their concern: the potential closure of the studios when the privatisation agreement ends. In the mid-2000’s, the studio was privatised and purchased by Nu Image. A 20-year agreement was signed containing specific clauses preventing the buyer from dismantling the historic studio or …
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MALTA / Malta announces an international call for tenders for the Land-Sea Super Stage
Malta has launched an international call to finance, build and operate the new Malta Film Studios which will house the world’s first Land-Sea Super Stage. Planned for Kalkara, the aim of this ambitious project is to build state-of-the-art studios directly integrated with Malta’s existing water tanks, creating a filming location which spans both land and …
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