MEDITERRANEAN / CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator announces their chosen projects

CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator

CIRCLE has announced this year’s 10 selected projects for its Women Doc Accelerator programme. CIRCLE is a unique international training programme for directors, producers and non-binaries working in documentaries and drama. Its Doc Accelerator programme, created in 2018, offers training to 10 women with documentary projects. The programme consists of three modules during which the …

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CYPRUS / For the first time Netflix adds a Cypriot film to its catalogue

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The film Find Me Falling by South African-Cypriot director Stelana Kliris is the first Cypriot feature film to screen worldwide on Netflix. The online broadcast is scheduled for July 19th, the day of the film’s cinema release on the island. Find Me Falling is about an American rock star who moves to Cyprus when his …

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CROATIA – EGYPT / The Egyptian film “Voy! Voy! Voy!” major winner at the Split Mediterranean Film Festival

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As part of the 17th Split Mediterranean Film Festival (June 13th – 22nd), the Egyptian Voy! Voy!Voy! won the Best Feature Film Award and the Jury Award. Directed and written by Omar Hilal, the film is about a security guard desperate to leave Egypt. Discovering blind football, he fakes blindness so he can get on …

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MENA / Winners of the 19th FIFOG

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The 19th International Oriental Film Festival (FIFOG) was held in Geneva from June 10th to 16th. There were 45 films, 16 directed by women, presented in four competitive categories. In the feature film category the jury awarded FIFOG Gold to Tunisian director Nada Mezni Hafaiedh. Her film, Take My Breath, is about a 23 year-old …

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ROMANIA / Romania Refund programme: the project call will soon be open

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To attract international productions, Romania offers selected projects a 30% refund of expenses spent on its territory. The call for applications for the 2024-2026 programme will open on July 25th. To be eligible, a production must comply with the rules laid down by the Office for Cinematographic and Cultural Investments (OFIC). A feature film of …

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ITALY – FRANCE / France TV and RAI Doc announce the results of their call for proposals

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Earlier this year, as part of their new partnership, France Télévisions and RAI Doc launched a call for international documentary proposals. In June, during the Sunny Side of the Doc, they announced the results. The broadcasters’ aim is to create and finance co-productions between Italian and French producers. The proposals have to fit into one …

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FRANCE – SPAIN / Studio Canal sells the Spanish series “La Promesa”

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Produced by Bambú Producciones, the Spanish series La Promesa (The Vow) has been sold by the Studiocanal group to several TV channels, including C8 (France) and Dubai TV (North Africa and the Middle East). Written by Josep Cister Rubio, Susana Prieto, Ruth García and Carmen Llano, La Promesa is set in Spain at the beginning …

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