The BBC has announced that the film Life and Death in Gaza will air on BBC Two on October 15th and then be available outside the UK on the BBC World Service YouTube page. From terrifying bombing raids to countless evacuations, the intensity of family separations and reunions to the deaths and even the birth …
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EGYPT / The documentary “Memoirs of M.A Draz” shown during Goethe Film Week
Goethe Film Week, organized by the Goethe Institutes in Alexandria and Cairo, screened an Egyptian documentary Memoirs of M.A Draz by Maggie Morgan. Considered by Egyptian critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour “one of the best films of the year,” the documentary is about an Azharite scholar, Mohamed Abdallah Draz, seen through letters, diaries, and photographs …
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BALKANS / Winners of the 7th AJB DOC Film Festival
Al-Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival has announced the winners of its 7th edition. Organised by Al-Jazeera Balkans, in collaboration with Al-Jazeera Media Network and Al-Jazeera Media Institute, the festival ran from September 13th to 17th in Sarajevo. Its aim: to promote film-makers and documentaries addressing social issues, focusing on the universal human values of courage, …
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ALGERIA / “196 mètres/Algiers” submitted for the Oscar nominations
The Commission algérienne has submitted Chakib Taleb-Bendiab’s Algiers for the 2025 Oscar nominations. Co-produced by Algeria and Canada, Taleb-Bendiab’s film is about an investigation led by a psychologist, Dounia, and a police Inspector trying to find a little girl kidnapped during the Algerian civil war. The film is Chakib Taleb-Bendiab’s first feature. Before that he …
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ITALY / The Middle East Now Festival prepares for its 15th edition
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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GREECE / The Agora co-production forum announces 15 chosen projects
The 20th Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum will be held in Thessaloniki from November 3rd to 7th as part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (October 31st to November 10th). AGORA presents 15 film projects from 17 countries in South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. The forum is designed to foster networking, co-production and creative collaboration …
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MOROCCO / “Triple A” in Moroccan cinemas since September 11th
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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