For almost 6 weeks Bilbao and its region have been the location for filming Pablo Hernando’s feature Una Ballena The screenplay, written by Hernando, is about a lone contract killer (played by Ingrid García-Jonsson) who is able to disappear without a trace. This power makes her a ruthless professional, but it comes to her from …
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TURKEY / TRT launches TRT Tabii, an international streaming platform
The Turkish public broadcaster, TRT, has launched an international video-on-demand platform TRT Tabii. The platform has been accessible since May 7th in Turkey and by the end of the year will be available in about twenty countries. It offers many home-grown programmes, including a choice of popular series broadcast over the past ten years. Viewers …
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ROMANIA / Călin Peter Netzer’s “Familiar” starts post-production
Produced by Parada Film, in co-production with Cinema DeFacto and Gaijin (France) and Volos Films (Taiwan), Călin Peter Netzer is starting the post-production of his 4th feature, Familiar. Written by Netzer and Iulia Lumânare, the film is about a Romanian film-director in his forties (played by Emanuel Pârvu) who is starting work on a film …
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MOROCCO / 2M and RTBF sign a partnership agreement
On May 10th RTBF, the French-language arm of the Belgian public broadcaster, and 2M signed an agreement to consolidate their partnership. Signed by Faycal Laaraichi, CEO of Morocco’s public broadcaster and Soread 2M and by Jean-Paul Philippot, RTBF’s General Administrator, with Morocco’s Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid overseeing, this agreement covers …
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ALGERIA – MOROCCO / “Mayna” and “Bghit Hyatek” win awards at the Dakar Series Festival
During the first Dakar Series Festival, the Algerian series Mayna and the Moroccan series Bghit Hyatek both won awards. Organized from May 3rd to 6th Dakar Series is the first pan-African festival for television series. During those four days the event showed series produced across the African continent, offering as well professional discussions and networking …
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JORDAN / International screenings of “Daughters of Abdulrahman”
In May Jordanian film-maker Zaid Abu Hamdan’s first feature, Daughters of Abdulrahman, was screened in three countries as part of a world tour. It was shown twice in Switzerland, in Milan during Nuovo Armenia (a festival for films from Africa, Asia and South America) and in Holland. Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, the …
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MALTA / 1st Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta
The Malta Film Commission has announced the Mediterrane Film Festival, a new event which will be held from June 25th to 30th in Valletta and on the various islands of the archipelago. The event’s website says the aim “is to strengthen Malta’s position in the global film market while promoting cultural exchange and cooperation between …
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