Category: CINEMA

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CROATIA / Box-office takings for Croatian films are rising

In 2025 the income from Croatian cinemas reached a historic high of €22.5 million. This increase is largely due to a rise in the average ticket price from €5.80 to €6.35. 2025 was also the best year for local films since 2013, with a total of 328,526 admissions. Documentaries accounted for a significant portion of …

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MALTA / The Malta Film Commission assesses the past 8 years

During a New Year’s speech, the Malta Film Commissioner, Johann Grech, reviewed his eight years at the helm of the commission. “In eight years,” he said, “two hundred productions have been filmed, spending approximately €730 million locally.” He estimates that the film industry has contributed nearly €1.5 billion to the Maltese economy. Johann Grech also …

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FRANCE / The Toulouse Occitanie Palestine Film Festival prepares for its 12th edition

The Toulouse Occitanie Palestine Film Festival returns for its 12th year from March 9th to 17th. This year’s Festival promises to be a beacon of hope, with a poster designed by Rami Abbas which, the organisers feel, evokes Mahmoud Darwish’s phrase: “I try to raise Hope as one raises a child.” In their press release, …

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ITALY / “Buen Camino” breaks records at the Italian box-office

Released in Italian cinemas on December 25th 2025, Buen Camino has become the highest-grossing film at the Italian box office in just 24 days, surpassing the record held by James Cameron’s Avatar (2009). In little over three weeks, Buen Camino sold 8,736,227 tickets and generated over €70 million in revenue. This record has had a …

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MOROCCO / Foreign productions generate 1.5 billion dirhams

Morocco’s Minister of Youth, Culture, and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, announced that foreign film productions have generated 1.5 billion dirhams (€140 million). This is a record for the Moroccan film industry. As Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid pointed out, “before 2021, we didn’t exceed 500 million dirhams.” In addition to the growing attractiveness of Moroccan locations, cinema …

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TUNISIA / The Tunisian director of “Lily” wins the $1million dollar Dubai AI Film Award

Tunisian director Zoubeir Jlassi won the $1million AI Film Award for his short film, Lily. The competition took place in Dubai during the 1 Billion Followers Summit, the world’s largest event for content creation. Organised by the UAE Government Media Office from January 9th to 11th, the event brought together more than 15,000 professionals, influencers, …

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ITALY / When East Meets West announces its chosen projects

The 16th When East Meets West took place from January 18th to 20th, focusing on the theme of “reality in transition”. Held alongside the Trieste Film Festival, the event brought together hundreds of industry professionals fostering international collaborations. There were several categories. This year the Co-production Forum presented 22 projects in development from 18 countries, …

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