The 21st Marrakesh International Film Festival closed on December 7th 2024. The jury, chaired by Italian director Luca Guadagnino, viewed 14 films presented in the official competition. The big winner this year was Happy Holidays by Palestinian director Scandar Copti. Two of the film’s actresses, Manar Shehab and Wafaa Aoun, also won the Best Actress …
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TUNISIA / CinémaTdour, the travelling cinema for everyone
Agora Djerba and the Focus Gabès Association have launched CinémaTdour, a 38-tonne truck transformed into a 100-seat cinema which for several months has been travelling through Tunisia. The project was created because of the lack of cinemas in Tunisia, particularly in the country’s rural areas. This travelling cinema truck is a way “of reaching a …
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ITALY / WEMW announces the projects chosen for its co-production forum
When East Meets West (WEMW), an event dedicated to audiovisual professionals, will run within the framework of the Trieste Film Festival, from January 19th to 22nd. The WEMW Co-production Forum has announced the 21 projects chosen from over 500 international projects received. This year’s selection includes 10 creative documentaries, 9 feature films and 2 animated …
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LEBANON / Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema reopens its doors
Considered the cornerstone of Lebanese independent cinema, the Metropolis Cinema, founded in 2006, has reopened its doors in Beirut after 4 years without a home. Created in 2006 by the Metropolis Association and based in the Hamra Cinema, it became a key venue for Lebanese film-lovers. Over the years the association worked with film-makers and …
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FRANCE / Fipadoc celebrates documentary creativity in the Balkans
This year’s Fipadoc, which runs from January 24th to February 1st, will devote its Territorial Focus to the Balkans, with 22 documentaries. Among the first titles announced, Maja Novaković’s At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking? (Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina) takes us to the heart of Bosnia where an elderly and solitary man, Emin, …
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Discover the winners of the 28th PriMed!
PriMed has just closed its doors. More than 3,000 young people from both shores of the Mediterranean were able to debate and vote for their favorite film. This year, they shared some very powerful moments with the guest directors. In particular, the 1983 films LES MARCHEURS DE L’ÉGALITÉ by Nina ROBERT and TACK by Vania …
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TURKEY / The 61st ABU AGM was held in Istanbul
Members of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the world’s largest broadcasting union with 230 members in 65 countries, gathered in Istanbul from October 18th to 23rd for the 61st ABU AGM and associated meetings to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of the media. Organised by TRT and themed “The Nexus of AI, …
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