Category: CINEMA

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GERMANY / 28th European Film Awards

The 28th European Film Awards (EFA) will be held on December 12th in Berlin. The nominees for the awards will be announced on November 7th at the Seville Festival. For the first time the list of 52 eligible films published by the European Film Academy includes two from Kosovar: “Babai” and “Three Windows and a …

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FRANCE / Marseille : “Bonne mère” begins filming in early 2016

In early 2016 “Bonne mère”, the first film by actress Hafsia Herzi, will begin shooting in Marseille’s northern districts. Set in a housing estate, the film follows “Nora, a woman in her sixties with inexhaustible energy, watching over her family, her children and their friends.” “Bonne mère” is produced by Abdellatif Kechiche (Quat’sous Films). He …

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ITALY / “Suburra”, Netflix Italian series

In a press release on October 5th, the video-on-demand service Netflix announced its first Italian co-production, “Suburra”, in partnership with the production company Cattleya and in collaboration with Rai. Cattleya is already busy with successful series such as “Gomorra” and “Romanzo Criminale”. “Suburra” is an adaptation of Stefano Sollima’s film of the same name released …

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ITALY / Tension in the air filming “Gomorra”

The Italian series “Gomorra”, adapted from Roberto Saviano’s novel, has just started filming its second season. However, several districts and  suburbs of Naples such as Giuliano, Acerra and Afragola do not welcome the filming of this series about the Neapolitan Mafia, the Camorra. Thus, as the newspaper Le Monde said: “the mayors and administrators of …

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MOROCCO / Casa/docks: documentaries in the spotlight

In Casablanca, Casa/Docks is a new open-to-all cultural initiative to broadcast documentary films every week. Every Monday at Casablanca’s ABC Cinema, the public will be able to see independent documentaries, programmed to illustrate a new theme each month. There will also be discussions with freelance directors and actors. This month the theme is “How to …

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FRANCE / Touscoprod: call for web-series projects

Touscoprod, the crowdfunding platform for cinema and broadcasting, wants to encourage new talent in the world of web content by launching a call for projects connected with web-series. Any genre is allowed (animation, documentary, comedy, gaming) with no limit on length. Candidates must have a minimum fund-raising goal of €3,000 and a teaser or a …

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FRANCE / “Marseille” – the series – in production

Shooting “Marseille”, the first French series produced by the US giant Netflix, began on August 31st – in Marseille. The series, presented as a French “House of Cards”, will consist of eight 42-minute episodes, directed by Florent Emilio Siri, Thomas Gilou and Dominique Carrara. The audience will find themselves immersed in an electoral battle of …

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