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After the announcement by Sarim Fassi Fihri, head of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain, that in 2014 there had been record investment in film and television productions shot in Morocco, “The Guardian” newspaper claimed that Morocco is ranked among the Top Ten film locations in the world, just behind Vancouver (Canada) and ahead of New Zealand. …
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For 2015 Constantine has become “Arab Culture Capital”, an event which allows the city to breathe new life into its cultural institutions and showcase Algerian history and culture across the Arab world. During the event there will also be a frenzy of film production in the city, with fifteen films (shorts and feature films, dramas …
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The Spanish actor Antonio Resines has been acting-chair of Spain’s Academia de Cine since last February’s resignation of producer and distributor Enrique Gonzalez Macho, for “personal reasons”, less than a year after his re-election. On April 1st, when nominations closed, the only candidate was Antonio Resines. He was joined by two candidates for the posts …
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“Le Challat de Tunis”, a first feature by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, opened in cinemas on April 1st. The film-maker based her “documenteur” (a lying documentary – or mockumentary), on a 2003 news item: “A rumour was rampant in Tunis: a man on a motorcycle, armed with a razor, was slashing the buttocks of …
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To coincide with the theatrical release of his most recent film “Révolution Zendj”, Algerian film-maker Tariq Teguia was the guest of honour at the Centre Pompidou in Paris during a 10-day tribute to him in March. Two years ago “Révolution Zendj” won the Belfort Festival Grand Prix and the Scribe Award for Cinema. It is …
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Arte has announced that ARTE France Cinéma and ARTE France will be funding two new cinema documentaries: “Beyond Lampedusa” by Italian director Gianfranco Rosi and “The Corridors of Power” by Israeli director Dror Moreh. Both focus on crises in today’s world. Best known for “Below Sea Level” (2008), “El Sicario, Room 164” (2010) and “Sacro …
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“Tournez, mesdames!” (Make films, ladies) said Alice Guy-Blaché, the film industry’s first woman director, in 1914. A century later, women directors continue to enrich our way of looking at the world. They fight, invent, shatter stereotypes. And their films, full of humour, fury or impertinence, help us discover other realities, other truths. Women film-makers are …
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