Morocco is currently hosting some of the filming Ang Lee’s new film “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” in Ourzazate, with American actor Vin Diesel in the role of the soldier Shroom. The film is an adaptation of Ben Fountain’s book “End of half time for Billy Lynn soldier” about a 19 year old American soldier, …
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TUNISIA / A new head of CNCI
Fathi Kharrat was appointed head of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image (CNCI), a Tunisian institution created in July 2012 to manage the cinema sector (production, distribution, film industry, film festivals, training). It is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation which wants to revitalize the film and broadcasting sector by …
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FRANCE / Release of Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s “Mustang”
“Mustang”, the first feature by Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, will be released in France on June 17th. “The beginning of summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters play innocently with boys on their way home from school. The supposed debauchery of their games creates a scandal with unexpected consequences. …
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FRANCE / Release of Merzak Allouache’s “Les terrasses”
The latest film by Algerian director Merzak Allouache “Les Terrasses” opened in France on May 6th. The film has won several awards, in particular the Gold Amayas at the Algiers Festival of North African Film and Best Director of the Arab World and the FIPRESCI Award at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival. “From dawn …
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EGYPT / 20 days of documentary
From May 6th to 26th Cairo’s Zawya cinema was given over to documentaries. For twenty days the cinema hosted conferences, workshops and a programme of 20 films covering 1922 to the present. The idea of the festival is to help the Egyptian public discover the documentary genre and open discussion about its forms, creativity and …
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MOROCCO / “Much Loved” banned
“Much Loved”, the latest film by Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May, arouses strong reactions and debate. It has just been banned in Moroccan cinemas. According to a May 25th press release from the Ministry of Communications: “The Moroccan authorities have decided not to allow the screening of the …
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ALGERIA / “Creating the Cinémathèque Algérienne”: exhibition and screenings
Founded in January 1965, the Cinematheque of Algiers is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the event, the Centre Algérien pour la Cinématographie (CAC), the Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC) and the Algiers Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMA), have organized an exhibition entitled “La Saga de la création de …
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