Category: CINEMA

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TUNISIA / Theatre release in Tunisia of “El Gort”

“El Gort”, the first feature-length documentary from Tunisian director Hamza Ouni, has won several awards, including the Bronze Tanit in the documentary category at the 25th Carthage Film Festival last December. In February it was released in Tunisian cinemas. The story: “Two young Tunisians try to survive by selling hay. Their workday starts early and …

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FRANCE / Release of Eran Riklis’s “Dancing Arabs”

After “The Syrian Bride” and “The Lemon Tree”, Israeli director Eran Riklis’ latest film, “Dancing Arabs”, opened in France on February 11th. The film (released in France as “Mon Fils”) is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Sayed Kashua, an Arab Israeli writer/journalist. It’s about identity and the complex relationship between Israeli’s and Arabs. “Iyad …

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ROMANIA / Grants for film-making in Transylvania

Cluj, the town which hosts the Transylvania International Film Festival, taking place this year from May 29th to June 7th, will officially launch Romania’s first regional film support fund “Funding for Transylvanian film” in April 2015. Setting up a fund was the brain-child of the festival chairman, Tudor Giurgiu. The aim is to attract film-makers …

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FRANCE / Death of René Vautier

The politically committed film-maker René Vautier, died on January 4th 2015 at the age of 86. Born on January 15th 1928 at Camaret-sur-Mer in Brittany, he joined the Resistance in 1943. After the war, he obtained his degree at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) and joined the French Communist Party. He is known …

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ITALY / Death of film-maker Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi, Italian film-maker, author of “Le Mani sulla città” winner of the Golden Lion at the 1963 Venice Film Festival, and “Il caso Mattei” winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1972, died on Saturday, January 10th at the age of 92. Born November 15th 1922 in Naples, he started in the world …

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EGYPT / Death of Faten Hamama, icon of Arab cinema

Egyptian actress Faten Hamama died on Saturday, January 17th at the age of 83. Her film career began at the age of 9 in Mohamed Karim’s “Happy Days”, but in the 1950s it really took off, reaching a peak in the 1970s. She appeared in hundreds of films in many different genres, from romantic comedy …

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FRANCE / Cinema release for David Oelhoffen’s “Loin des hommes”

David Oelhoffen’s “Loin des hommes” was released in French cinemas on January 14th. The film was inspired by Albert Camus’ short story “The Host” in his 1957 collection “Exile and the Kingdom”. “1954. While the Algerian war of independence is brewing in the valley, two men, total opposites, are forced to flee across the ridges …

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