Egyptian director and DOP Haya Khairat won the Angénieux Special Encouragement Award at the recent Cannes Film Festival – the first time an Egyptian cinematographer has won this award. Since 2013 the Pierre Angénieux Tribute ceremony has honoured directors of photography, and since 2018 the work of promising cinematographers. Pierre Angénieux founded the camera lens …
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MOROCCO / Marrakech International Film Festival: candidate call
The 20th Marrakech International Film Festival has announced that the application call for this year’s festival is now open. The call is also open for the 6th Atlas Workshops. Created in 2001, the Marrakech International Film Festival will be held this year from November 24th to December 2nd. The call for films is not only …
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ALGERIA / An Assembly in Algiers to discuss the film industry
At the end of April there was a Convention on the film industry in Algiers, organised by the Ministry of Culture and Arts. Following a report for a parliamentary bill on the film sector, these meetings were set up to “debate and enrich the law and define the main lines of a future strategy on …
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SPAIN – ITALY / Shooting “Una Ballena”
For almost 6 weeks Bilbao and its region have been the location for filming Pablo Hernando’s feature Una Ballena The screenplay, written by Hernando, is about a lone contract killer (played by Ingrid García-Jonsson) who is able to disappear without a trace. This power makes her a ruthless professional, but it comes to her from …
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ROMANIA / Călin Peter Netzer’s “Familiar” starts post-production
Produced by Parada Film, in co-production with Cinema DeFacto and Gaijin (France) and Volos Films (Taiwan), Călin Peter Netzer is starting the post-production of his 4th feature, Familiar. Written by Netzer and Iulia Lumânare, the film is about a Romanian film-director in his forties (played by Emanuel Pârvu) who is starting work on a film …
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JORDAN / International screenings of “Daughters of Abdulrahman”
In May Jordanian film-maker Zaid Abu Hamdan’s first feature, Daughters of Abdulrahman, was screened in three countries as part of a world tour. It was shown twice in Switzerland, in Milan during Nuovo Armenia (a festival for films from Africa, Asia and South America) and in Holland. Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, the …
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MALTA / 1st Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta
The Malta Film Commission has announced the Mediterrane Film Festival, a new event which will be held from June 25th to 30th in Valletta and on the various islands of the archipelago. The event’s website says the aim “is to strengthen Malta’s position in the global film market while promoting cultural exchange and cooperation between …
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