Category: CINEMA

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TUNISIA / The Cinémathèque tunisienne is organising “Tunisia 2011: the Time of the Documentary”

Tunisie-2011

From January 17th to 31st the Cinematheque tunisienne, in partnership with the Direction Générale Des Arts Scéniques et Audiovisuels, is offering a series of screenings: “Tunisia 2011: the Time of the Documentary”. The programme looks back at the events of January 14th 2011 and the Tunisian revolution through the lenses of film-makers. The selected films …

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ITALY / Filming Paola Randi’s “Facciamo tutti centro”

Fandango

Produced by Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Cinema and the Swiss company Spotlight Media, Paola Randi’s latest feature, Facciamo tutti centro, was filmed in Milan and Rome. Written by Paola Randi and Valia Santella, known for her work on screenplays for the films of Nanni Moretti (Towards a Bright Future, Tre Piani) and Marco Bellocchio …

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MOROCCO / Pathé opens its first cinema in Casablanca

Pathé

The French group Pathé Cinemas continues its expansion in Africa with the opening of its first cinema in Morocco. Having built others in Tunisia and Senegal, Pathé opened the Pathé Californie Casablanca on December 19th with the group’s president, Aurélien Bosc, officiating. During the ceremony Monsieur Bosc said his group had invested the substantial sum …

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EGYPT / CineGouna SpringBoard unveils its winners

El Gouna Film Festival

After announcing the cancellation of its 6th edition because of the war between Hamas and Israel, the El Gouna Film Festival was finally held from December 14th to 22nd. During the event the professional section, CineGouna, announced the winners of this year’s SpringBoard. CineGouna SpringBoard is a project development and co-production lab. providing creative and …

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MOROCCO / “La Plaie”, Seloua El Gouni’s first feature

Pink Sheep Productions

Seloua El Gouni’s film La Plaie (The Wound), which recently completed shooting in Casablanca, is now in post-production. Producer Taha Benghalem, co-founder of the production company Pink Sheep, talks about the film, which is distinguished by its “100% Moroccan” character. With a budget of 4 million dirhams (around 370,000€), this drama explores the complex mix …

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CROATIA / The animated short “Eeva” preselected for the Oscars

Eeva

Out of an initial list of ninety three, Eeva, a Croatian animated short directed by Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov, is one of 15 international films preselected to compete for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category. Producer Draško Ivezić attributes this success to the quality of Croatian animation and the Croatian Audiovisual …

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ALGERIA / Student Cinema Days at Skikda

Journées du Cinéma Étudiant à Skikda

Organized by the association Jeunes Étoiles, in partnership with Skikda’s Université 20 août 1955, the Student Cinema Days brought many aspiring directors together for a three day event. The highlight was the award ceremony for the best student shorts. The Best Film Award went to Mohamed-Larbi Bourourou’s Koullouna Nantami which sensitively follows a boy suffering …

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