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The 19th Béjaïa Film Meetings will take place from September 24th to 29th. Organized for the past 20 years by the Project’heurts association, these Rencontres are Algeria’s oldest film event. Open to the public and professionals, they promote international films and develop film projects in the region. Each year, the programme shows short films and …
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Inshallah a Boy, a film by Amjad Al-Rasheed (Jordan), and Voy! Voy! Voy! by Omar Hilal (Egypt) both won awards at the Septimius Awards ceremony. Held every year in Amsterdam, this international ceremony showcases films and series by new talents. More than thirty awards are given to directors, actors and film technicians. Al-Rasheed’s Inshallah a …
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The 17th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (FFA), from August 27th to September 1st, devoted part of its programme to Moroccan cinema. Each year the Festival has a rich programme, combining new productions with older classic francophone films. A competition, previews, a film concert, an open-air screening and many other events enhanced this year’s festival. Placing …
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Cypriot film-maker Paschalis Papapetrou has begun post-production on his documentary The History of Water. Going back to ancient times, his film traces the history of the Cypriots’ use of water and irrigation in their semi-arid region. In an interview with Film New Europe, the director explains: “The documentary is based on the writings of geologist …
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CIRCLE has announced this year’s 10 selected projects for its Women Doc Accelerator programme. CIRCLE is a unique international training programme for directors, producers and non-binaries working in documentaries and drama. Its Doc Accelerator programme, created in 2018, offers training to 10 women with documentary projects. The programme consists of three modules during which the …
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The film Find Me Falling by South African-Cypriot director Stelana Kliris is the first Cypriot feature film to screen worldwide on Netflix. The online broadcast is scheduled for July 19th, the day of the film’s cinema release on the island. Find Me Falling is about an American rock star who moves to Cyprus when his …
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As part of the 17th Split Mediterranean Film Festival (June 13th – 22nd), the Egyptian Voy! Voy!Voy! won the Best Feature Film Award and the Jury Award. Directed and written by Omar Hilal, the film is about a security guard desperate to leave Egypt. Discovering blind football, he fakes blindness so he can get on …
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