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ROMANIA / Radu Jude’s next film begins post-production

Radu_Jude_IFFR_2020

After winning the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale, Radu Jude returns with a new film, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, currently in post-production. Divided into two parts, the film follows an overworked and underpaid production assistant who is researching a video on safety in the workplace commissioned by …

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MOROCCO / Record turnover for the CCM

Centre Cinématographique Marocain

Khalid Saidi, acting CEO of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), has announced that in 2022 foreign filming in the country earned two billion dirhams, or around €179 million. That nearly doubles October 2022’s original forecast of just over one billion. As a reminder, the turnover in 2019, the last year before all filming was halted, …

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ALBANIA / Start of production for “Man of the House”

Lissus Media

Andamion Murataj’s first feature Man of the House has officially begun production. Man of the House is about Fran who, although born a woman, has chosen to live as a celibate man in the recognised tradition of Albanian Sworn Virgins. By taking a vow of chastity Fran is given the status of a man, allowing …

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BULGARIA / Winners of the 20th Sofia Meetings

Sofia Meetings 2023

The 20th Sofia Meetings co-production market was held from March 22nd to 26th as part of the Sofia International Film Festival (March 16th – 31st). Every year more than 700 producers, distributors and professionals in the region come together for these 5 days. Sofia Meetings offers screenings, workshops, conferences and pitching sessions in which project …

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EGYPT / This year’s Cairo International Film Festival

CIFF

The organizers of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) have announced that the 45th edition will be held from November 15th to 24th. CIFF is one of the oldest and most regular festivals in the Arab world and Africa, with Hussein Fahmy the current president and Amir Ramses, a film-maker, the artistic director. It is …

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FRANCE / 42nd URTI International Grand Prix for creative documentary

URTI

The Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) is organizing the 42nd International Grand Prix for creative documentaries. Registration is open until April 18th. Participation in the 42nd URTI Grand Prix is open to public and private television companies as well as associations and institutions working in the audiovisual medium (maximum of two programmes per company). …

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ROMANIA / Stere Gulea’s new film in production

Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time

Produced by Libra Film Productions, filming has begun on the third instalment of The Moromete Family. Directed by Stere Gulea, this trilogy began in 1987 with The Moromete Family – a feature film now considered one of the best Romanian films in the history of cinema. 30 years later the second episode was released, The …

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