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The international rights for the Serbian film Music have been bought by the French company Shellac. The film premiered at the 73rd Berlinale. Written and directed by Angela Schanelec, it is freely inspired by the Oedipus myth. Abandoned at birth on a stormy night in the Greek mountains, without having known either his father or …
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Presented in 2014 during Montpellier’s Cinemed Meetings, Nick Igea’s first feature Un paseo por el Borne (A walk through el Born) is currently filming in Palma on Majorca. Co-written by Nick Igea, Elio Quiroga and Zebina Guerra, the film is about a man in his late fifties, Martín (played by Rodolfo Sancho), who has not …
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The 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF) will take place from March 2nd to 12th. The organizers have named the 34 films selected in the various competitions. This year’s programme explores many themes including female emancipation and the environment. In the International category, there are twelve films competing for the Gold and Silver Alexanders. Among …
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Director and photographer, Daoud Oulad Sayed, will shoot his next film, Marja Zarga (Blue Lagoon), in the province of Assa-Zag. Located on the border of Western Sahara, the region is mainly rural and desert, elements which attract the director because it “presents an atypical space for filming with amazing natural qualities”. Co-written by Daoud Oulad …
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The town of Mila’s old quarter has been chosen for shooting some of the film about Youssef Zighoud, fighter and leader of the National Liberation Front (FLN). Produced by the Ministry of War Veterans (which protects and promotes Algerian Revolution veterans) and directed by Mounès Khamar, the announcement of this bio-pic comes as part of …
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Miki Zohar, a Likud member and current Minister of Culture and Sports, announced on Ynet radio that he wants the state to stop subsidizing films considered “offensive” to the country or its armed forces. “The state,” he explains, “doesn’t have to fund such controversial content.” Without specifying the criteria for defining a film “offensive”, he …
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The 7th Aswan International Women’s Film Festival (AIWFF – March 5th to 10th) has announced Tunisian director, producer and politician Selma Baccar will be a guest of honour. Every year the festival highlights the work of women in the world of cinema. By choosing Ms. Baccar as a guest of honour the organizers want to …
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