Category: CINEMA

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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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CROATIA / The 19th ZagrebDox programme

Zagreb Dox

The 19th ZagrebDox International Documentary Festival runs from March 26th to April 2nd. Every year the festival shows the best international and Balkan documentaries. This year 116 films will be screened, including 20 in the International Competition and 20 in the Regional Competition. Among the films in the International Competition, Zaynê Akyol’s Rojek is a …

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NORTH MACEDONIA / OneTwoThree Media buys the rights of “Snow White Dies in the End”

Snow White Dies in the End

After a preview at the Slamdance Film Festival (Utah), the international rights to Kristijan Risteski’s feature Snow White Dies in the End have been acquired by the American company OneTwoThree Media. Co-produced by Vertigo Visual (North Macedonia) and Caretta Films (Cyprus), this satirical, absurdist film is set in Skopje. It’s about seven people on the …

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MOROCCO – EGYPT / Filming resumes on “Ahl Al Kahf”

Ahl Al Kahf

After a two year break, Egyptian producer Amro Rachidi announced filming of Ahl Al Kahf (People of the Cave) will resume in Morocco after Eid and last for one month. Having already shot a third of the film in Egypt, the production chose to complete the filming in Morocco. The production is said to be …

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