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ROMANIA / Winner at the Berlinale, Radu Jude’s film finds buyers in 21 countries

Awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Radu Jude’s film Kontinental’25 has been bought by distributors in 21 countries. The countries include France (acquired by Méteore Films), Italy (I Wonder Pictures) and Greece (Cinobo). MCF Megacom Film has obtained the rights for Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania. Interviewed by FNE, …

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SLOVENIA / The Slovenian Film Centre increases film funding

Centre Slovène du Film

In a recent press announcement, the Slovenian Film Centre announced an increase in financial support. This year the state has allocated a budget of 12.35 million euros, compared to 8.58 million in 2024, representing a significant 44% increase. Usually five or six Slovenian features are made every year, but this year there will be ten, …

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ALGERIA / The 9th National University Short-Film Festival

National University Short Film Festival

Organized from February 11th to 15th the 9th National University Short Film Festival presented 22 short films, 9 of which came from universities in Tunisia, Libya and Iraq. Based on the theme “Film, a language of unity – the festival, a symbol of freedom”, the event offered a short film competition with workshops for students. …

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FRANCE / The 11th Toulouse Festival of Palestinian Film

From March 3rd to 11th the Toulouse Festival of Palestinian Film will be back for 9 days of screenings about Palestine There will be a lot of films on offer. Mahdi Fleifel’s Vers un pays inconnu, having won an award recently at Premiers Plans, will open the festival. Also on the programme is From Ground …

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CALL FOR FILMS – 29th EDITION OF PriMed

PriMed, the International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage is launching film registrations for the 29th edition. Directors can register their documentaries for free, directly online on the festival website. The deadline to send the works is April 27, 2025. The PriMed – International Documentary and Mediterranean Reportage Award is open to all authors, directors, …

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GREECE / TIDF announces the projects chosen for the Pitching Forum

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Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TIDF), has named the 14 projects which will take part in the Pitching Forum, to be held from March 7th to 15th. Created in 1999, Agora is a major event for producing and financing international documentary projects from Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. …

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ALGERIA / The National Convention on Cinema brought together more than 1,000 participants

National Cinema Sessions

Organized with the support of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the National Convention on Cinema brought together more than 1,000 industry professionals. They met in January to reflect upon and discuss the development of this sector. There were five workshops, each one covering an issue affecting a different area of the industry: economy and finance, governance and …

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