Category: CINEMA

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ITALY / Winners of the MedFilm Festival

MED FF 2022

Each year the MedFilm Festival, Rome’s oldest international film festival, invites audiences to discover the Mediterranean’s many cultures in a programme of drama and documentary films. The 28th edition was held from November 3rd to 13th. During the closing ceremony, the different juries rewarded this year’s best films. Among the works in the Official Competition, …

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ALGERIA / The exhibition “60 years of Algerian cinema” opens

Chronique des années de braise

To celebrate the 68th anniversary of the start of the Algerian war of independence, the Lumières association is organizing an exhibition tracing the history of Algerian cinema at the L’Afrique cinema in Algiers. Entitled 60 years of Algerian cinema, it shows posters of classic films, photographs of famous actors working on film sets and portraits …

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MEDITERRANEAN / Programme of the 22nd Brussels Cinemamed

Cinemamed

The 22nd Brussels festival for Mediterranean films, Cinemamed, will be held from December 2nd to 10th. On the opening evening there will be a screening of Maryam Touzani’s Le Bleu du Caftan. Created in 1989, this festival highlights films rarely seen in Belgium, providing “a space for dialogue and exchange between North and South, between …

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SPAIN / The Festival of Films by Women closes

Films by Women

The 5th Festival of Films by Women was held in Madrid from October 25th to November 6th. There were screenings in 22 venues across the city, as well as online and on television, in partnership with 8madrid TV. This year focussing on the Netherlands, the programme had 10 sections, including the National and the International …

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ITALY / Laura Luchetti’s Bella Estate completes filming

Kino Produzioni

Director Laura Luchetti has finished shooting her third feature, Bella Estate. Produced by Kino Produzioni, Rai Cinema, Lucky Red and 9.99 Films, the film is an adaptation of Cesare Pavese’s novel of the same name. The Piedmont novelist, who died in 1950, is still one of Italy’s best selling authors. His novels have been adapted …

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SLOVENIA / Festival of Migrant Film opens its call for films

FMF

The call for films for the 14th Festival of Migrant Film is open until January 15th 2023. The event is for international film-makers, video artists and activists working with refugees. Every type of production is accepted, regardless of genre, duration or year of production, but they must be subtitled in English or Slovenian. The 14th …

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Italy / The European Alliance met during MIA at Rome

MIA

MIA, the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisio, was held in Rome from October 11th to 15th. Every year this international event hosts meetings for industry professionals, giving them the opportunity to get together and discuss independent film co-productions and other issues around audiovisual production. During one of these discussions the European Alliance announced its new projects. The …

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