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Egypt returns to Cannes with Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away. It is presented in Un Certain Regard at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. This brutal thriller explores Cairo’s underworld. It centres on a young Somali caretaker, Aisha, living in the marginalized neighbourhood of Ain Shams, home to a large community of African migrants. The …
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The Amman International Film Festival, Awal Film, is launching a new programme to encourage web series: the Spark Series. Developed as part of the Amman Film Industry Days, it will give selected creators of web series the chance to present their projects to an audience of film-makers, producers, distributors and industry professionals. The goal is …
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Shot in Morocco, Olivier Laxe’ Franco-Spanish film Sirat has been selected for the official competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The story is set in Morocco’s Jbel Saghro mountains where Louis, accompanied by his young son, is searching for his daughter who disappeared at an electronic music festival. Their search takes them across the …
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The 23rd Cyprus Film Days International Festival closed on April 12th with the Best Film Award in the International Selection going to the French-Italian-Georgian co-production, April. Directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili, April is about an obstetrician-gynaecologist working in a small hospital in Georgia. When a baby dies during childbirth her professional and moral reputation is called …
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The Marjane Group, owner of several shopping centres in Morocco, is partnering with the French film company Pathé to expand its offerings by combining retail outlets with entertainment and culture. As Ayoub Azami, Chairman and CEO of Marjane Group, explains: “This partnership is part of our strategy to develop high-value-added services designed to enrich the …
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Romanian actress Maria Popistașu and screenwriter Alexandru Baciu are in the final stages of post-production for their directorial debut, Y. This feature-length drama follows Olga, her father and her two sisters, living in comfort thanks to the fortune made by their grandmother, Ileana, a former lawyer. Her sudden death disrupts the family’s well-being, especially for …
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On March 19th during a screening of Khaled El Kebich’s Pour Toi… Hasna at the Algerian Cinematheque, the Minister of Culture and Arts, Zouhir Ballalou, spoke about the country’s film industry. In his words Algerian cinema is “really taking-off”, thanks to “a solid dynamic visible in the screenings of films produced by the ministry and …
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