Category: CINEMA

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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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CROATIA / “The Man Who Could not Remain Silent” nominated for the Oscars and the Césars

The man who could remain silent

The Académie des Césars and the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts have both nominated Nebojša Slijepčević’s The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Croatia) in their respective Live Action Short Film categories. Awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the film is set in 1993 in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Paramilitaries stop a passenger train as part of …

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MOROCCO / The 23rd FICAM combines animated films and video games

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The 23rd FICAM festival, which will be held in Meknes from May 16th to 21st, will combine animated films with video games. According to the festival’s press release, “FICAM will focus on the fascinating interaction between animated film and video games. In a world where these two disciplines are increasingly intertwined, the festival will offer …

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BALKANS / Balkan Documentary Centre training programme

The Balkan Documentary Centre has extended its call for applications for a training programme, BDC Discoveries. You have until March 10th to submit your projects. BDC Discoveries is a training initiative for professionals who are either from the Balkans or working on a Balkan-related topic and looking for a regional co-producer. Supported by Creative Europe …

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MOROCCO / Concern about one clause in the proposed law on the film industry

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Adopted at the end of 2024, a draft law on the film industry – which will also affect the Centre cinématographique marocain – aims to modernise the secto Initiated by the Minister of Culture, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, the new law would rejuvenate the film industry. As Mohamed Khouna, the chair of the CCM’s Commission to …

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