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Film industry professionals are once again voicing concerns about the abolition* of Algeria’s only state aid for film production, the Fund for Cinematographic Techniques and Industries. On June 4th a new open letter, signed by more than fifty film professionals, was sent to the Ministry of Culture. The letter refers to the importance of cinema …
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Bulgarian producer/director Nikolay Mutafchiev is filming his second feature The Platform. With a budget of 600,000 levove (€306,000), the production is fully subsidized by the Bulgarian National Film Centre. Mutafchiev is also responsible for the script of this drama-comedy: born in a dictatorship, 40-year-old Stan (played by Boyko Krustanov) loses his citizenship because of a …
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The Kosovar Culture Minister Hajrulla Çeku and Dominique Boutonnat, chair of the French CNC (Centre National de Cinéma), signed a co-production agreement on May 21st. The signatories – the CNC, the KCC (Kosovo Cinematography Centre) and both countries’ Culture Ministries – met during the Cannes Film Market. Ahead of the signing, Hajrulla Çeku expressed his …
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The Egyptian distribution company MAD Solutions has joined the board of directors of a New York distributor – D Street Releasing – as an equal partner. On hold for several years, this move was finalised during a meeting between the heads of the two companies at the Red Sea International Film Festival. It means MAD …
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Ahmed Benaïssa, well-known both in theatre and the film world, died during the Cannes Film Festival. He was 78. He had been invited to Cannes for his work in Clément Cogitore’s film Goutte d’Or (Sons of Ramses) in which he played the character of Younes. The film is set in the multicultural district of Paris …
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Preparations are under way for the 33rd Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC), scheduled to run from October 29th to November 5th. Now in its 56th year in the heart of Carthage (Tunisia), the event showcases films from African and Arab countries, although also from the rest of the world. Through the wide range of screenings, …
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Beta Group, one of Europe’s leading independent film and television companies, has opened a new division in Spain, Beta Fiction. The Munich parent company produces, finances and distributes audiovisual works on a global scale. Beta Fiction is part of Beta Entertainment Spain, enlarging and strengthening the group’s well-established presence and position in that country. Mercedes …
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