Category: CINEMA

All about cinema in Mediterranean

MOROCCO / Martin Scorsese to patron of the 6th Atlas Workshops

Alla_Festa_del_Cinema_di_Roma_nel_2018_con_Martin_Scorsese

American director Martin Scorsese has been named patron ofthis year’sAtlas Workshops, the talent-development programme for young creators at the Marrakesh International Film Festival. Scorsese has been invited five times since the festival’s creation, in particular as jury president in 2013 and then for the tribute to Robert De Niro in 2018. “I am always very …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/morocco-martin-scorsese-to-patron-of-the-6th-atlas-workshops/?lang=en

ALGERIA / Filming for the feature “Zighoud Youcef” has been completed

Zighout_Youcef

Scriptwriter Ahcen Tlilani told Algérie Presse Service that the film based on his script, Zighoud Youcef, has now completed shooting after a two month schedule in the administrative districts of Constantine, Mila, Skikda and Algiers. Directed by Mounès Khammar, produced by Algeria’s CNIC (Centre National de l’Industrie Cinématographique) and supervised by the Ministry of Mujahideen …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/algeria-filming-for-the-feature-zighoud-youcef-has-been-completed/?lang=en

MALTA / The Malta Film Commission creates new partnerships

Malta Film Commission

During the first Mediterrane Film Festival (June 25th–30th), the Malta Film Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with Malta Enterprise and separately with the British Film Commission to develop national and international partnerships. The memorandum signed with Malta Enterprise defines a collaboration framework between the two structures and will strengthen support for the film industry. …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/malta-the-malta-film-commission-creates-new-partnerships/?lang=en

MOROCCO / Art’s Factory helps young talents

Drapeau Maroc

Created by producer Siham El Faydi, the Art’s Factory’s training programme hosted 60 young artists from the Casablanca-Settat region for three months. Organized in partnership with the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, this programme helped young people aged 16 to 32 produce an animated film, a short film and the pilot for a web-series. It was …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/morocco-arts-factory-helps-young-talents/?lang=en

BALKANS / “Warm Film”, a documentary about the representation of gays

Warm Film

Warm Film, a documentary co-directed by Dragan Jovićević (journalist and writer) and Nikola Ljuca (director), about the way gays are represented in Yugoslav and Serbian cinema, is entering post-production. When two up-and-coming actors (played by Đorđe Mišina and Đorđe Galić) are cast as gays in a movie, they make it their mission to explore how …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/balkans-warm-film-a-documentary-about-the-representation-of-gays/?lang=en

BOSNIA – HERZEGOVINA / Maja Novaković starts post-production for her new film

At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking

Recently awarded the Al Jazeera Balkans Award at the Beldocs Pitching Forum, the docu-drama At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking by director Maja Novaković is entering post-production. The film is scheduled for release in the first half of 2024. Written by Ms. Novaković and Jonathan Hourigan, the film is set on …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/bosnia-herzegovina-maja-novakovic-starts-post-production-for-her-new-film/?lang=en

MIDDLE-EAST / A Palestinian and a Jordanian documentaryat the Sundance Institute

Sundance-Institute-2023

Organized from June 16th to 24th the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit and Story Lab hosted 4 documentary directors and their projects, including a Jordanian film and a Palestinian film. Designed to encourage experimentation and risk-taking through peer-to-peer engagement, this week-long gathering creates a place and an atmosphere for the chosen directors to develop, question and …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: https://mediterranee-audiovisuelle.com/middle-east-a-palestinian-and-a-jordanian-documentaryat-the-sundance-institute/?lang=en