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Algerian director Djamel Bendeddouche died on the night of February 19th to 20th at the age of 80. He began his career working with director Mustapha Badie on television dramas such as Le Postier. He moved from assistant director to director on national television, directing documentaries and short films such as Le Conflit, Laboratoire and …
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The Thessaloniki Film Festival has launched a new event, the Evia Film Project, following an announcement by the Minister of Culture and Sports to reconstruct and restore the island of Euboea. During the summer of 2021 Greece suffered many dramatic fires, in particular on Euboea, the country’s second largest island, where more than 50,000 hectares …
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The final scenes of Ivano De Matteo’s new film Mia are now in the can. Produced by Lotus Production (a member of the Leone Film group) and RAI Cinema, the film will arrive in Italian cinemas very soon. The script was written by De Matteo and Valentina Ferlan, his long time partner. Indeed most of …
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The Italian Minister of Culture, Dario Franceschini, has announced a subsidy for film and broadcasting production and marketing. €53 million have been allocated “to support one of the country’s main creative industries, with significant grants for young film-makers and for difficult films,” declared Mr Franceschini. Calls for tenders for these grants can be found on …
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The new Moroccan streaming platform Aflamin has been operational since February 24th. Headed by director Nabil Ayouch and the company Ali N’ Productions, this platform is distributing and promoting classic and contemporary Moroccan films. Within a couple of years it hopes to be showing every Moroccan film, some of which are still hard to find. …
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Croatian director Judita Gamulin won the main award at the CineMart co-production market during the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The award, given by Eurimages, is to help film production. During the closing ceremony on February 2nd Ms. Gamulin received €20,000 for her project Leave the Door Open. From the 17 projects presented at CineMart, the …
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After two challenging years, the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox will run this year from April 3rd to 10th. Moved several times, for its 18th edition the event returns to Kaptol Boutique Cinema. Organized with the support of the City of Zagreb and the Audiovisual Centre of Croatia, ZagrebDox is a festival of contemporary documentary …
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