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Franco-Moroccan director Jérôme Cohen-Olivar has announced he has started casting his next film, Autisto. This is the first co-production between Morocco and Israel, with the United States also participating. The film-maker is particularly happy with this partnership, “having always,” he says, “admired Israeli cinema, its depth, its sensitivity, its subjects.” Autisto is about an Israeli …
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An Egyptian film, Hamlet from the Slums directed by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, has been selected for the Atelier du Festival de Cannes. This year 15 projects from 15 countries are taking part in this programme. It was created in 2005 to “encourage creative cinema and help a new generation of international film-makers emerge.” Over 18 …
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Romanian director Liviu Marghidan is finishing post-production on his third feature, Refuge. The film, co-written with Alexandra Posa, takes us into the heart of a broken family. After their parents’ divorce, the brother and sister are separated. The girl lives with her mother in France and the boy in Romania with his father. Every year …
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The We DoQ event was held at the CineMadart in Carthage on Saturday March 19th. 9 short documentaries were shown, all addressing LGBTQI+ rights issues. It is one of the first events to deal with this subject in Tunisia or its region. Organized by two associations, Doc House and Mawjoudin, We DoQ questions assumptions about …
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The Government of Malta is increasing the cash back available for films shot on the island. Until December 31st 2023 international productions will be eligible for a rebate of 40%. Intended for television productions (series and films), feature films, documentaries, animated films and even trans-media works, this cash back offer is capped at €1 million …
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The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival was held from March 10th to 20th. Shown in competition with 12 other selected features, The Devil’s Driver won the Special Jury award. The jury – Angeleki Aristomenopoulou, Michael Graversen and Laurien ten Houten – said the “film shines a light on burning issues and gives a voice to a group …
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During the closing ceremony of the 26th Sofia International Film Festival, the Best Balkan Film award went to Croat director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović for Murina. The jury – Alberto Simone, Jan P. Matuszyński and Yana Tivova – said: “this award is for the film’s undeniable aesthetic qualities, for its thrilling tension which holds the viewer …
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