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France / Tunisian producer Tarak Ben Ammar buys Luc Besson’s Paris studios

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At the end of February Tarak Ben Ammar, the Tunisian head of Eagle Pictures France, bought the Studios de Paris. Ben Ammar got into the film business in the mid-1970’s and has since developed many international projects as a producer. At the end of February 2022 the EuropaCorp group announced in a press release that …

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Italy / An animated film based on the life of cyclist Gino Bartali

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Provisionally called Bartali’s Bicycle, a film based on the life of Italian cyclist Gino Bartali has started production. Co-produced by Lynx Multimedia Factory and the Toonz Media Group, the film’s national distribution will be handled by RAI, with TVCO responsible for international distribution. The release is scheduled for 2023. This animated family film is set …

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Egypt / After a break of 10 years, Disney will dub Encanto into Egyptian Arabic

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Following a dispute on social networks Disney has decided that it will once again dub its films into Egyptian Arabic. This is in addition to dubbing them in modern, standard Arabic. Disney stopped using Egyptian Arabic, or Masri, in 2012 – although it had been regularly voicing over in that dialect since the 1970’s. Breaking …

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Algeria / The “Cité du cinéma” project in Ben Aknoun park is dropped

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On February 3rd a decree signed by Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane announced the cancellation of a project to build a Cité du Cinéma in Algiers’ Ben Aknoun Park. The government has not justified their decision, which comes just two weeks after the signature of the decree validating the project. Initially the Cité du Cinéma was …

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France / The Ateliers Varan begin documentary training in Ajaccio

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The Ateliers Varan are asking for applications for a documentary training session, scheduled from September 19th to November 5th in Ajaccio (Corsica). Jean Rouch and Jacques Arthuys created Ateliers Varan in Paris in 1980 for aspiring directors from different countries. Since then the organisation has offered many documentary training courses in France. The courses are …

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Algeria / Death of the film director Djamel Bendeddouche

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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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Greece / The Thessaloniki Festival launches an initiative for a green cinema

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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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