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The Annecy International Animation Film Festival’s Short Film Competition will feature “All These Sensations in My Belly” by Marko Dješka. Released in 2020, this 13-minute short follows Matia’s transition from male to female and her struggles to establish an intimate relationship with a heterosexual man. A graduate of Zagreb’s Academy of Fine Arts, director Marko …
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The Arab streaming platform Noor Play has bought the rights to the Turkish series “Kuruluş: Osman” (The Ottoman) for distribution in Arab countries. Noor Play promises that more Turkish productions will be available on its platform.“Kuruluş Osman” is about Osman Gazi, founder of the Ottoman Empire, and is the sequel to an earlier series about …
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“Contado por mulheres” (Told By Women) is a series of ten Portuguese literary works adapted as films for television by ten female film-makers. Ten stories to make people weep, laugh and talk about the tragedies of the past and challenges of today. The films will be shot between April and August in ten towns in …
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The 9th Oued-Noun Film Festival was organized online from February 26th to 28th. Usually it takes place in southern Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara in the city of Guelgim. This year’s jury was chaired by Laurine Bauby, a French actress and director, accompanied by Moroccan actress Latefa Ahrar and Tunisian academic Wassim Korbi. The 3 …
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Sami Bouajila won the César for Best Actor for his role as Farès in “Un Fils” by Mehdi Barsaoui, a Tunisian-French co-production by 13Productions, Dolce Vita Films (France) and Cinétéléfilms (Tunisia). This is the second award he has received for his performance, after the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival. The actor trained …
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The Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) honours the Arab world’s best female singers and film actresses of the last century. From Fayrouz to Dalida, from North Africa to the Middle East, the exhibition traces the social and political history of these Arab performers, producers and artists, the cultural changes they brought about through their commitment and the …
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In 2019 the Direzione Generale Cinema e audiovisivo, part of Italy’s Ministry of Culture, created this fund. The goal is to strengthen international collaboration by encouraging Italian film-makers to think globally – “promoting cross-border co-productions while also helping Italian and European films and audiovisual productions find distribution in Italy and abroad”. Among the winners of the …
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