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ROMANIA / Romanian director Radu Jude won the Berlinale’s Golden Bear

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Romanian director Radu Jude won the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale for “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”. The 71st Berlinale took place online between March 1st to 5th, reduced from its usual eleven days to just five. “A vitriolic portrait of contemporary society, from the military to the religious, not forgetting the nouveau riche and …

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ITALY / A TUTTO SCHERMO puts 10 documentary films online until April 18th

In A Future April

Organized by Rete degli Spettatori and MyMovies, A TUTTO SCERMO continues its mission of creating an outlet for independent films and documentaries. From February 19th to April 18th 2021, a selection of 10 documentaries produced in Italy will be available on demand on the MyMovies platform. This year the documentaries have been chosen to “illustrate the variety of approaches …

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MOROCCO / End of May release for the first science fiction film shot in Morocco

Lumina

“Lumina” is the first science fiction feature film shot in the Kingdom of Morocco. Canadian director Gino McKoy filmed in the regions of Marrakech and Ouarzazate, particularly in the Agafay desert and the mountains of that region. In an interview with La Tribune de Marrakech he promises a “mix of drama, action and science fiction.” The plot follows …

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SPAIN / “Las niñas” wins 4 awards at the 35th Goyas ceremony

Las niñas

Pilar Palomero and her independent film “Las niñas” (“The girls”) took home 4 major awards at the 35th Goyas ceremony: Best Film, Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay – and Best Photography for Daniela Cajias, the first woman to receive this award. Women triumphed at this year’s Goyas: 40% of the nominees were women, a historic …

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TURKEY / Turkey’s first cinema museum opens

Cinéma Atlas Turquie

Istanbul’s first cinema museum was inaugurated on February 26th. The Turkish Cinema Museum has opened in the heart of the Europeanized Beyoğlu district, on Istiklal Street, much-frequented by tourists. It is housed in the same building as the Atlas Cinema, built in 1870 during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz and recently restored after two years’ …

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ALGERIA / The Algerian government wants to relaunch the film business

Cinematheque Algérie

In February Bashir Youcef Sehairi, Secretary of State responsible for the Cinema Industry under the Minister of Culture and Arts, and Saida Naghza, chair of the Confédération Générale des Entreprises Algériennes (CGEA), met in Algiers to discuss the development prospects of the country’s film industry. The meeting ended with a planned cooperation agreement to place Algeria at …

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BULGARIA / The Bulgarian film platform Gledam.bg available in France until mid-March

Gledam.bg

Thanks to a collaboration between Courrier International and Gledam.bg, major Bulgarian films will be available for free. Contemporary works, Bulgarian classics, documentaries and children’s films will all be subtitled in French. Cinephiles will have privileged access to films such as “Дами канят” (Women’s Choice), “С деца на море” (With the Children at Sea) and “Крадецът на праскови” (The …

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