Zuhal is the first feature by Turkish film-maker Nazlı Elif Durlu. Having made three short films, Trust Me (2009), Later (2012) and The Horse and the Nightingale (2013), this is her first longer project. Zuhal is about a lawyer of the same name living alone in Istanbul. Although her life is well ordered, she is …
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SPAIN FRANCE / Netflix comes to the help of the film industry
Having made a partnership with the Italian Film Commissions, Netflix is continuing to support broadcasting professionals around the world. In Spain all filming has been stopped for over a month and discussions about government aid for the people working in the industry are difficult. So, to prevent a crisis, the American platform is investing a …
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FRANCE TUNISIA / Project call by the CNC and the CNCI
The French Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) and its Tunisian equivalent, the CNCI, are renewing the bilateral co-production finance fund created in 2017. For three years this fund has provided grants for feature film projects of 60 minutes or more. The films, of any genre, must be intended for an initial cinema release and have …
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ALGERIA / The CADC makes some films available
Like many similar organisations, the Centre Algérien de Développement du Cinéma (CADC) has decided to make culture more accessible during the lockdown by posting several of their films, including shorts, online. First up was Anis Djaâd’s Passage à niveau which can be found on the CADC Youtube channel. Four other films can also be found …
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FRANCE / CNC anticipates new releases
In early April the French Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) took emergency measures to help film-makers and audiovisual companies cope with the health crisis. One of the measures authorizes the early release of films on DVD. At the start of the month 31 films had applied for authorisation, then 12 new films were added to …
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SPAIN / Launch of Platino Educa
Platino Educa is a digital platform which uses film to educate and spread cultural values – a joint initiative by EGEDA (an organization managing the intellectual property rights of Spanish producers) and FIPCA (Federación Iberoamericano de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales). Aimed at young people, Platino Educa wants to help them learn how to watch and …
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ITALY / Netflix and the Italian Film Commissions in partnership
Netflix and the Italian Film Commissions (IFC) have joined forces to create a fund to support the film and television industry faced with the coronavirus lockdown. In early April, the two entities announced they had created an emergency fund for workers and crews in the Italian audiovisual industry affected by the nationwide shutdown of production. …
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