Category: CINEMA

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ITALY / Filming starts for Zero

Zero is the new Italian-made series from Netflix. Platform subscribers will be able to follow the story of a shy boy who has the power of invisibility. Presented as a modern hero, Omar lives in a suburb of Milan from which he longs to escape. The series shows Milan in a very different, unique way. …

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EGYPT / Mr. Purple and the freedom to choose

Mr. Purple is a short Egyptian animated film directed by Osama Abu Zaid, produced by Ahmed Abdel Rahim, with music by Hany Shenouda and the voice of Ramy Hussein. Trailer The film explores the concept of freedom of choice. The director emphasizes the need for diversity and its impact on our lives. The story is …

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MONTENEGRO / CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator at Cannes

CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator is a training programme for women directors and producers from South East Europe. The organization was given considerable visibility during the recent Docs-in-Progress at Cannes Docs, when four projects by former CIRCLE trainees were selected for the Cannes Film Market Online. CIRCLE Women is organized by two Serbian companies, Wake Up …

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MOROCCO / Filming starts agains

In a statement the CCM (Centre Cinématographique Marocain) announced that the authorities have lifted the restrictions on audiovisual and film-making activities so that filming can now resume. At the end of June the CCM published a guide on the health guidelines to follow. To make this return to work successful there are strict rules to …

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ROMANIA / Post-production completed for Lebensdorf

Romanian director Valentin Hotea is currently finalizing his second feature, Lebensdorf, about a fictional writer, Ducu Dobrescu, faced with mid-life crisis. As he leaves Bucharest to take part in a creative residency in Berlin, Dobrescu thinks about his future, unable to make up his mind between two countries and two women. The director describes his …

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TUNISIA / Living in the time of coronavirus with Confi-Doc

Confi-Doc “Vivre au temps du coronavirus” (Living in the time of coronavirus”) is a project created by DocHouse in partnership with the IMS and the Danish Arab Partnership Programme. Five women directors each had a week to make a short documentary to raise awareness of the current pandemic and tell their personal stories about lockdown. …

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SPAIN / Vampus Horror Tales continues filming

Vampus Horror Tales is an anthology of horror stories presented by the sinister Mr. Fettes. Every night this gravedigger exhumes the bodies he has buried earlier in the day. Nicknamed Vampus, he is passionate about horror comics and leads the viewer into four love stories. They take place in turn in a theme park, a …

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