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The 158th meeting of the Eurimages Board of Directors will take place in Zagreb from March 16th to 20th. The previous meeting was last December in Berlin, during which sixteen projects were given production funding. Eurimages is the Council of Europe’s Cultural Fund. Created in 1989, it brings together 38 of the Union’s member states …
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On May 22nd 2019 Hicham Hajji climbed the famous steps at the Cannes festival to present images from his new project, Redemption Day. A year later, the Moroccan producer/director showed extracts of his first feature film to potential buyers at the 70th Berlin Film Festival. During his various public appearances, Hicham Hajji has always presented …
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Halima Ouardir’s new film, Clebs [Dogs], won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. “The dogs’ coats – brown, beige, black and white – blend with the ochre of the earth and the sun-drenched walls. Quiet when they’re resting, the place becomes deafening at feeding time when the animals …
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The Journées cinématographiques de Khenchela took place from February 18th to 22nd, under the banner “The Emancipating Revolution – as seen through Algerian films”. To open up a wider debate and create a culture of community sharing, film screenings were organised in several communes: notably at Tamaza, Kaïs and Chechar. During the closing ceremony, there …
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Swiss director Julia Bünter has produced her first feature, Fiancées. Her previous credits include Jour J (2014), selected for various festivals (in particular the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival) and À la maison (2015). Filmed in Egypt, Fiancées follows three young women as they head towards marriage. Bünter’s aim was to make a film portrait …
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Aït-Benhaddou is a Moroccan ksar, or fortified village, in the Ounila Valley, in the province of Ouarzazate. Since 1987 it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Directors from all over the world come here to make their films : Sodom and Gomorrah (1962), The Mummy (1999) and Gladiator (2000) were filmed in Aït-Benhaddou. More …
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The ZoomInWomen festival is part of a collaboration between Zatek (the Cairo-based Digital Museum of Women, an on-line system to help women’s emancipation) and the British Embassy, which in 2016 created Inspire Egypt, an event for Egyptians wanting to change their society’s attitudes to women. ZoomInWomen is a travelling event, using short films to show …
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