Category: CINEMA

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FRANCE / Tribute to René Vautier at the Videodrome 2

For a week Marseille’s cinema-café on the Cours Julien, Videodrome 2, will show the films of René Vautier. The cinema, which is also a video club and bistro, offers a varied and regularly renewed programme. By scheduling seasons, the public discovers the relationships between different films, enhancing them and making them more accessible. Audiences have …

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FRANCE / The 23rd PriMed comes to an end after a stimulating, often moving week

The PriMed week began with the Audience Award on Sunday, November 25th. The auditorium of Marseille’s major museum, Mucem, was packed. Turning out in large numbers, the general public watched 6 short documentaries. But then choosing the best one was difficult – the quality of the films impressed the audience while the some of the …

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SPAIN / “Shooting in Spain” in Los Angeles

On November 7th and 8th Los Angeles hosted the first “Shooting in Spain” forum – an opportunity for professionals in the Spanish film industry to meet their American counter-parts. Those present included the Spanish Film Commission (SFC), the Secretary of State for Tourism (SETUR) and James Costos, former US Ambassador to Spain, as well as …

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MEDITERRANEAN / PriMed flies into Egypt and Italy for the Mediterranean Young People’s Award 2019

PriMed travels! A stopover in Egypt was the first stage of the 2019 Mediterranean Young People’s Award. PriMed went to Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said where 400 young people watched three selected films, discussed them, wrote their comments about them and finally voted for the one they thought best. An exercise designed to make them …

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FRANCE / Moments to look out for in the 23rd PriMed

On November 24th PRIMED returns – now in its 23rd year! PRIMED is the Mediterranean festival of documentary and news reporting, organized by the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) in partnership with France Télévisions, RAI, ASBU and INA. It’s a week of more than 40 hours of free screenings, showing a selection of …

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MOROCCO / Filming “The Last Planet”

Last week marked the start of filming for The Last Planet, Terrence Malick’s latest film. It’s a hectic time for the director of The Tree of Life – on December 11th he launches A Hidden Life in French cinemas, following its success at Cannes in May. The production unit has been in Ouarzazate (Morocco) since …

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BELGIUM / Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Brussels

Since November 11th tickets have been on sale for the 19th Festival of Mediterranean Film in Brussels. It will take place from November 29th to December 12th. The opening ceremony will be held at Palace Cinema and will include a screening of Claudio Giovannesi’s Piranhas. Other events will take place at the Bozar and the …

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