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The Cannes Film Market’s Doc Corner gave its first award, called Docs-in-Progress and worth €10,000, to Their Algeria, a documentary by Lina Soualem, a Franco-Palestinian-Algerian actor/director. The award was announced on May 21st, DocDay. Their Algeria was chosen from 24 works-in-progress, presented by six countries: Palestine, Argentina, Canada, South Africa, Norway and Chile. On the …
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Monika Borgmann and Lokman Slim’s documentary Tadmor will be released in French cinemas on June 5th. The film gives voice to a group of 22 Lebanese ex-prisoners, determined to speak out about their long years in prison in Palmyra (Syria), after the popular uprising against the Syrian regime in 2011. In a series of individual …
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The results of the Critics Awards, organized by the Arab Cinema Centre, were announced on May 20th on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival. The winners of this 3rd edition of the awards were selected by 75 film critics from 34 countries around the world. They watched the films in competition – Arab feature …
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HBO Europe continues to develop its original Spanish content. The European subsidiary of the private American channel has commissioned a comedy series called Por H o por B from Spanish director Manuela Burló Moreno. The series uses the same story and characters as Moreno’s short film Pipas, nominated for the Goyas in 2014. Actresses Marta …
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Produced by Thala Films (Algeria) and In Vivo Films (France), Amin Sidi-Boumediene’s first feature will be premiered during the Cannes Film Festival’s Critic’s Week. The Algerian director, scriptwriter, editor and musician has already been noticed for his short films, which include The Island (Al Djazira), winning awards at many festivals, and Tomorrow, Algiers. With Abu …
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The director, writer and jazz musician Philippe Carrese died on May 5th, at the age of 63. His family coming originally from Naples, Philippe Carrese was born in Marseille in 1956 and grew up in the Panier district. He moved to Paris to study at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques. After graduation, he began …
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The two journalists Thomas Iacobi and Angélique Kourounis continue their investigation into the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, shooting a new documentary on the subject — Golden Dawn: a Public Affair. Their first documentary, Golden Dawn, a Personal Affair, tried to get inside the workings of the party which is the third political force in …
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