Category: CINEMA

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MOROCCO / Assessment of film production in 2018

Shortly before the Tangier National Film Festival closed, the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) unveiled last year’s figures for film production in Morocco. The amount spent by international productions is clearly evolving. Investment by foreign feature films increased by 13.47% while there was also very strong growth for short films, with an increase of 313.24%. Combining …

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PALESTINE ISRAEL FRANCE / Only a few days left to help finance the documentary “Hakawati, les derniers conteurs”

Hakawati

Directors Karim Dridi and Julien Gaertner have launched a call for participatory funding for their next documentary Hakawati, les derniers conteurs, on the platform Kiskissbankbank. If the amount reaches €10,000, that sum will be handed over to the production company Mirak Film to complete post-production and translate the dialogue from Arabic into French. The film …

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TURKEY / Damla Sönmez shines in “Sibel”, the latest feature film by Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti

Sibel

Sibel, the new film by the Franco-Turkish duo, was released in French cinemas on March 6th. Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti’s third feature is about a young farmer, Sibel, beautifully portrayed by Turkish actress Damla Sönmez, and once again they explore themes dear to them, such as difference and emancipation within a patriarchal society. Sibel …

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ITALY / Filming “Rosa, Pietra e Stella” in Naples and Portici

Rosa, Pietra e Stella

The filming of Rosa, Pietra e Stella began on February 25th and will continue over 5 weeks between Naples and Portici. The film is the first feature by Italian film-maker Marcello Sannino, until now well-known for documentaries, especially Napoli 24, released in 2010 and Corde, produced in 2009. In Rosa, Pietra e Stella, he shows …

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CROATIA / Two minority Croatian co-productions win awards at the Berlin Film Festival

God exists, her name is Petrunya

Two Croatian minority co-productions: God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya, and Stitches, won awards at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, which took place from February 7th to 17th. Both were co-produced by the Croatian production company Spiritus Movens. Directed by Macedonian film-maker Teona Strugar Mitevska, God Exists, Her Name is Petronya won the Ecumenical …

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TUNISIA / Filming a Netflix period series

Filming in Tunisia

A series produced by the American SVoD giant Netflix, Mamlek el-Nar, will be shot exclusively in Tunisia. The planned shooting schedule is 20 weeks. Tunisian actor Moez Ghdiri announced it during a radio interview on Mosaïque FM. The series director is the British film-maker Peter Webber, best known for The Girl with the Pearl and …

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SPAIN / The documentary “The Silence of Others” gives the victims of Franco’s regime the chance to tell their story

Le silence des autres

The Spanish documentary El Silencio de otros (The Silence of Others) was released in French cinemas on February 13th. Produced by Pedro Almodovar’s production company, El Deseo, it was directed by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. The film gives voice to the victims of the crimes of the dictator Franco, committed during his regime from …

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