On December 12th Salim Aggar was appointed director of the Algerian cinematheque by the Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi. A journalist, film critic and film director, Aggar takes over from Lyes Semian. The Minister of Culture reminded Algerians of the film library’s central purpose: to develop digital, to train technicians and to organise meetings between …
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FRANCE / The Lumières Award announces its nominated films
On December 17th the Académie des Lumières announced the films in competition for the 24th Lumières de la Presse Internationale. The award was created in 1995 by Daniel Toscan du Plantier and Edward Behr to make the international press more aware of French films. Every year Paris-based foreign journalists give the awards to the best …
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SLOVENIA / Filming “Corporation” in Ljubljana
The young director Matej Nahtigal began shooting Corporation in Ljubljana on November 9th. Taking his inspiration from the neo-noir genre and in particular 1970’s thrillers, he has set this detective film in the Slovenian capital. Nahtigal’s second feature is about a solitary police officer, Leon Gall, who decides to investigate, alone, a tie-up between private …
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ITALY / Matteo Garrone announces the production of his next film, “Pinocchio”
Matteo Garrone’s new film Pinocchio will begin shooting in the first quarter of 2019. Production of this adaptation was postponed while the Italian director focussed on his latest film, Dogman. This time Garrone, who has twice won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes for his films Gomorra and Reality, is taking his inspiration from Italian …
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CROATIA / Zoom on Nebojša Slijepčević’s documentary “Srbenka”
Croatian director Nebojša Slijepčević continues to win awards for his documentary Srbenka. Last spring, he made his mark at two prestigious festivals: the Cannes Film Festival, where he won the Doc Alliance Selection Award, and Visions du réel, winning the Buyens-Chagoll Award. In August the Sarajevo Film Festival recognised the quality of his work, awarding …
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MOROCCO / Nabil Ayouch shooting “Positive School”
Nabil Ayouch began filming his new film Positive School in Casablanca on July 16th. Ayouch was “the discovery” of the 1999 Berlinale Forum with his first feature, Mektoub. Two years later the Franco-Moroccan film-maker won several awards for Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue. Two of his films have been shown at Cannes: Les cheveaux …
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ITALY / Shooting Francesco Mandelli’s film, “Appena un minuto”
Italian director Francesco Mandelli has started shooting his third feature film Appena un minuto (Just a Minute) in Rome. With a 6 week schedule, the film has an enviable cast: Max Giusti, Massimo Wertmuller, Loretta Goggi, Paolo Calabresi, Dino Abbrescia, Herbert Ballerina, Antonello Fassari, Susy Laude, Carolina Signore and Francesco Mura. Max Giusti, who wrote …
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