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On April 18th, in Rome’s Studi de Paolis, the 61st Italian film awards ceremony honoured three films in particular with the much-prized David di Donatello. “Tale of tales” by Matteo Garrone and “Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot” by first-time director Gabriele Mainetti, both won seven awards. The first won the David di Donatello for Best Director …
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The Israeli actress and director Ronit Elkabetz died on April 19th at the age of 51, after a long struggle with cancer. During her 25-year career, she played many roles, mainly for Israeli (Amos Gitai, Keren Yedaya) and French directors (André Téchine, Fanny Ardant). Her international career was launched when she won the Best Actress …
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The French distributor Aloest Distribution has launched an appeal on the crowd-funding site Kisskissbankbank to raise finance for the theatrical release of Tamara Erde’s Franco-Israeli documentary This Is My Land, winner of the Mediterranean Issues Grand Prix at the 2014 PriMed. Aloest was turned down by France’s Centre National de Cinéma, with the film scheduled …
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On March 28th Greek and Romanian cinema professionals honoured their colleagues by giving awards respectively to “Wednesday 04:45” and “Aferim!”. In Athens, the Hellenic Film Academy voted overwhelmingly for Alexis Alexiou’s thriller “Wednesday 04:45”. This co-production, made with German and Israeli finance, won no fewer than 9 Iris Awards (13 nominations), including Best Film, Best …
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“Algeria Pour Toujours: Les Portes du Soleil”, the first 100% Algerian-produced action and martial arts film, will have a sequel, due to start filming in Oran this April. Provisionally called “Algeria Pour Toujours: Protocole 33”, the sequel is produced by Zakaria Ramdane, who also plays the lead, and co-directed by Abdelouahab Saifi and Jean-Baptiste Jay. …
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Mediterranean film-makers showed their talents at the recent Berlinale. While 18 films were in competition for the Golden Bears, Mediterranean countries took the best.
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While there are no more than a dozen cinemas in the whole of Tunisia – concentrated mainly in Tunis – Adnène Helali has launched an original initiative in the town of Ghardaia (in the north-east), a “ciné-ferme” or farm-cinema. A teacher and organizer of Printemps de Sbeïtla, a festival combining music, dance and theatre, Helali …
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