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MOROCCO / “La Mère de Tous les Mensonges” wins the Critics Award at the Geneva Black Movie Festival

The jury of the 25th Geneva Black Movie Festival (January 19th – 28th) gave its Critics’ Award to Asmae El Moudir’s La Mère de Tous les Mensonges (Mother of all lies). This Moroccan documentary (which has already won several awards) takes the viewer into a family’s memories and secrets. The film begins with the director …

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SERBIA / Vladimir Tagić’s Yugo Florida starts post-production

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Vladimir Tagić, known for two television series, Morning Changes Everything and Children of Evil, has begun post-production on his first feature film, Yugo Florida. Co-scripted with Milan Ramšak Marković, the scenario was inspired by the last seven months of Tagić’s father’s life. At first the film follows the monotonous routine of a night-shift worker on …

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EGYPT / 13th Luxor African Film Festival

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Organized by the Foundation of Young Independent Artists, the Luxor African Film Festival is preparing its 13th edition to be held from February 9th to 15th. Wanting to bring Egypt closer to the whole of Africa, this year’s festival will show 44 films in four competitions: the Feature Film Competition, the Short Film Competition, the …

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INTERNATIONAL / Support for international co-productions: the CNC launches a project call

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ACM Distribution, part of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), is launching a call for projects. The deadline to apply is March 8th. Open to every genre of feature-length films, this fund aims to boost the distribution and circulation of international co-productions throughout the world. To be eligible, the films must …

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ITALY / Ticket sales increase in Italian cinemas

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According to Cinetel data two significant increases in the Italian cinema industry marked 2023: a 61.6% increase in revenue (€95.6 million) and a 58.6% increase in the number of admissions compared to 2022. The new figures show the Italian film industry is on an upward curve and stabilizing after the disruptions caused by the pandemic, …

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TUNISIA / The Cinémathèque tunisienne is organising “Tunisia 2011: the Time of the Documentary”

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From January 17th to 31st the Cinematheque tunisienne, in partnership with the Direction Générale Des Arts Scéniques et Audiovisuels, is offering a series of screenings: “Tunisia 2011: the Time of the Documentary”. The programme looks back at the events of January 14th 2011 and the Tunisian revolution through the lenses of film-makers. The selected films …

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ITALY / Filming Paola Randi’s “Facciamo tutti centro”

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Produced by Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Cinema and the Swiss company Spotlight Media, Paola Randi’s latest feature, Facciamo tutti centro, was filmed in Milan and Rome. Written by Paola Randi and Valia Santella, known for her work on screenplays for the films of Nanni Moretti (Towards a Bright Future, Tre Piani) and Marco Bellocchio …

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