The IFFR (International Film Festival of Rotterdam) was held between January 25th and February 5th – this year’s edition being the 46th. The festival shows drama films, creative documentaries and other visual arts. There are also retrospectives, even though the emphasis is on discovering and recognising new talent. The films are in 4 different categories, …
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MOROCCO / 4th Tangier Cap Spartel Film Festival
The Observatoire Marocain de l’Image et des Médias is organizing its fourth “Cap Spartel Film Festival” from April 5th to 8th in Tangier. The theme will be “Film and Borders”. Indeed the festival’s aim this year is to show that “there is not only exile across geographical borders, but also across our own frontiers”. For …
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FRANCE / Call for support for the project “[P]Ose ta bombe”: A documentary series about the place of women in street art
Charlotte Ricco and Elodie Sylvain have created a documentary series about women creating street art and, more broadly, art in public places. The series will be called “[P] Ose ta bombe” – “[Put down], Be bold with your spray-can of paint / bomb”. Everyone agrees that street art has made a niche for itself in …
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The Creation of the Arab Film Institute and the Oscars of the Arab world
On December 10th, during the Dubai Film Festival, it was confirmed an Arab Film Institute will be created to promote Arab films. The project was launched by Lebanese producer Paul Badoudjian, who explained the idea had been germinating “for 10 months”. The aim is for the new Institute (AFI) to be both a platform where …
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ROMANIA / Changes to the film industry law
In early December the Romanian government approved an amendment to a new law which will change the way the country’s film industry operates. Every section of the law proposed by Corina Suteu, Romania’s Minister of Culture, has been ratified except the one on allocating new resources for the Film Finance Fund. One of the main …
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LEBANON / Beirut DC launches the 2nd Beirut Cinema Platform
The Lebanese association Beirut DC has opened a call for films for the second Beirut Cinema Platform (BCP), a co-production platform for independent directors and producers from the Arab world working on their first or second feature film (drama or documentary). The aim is to bring people working in independent cinema together with international professionals …
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FRANCE / Robert Guédiguian is filming “La Villa”, his 20th film
The Marseille-based director has just begun a 35-day shoot for his latest film. For the ninth time Robert Guédiguian brings his camera to Marseille, or more precisely to one of the calanques or creek inlets just along the coast. Once again he is working with his favourite actors: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan. …
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