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After three years of discussion, the Moroccan Amateur Film Federation held its first AGM on January 28th 2017. The session was well-attended, with 15 amateur clubs and associations, 4 of them in the process of being created, as well as individual film-makers, both amateur and professional, critics and journalists. During the meeting the Federation’s status …
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On January 20th Tunisia became the 12th non-European country to be part of Creative Europe, or more specifically its sub-programme, MEDIA, which gives financial support to the broadcasting sector. In particular MEDIA helps distribute works from European broadcasters and gives financial support for independent productions. The three “European presidents” Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin …
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La Rete degli Spettatori is an Italian association founded in 2011. It was created to give cinema audiences greater choice by giving them access to a greater diversity of films. It is supported by, among others, the Italian Ministries of Culture and Education. This year the association aims to show films which people may have …
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A festival of creative television closed with an awards ceremony on Saturday February 4th. There were some twenty awards, chosen by 3 juries plus the audience votes. Laurent Pereau’s film for Arte, La Bête Curieuse, won the Pyrénées d’OR for Best Drama, with Laura Smet as principal actress. Most of the award-winners, though, were made …
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The Goya Awards Ceremony for Spanish and Latin American films was held in Madrid on Saturday, February 4th. The award for Best Feature Film went to Tarde para la ira (The Wrath of a Patient Man) by Raúl Arévalo. A thriller in which a man takes revenge for a crime, eight years after it has …
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Jihad Abdo, or the story of a Syrian actor who fled his country and made a new life in Los Angeles. The name of Jihad Abdo may not mean much for non-Arabic speakers yet, this 54-year-old Syrian is a very famous actor across the whole Arab world, with more than 40 feature films to his …
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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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