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The Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, has announced that a new Film Act will be in force soon, redefining how the country’s film subsidies are awarded. He said the draft legislation, its second reading approved by the Senate, will almost certainly have its “final approval within a few weeks.” The Act will strengthen the Italian …
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With registration for the 2017 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film now closed, most Mediterranean countries have submitted a film to represent them. Only films released in their country between October 1st 2015 and September 30th 2016 are eligible. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will make a first short-list by the end …
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From September 30th to October 9th the ArteKino Festival is giving internet users from 44 European countries the chance to discover a dozen major European films, free of charge. For this first year, 50,000 virtual tickets are being offered to the public (5,000 for each film). Anyone interested must register on-line to reserve access to …
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Until the end of September Tunisian director Walid Mattar will be filming his first feature in northern France and Tunisia. “Vent du Nord” follows two characters: a worker in France and an unemployed younger man in Tunisia – linked by a story about factory relocation. Shooting in northern France was completed on August 27th, but …
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The Catalan director Carla Simón, a graduate of the London Film School, is filming her first feature film, “Verano 1993” (Summer 1993). Shooting began on July 4th at Girona in Catalonia, and will take six weeks. “Verano 1993” is about a 6 year old girl who is adopted when her mother dies and has to …
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Two major productions have been busy on the sound stages at the Ouarzazate studio. From June 13th to 18th the French actor-director Albert Dupontel was there, shooting part of his sixth feature, “Au revoir là-haut”, an adaptation of Pierre Lemaitre’s novel which won the 2013 Prix Goncourt. “Au revoir là-haut” is set at the end …
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Having recently adapted Yasmina Khadra’s best-seller “The Attack” and then worked on the Canal Plus series “Baron Noir”, Ziad Doueiri returns to his home town Beirut to make his fourth feature film, “L’Insulte”, which began shooting on June 7th. It’s a story about a Lebanese Christian who, watering the flowers on his balcony, accidentally spills …
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