This summer Greek director Syllas Tzoumerkas begins shooting his third feature film, The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea. After Homeland and A Blast had been screened at numerous festivals, the film-maker presented his new project at the 2015 Rotterdam-Berlinale Express, the Berlinale’s co-production market – and was awarded a special mention by the Eurimages jury. …
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MOROCCO / Filming “Desert storm” in Morocco
Desert Storm, a new feature by Chinese director Dante Lam, is being filmed in several Moroccan towns until the end of May. The inhabitants of Rabat have seen their town centre transformed into scenes of war, with military vehicles and extras dressed in battledress. According to executive producer Zakaria Alaoui, Desert Storm is one …
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MOROCCO / Films being made in Morocco: tempting measures to help production studios
The Moroccan parliament has approved a package of measures to promote major film projects made in the country. The new law will come into force this year, with the aim of creating jobs in the film industry. According to Amine Tazi, managing director of Atlas Studios and CLA Studio, the measures to help producers will …
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MOROCCO / Birth of the Fédération Marocaine du Cinéma d’Amateurs
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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TUNISIA / Tunisia joins the European MEDIA programme
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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ITALY / La rete degli spettatori announces its programme for 2017
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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FRANCE / France Télévisions, the multiple winner at the Festival de Luchon
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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