Category: CINEMA

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ALGERIA / Van Damme in “Algeria Pour Toujours 2”

“Algeria Pour Toujours: Les Portes du Soleil”, the first 100% Algerian-produced action and martial arts film, will have a sequel, due to start filming in Oran this April. Provisionally called “Algeria Pour Toujours: Protocole 33”, the sequel is produced by Zakaria Ramdane, who also plays the lead, and co-directed by Abdelouahab Saifi and Jean-Baptiste Jay. …

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GERMANY / A wind of victory blows over the Mediterranean

Mediterranean film-makers showed their talents at the recent Berlinale. While 18 films were in competition for the Golden Bears, Mediterranean countries took the best.

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TUNISIA / A “ciné-ferme” in a green-house in Ghardaïa

While there are no more than a dozen cinemas in the whole of Tunisia – concentrated mainly in Tunis – Adnène Helali has launched an original initiative in the town of Ghardaia (in the north-east), a “ciné-ferme” or farm-cinema. A teacher and organizer of Printemps de Sbeïtla, a festival combining music, dance and theatre, Helali …

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TUNISIA / Raja Amari completes her 3rd film, “Corps Etranger”

On March 8th the director of “Satin Rouge” and “Secrets”, Raja Amari, finished shooting her third feature film, “Corps Etranger” (Foreign Body) shot in Lyon and Tunisia. Co-produced by the French Mon Voisin Productions (Dominique Besnehard) and the Tunisian Nomadis Images (Dora Bouchoucha), the film is about a young woman arriving in France illegally after …

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MOROCCO / Canal+ begins filming the 3rd season of “Kaboul Kitchen”

Planned for the autumn of 2014 and repeatedly postponed, filming for the third season of “Kaboul Kitchen”, one of Canal Plus’ in-house creations, will finally begin this spring. The production team will be in Morocco as from March 21st. The first two seasons were shot in Casablanca and Marrakesh. The new season will follow a …

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ITALY / €1.7 million to film in the Emilia-Romagna Region

The Official Bulletin of the Emilia-Romagna Region has confirmed in its February edition the grants available this year for the film and television industry. As the Region announced at the Berlin Festival, €1.2 million will go to national and international productions which are filmed either partly or completely in the region. The deadline for applications …

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SPAIN / Mustang and Truman win at the Goya Awards

On Saturday February 6th the Goya Awards were held in Madrid, bringing together the world of cinema. The major winner of this award was Cesc Gay’s Truman.  

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