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The association Open Art Tunisia has opened a film club “Cinéma du Sud” – a continuation of the tradition of the Ben Arous region in the seventies and the 2000’s. Once a week the club offers locals a chance to see good films with an ambitious programme of screenings. OPEN ART is contributing to the …
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Naoufel Saheb-Ettaba’s film “El Ziara” (Black Moon) is a North African co-production which opened in cinemas in February. Made with the financial support of film institutions in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria and with the assistance of the Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud, it is a psychological drama about “the search for identity of …
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“El Gort”, the first feature-length documentary from Tunisian director Hamza Ouni, has won several awards, including the Bronze Tanit in the documentary category at the 25th Carthage Film Festival last December. In February it was released in Tunisian cinemas. The story: “Two young Tunisians try to survive by selling hay. Their workday starts early and …
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After “The Syrian Bride” and “The Lemon Tree”, Israeli director Eran Riklis’ latest film, “Dancing Arabs”, opened in France on February 11th. The film (released in France as “Mon Fils”) is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Sayed Kashua, an Arab Israeli writer/journalist. It’s about identity and the complex relationship between Israeli’s and Arabs. “Iyad …
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Cluj, the town which hosts the Transylvania International Film Festival, taking place this year from May 29th to June 7th, will officially launch Romania’s first regional film support fund “Funding for Transylvanian film” in April 2015. Setting up a fund was the brain-child of the festival chairman, Tudor Giurgiu. The aim is to attract film-makers …
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The politically committed film-maker René Vautier, died on January 4th 2015 at the age of 86. Born on January 15th 1928 at Camaret-sur-Mer in Brittany, he joined the Resistance in 1943. After the war, he obtained his degree at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) and joined the French Communist Party. He is known …
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Francesco Rosi, Italian film-maker, author of “Le Mani sulla città” winner of the Golden Lion at the 1963 Venice Film Festival, and “Il caso Mattei” winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1972, died on Saturday, January 10th at the age of 92. Born November 15th 1922 in Naples, he started in the world …
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