Category: EUROMEDITERRANEAN

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TURKEY / Huge but controversial success for the Netflix Turkish series, “Bir Başkadir”

Bir Baskadir

Netflix’s new series “Bir Başkadır” (“unique” in Turkish, “Ethos” the English title) is being talked about everywhere in Turkey. Released on November 12th 2020, this drama series plunges viewers into the heart of the social, cultural and religious issues currently dividing the country. Over eight episodes the interweaving stories of 12 characters provide a panorama of …

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MOROCCO / “Autisto”, first co-production between Morocco, Israel and the United States

Jérôme Cohen Olivar

Franco-Moroccan director Jérôme Cohen Olivar has given the first details of his upcoming film “Autisto” in an interview with the Moroccan news channel Le360. “Autisto” is about Ronit, a Jewish woman from Tel Aviv, and her long fight for her autistic and epileptic child. When yet another epileptic seizure sends her son to hospital, Ronit seems …

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FRANCE / Registration for PriMed 2021 are officially open

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Registration for the 2021 International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage is officially open. For this 25th edition the deadline for registration is April 15th 2021. Every year Primed is a showcase for documentary films and television reports from across the Mediterranean basin. They can be about the socio-political changes within the region, its history or its …

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GREECE The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation will finance the radio and television sector for almost one million euros

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The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) has announced it will finance 14 Greek and international co-productions, using a budget of  €940,000 earmarked for the country’s television and radio industry.5 feature films, 6 international co-productions and 3 documentaries will share this grant. Six international co-productions, each with a Greek producer, are being funded by ERT from a total …

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EGYPT / I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face wins award at Cannes

Postponed in May because of the pandemic, the 2020 Cannes Film Festival managed to make up for lost time between October 27th and 29th. The jury was composed of Damien Bonnard, Rachid Bouchareb, Claire Burger, Charles Gillibert, Dea Kulumbegashvili and Céline Sallette. Only one award was given during the ceremony, the Palme d’Or for Short …

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ITALY / 26th MedFilm Festival

The theme of the 26th MedFilm Festival was “a new way of being together.” All the selected films were available on the Mymovies platform from November 9th to 15th. This year’s festival featured 70 films from 30 different countries – 38 of them being screened in Italy for the first time. The official competition, for …

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EUROPE / Eurimages support for European co-productions

At its 160th meeting, the management committee of the Eurimages Fund agreed co-production finance for 29 European projects. €5,692,700 will be shared among 18 feature film projects and 11 documentaries. Among the projects selected, a third are by women. Several Mediterranean projects have been chosen: The documentaries:Brotherhood by Francesco Montagner (Czech Republic /Italy) (€36,000)Francesca and …

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