Films Femmes Méditerranée has launched its Season VI Journées Pro as part of the 19thRencontres FFM which are due to take place in Marseille from November 30th to December 6th. This professional day brings together selected film-makers and producers from the Euro-Mediterranean area. Who can participate? Any director who identifies as a woman or non-binary …
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FRANCE / Cannes Film Festival, the Offical Selection
The organizers of the 77th Cannes Film Festival have announced this year’s selection. The Festival runs from May 14th to 25th. In the Official Competition 19 feature films are competing for the Palme d’Or, with 12 European directors, including the Italian Paolo Sorrentino with his new film Parthenope and the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos with Kinds …
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AFRICA / The Khouribga International Festival of African Film announces its 24th edition
The 24th Khouribga International Festival of African Film (FFICAK) will be held from May 11th to 18th. Created in 1977 by the National Federation of Moroccan Film Clubs and the Khouribga Film Club, this year’s festival will screen 13 features from 11 African countries and 14 shorts. In the feature film category, Mohamed El Samman’s …
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CYPRUS / The selection for the Cyprus Film Days
The 22nd Cyprus Film Days International Festival, the island’s largest film festival, will run from April 12th to 20th. This year’s international competition will have 11 feature films, 5 of which are Cypriot co-productions. Among them Sofia Exarchou’s Animal (Greece) about seasonal workers at an island resort preparing for the tourist season; Emilija Gasic’s 78 …
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MOROCCO / 10th Cap Spartel International Film Festival
In a recent press release, the Observatoire marocain de l’image et des médias announced that the 10th Cap Spartel International Film Festival in Tangier will be held from April 17th to 20th. The Festival’s theme this year is “Journeys towards the other”, more specifically focussing on “the relationship between cinema and travel as a way …
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GREECE / The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival announces the winners
The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 7th to 17th), complete with 250 international documentaries, has announced its award winners. There were 12 documentaries in the international section, competing for three awards. The prestigious Golden Alexander went to My Stolen Planet by director Farahnaz Sharifi and the Silver Alexander to Lidia Duda’s Forest. The jury …
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EGYPT / First international screening of “60 Egyptian Pounds”
Amr Salama’s short film 60 Egyptian Pounds received its first international showing at the Friborg International Film Festival (March 15th – 25th). “60 Egyptian Pounds” is about an aspiring rapper, Ziad, and his family, all victims of an abusive father. Ziad takes refuge in music and writing song lyrics. When the situation at home becomes …
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