News about Festivals in Mediterranean
The Cyprus Film Days International Festival has announced the films chosen for its 23rd edition, which will be held from April 4th to 12th. Launched in 2001, the festival takes place annually in the island’s two main cities: Limassol and Nicosia. It is organized by the Deputy Ministry of Culture’s Department of Contemporary Culture and …
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Organized by the Observatoire marocain de l’image et des médias (OMIM), the 11th Cap Spartel International Film Festival will be held from April 23rd to 27th at the historic Alcazar Cinema in Tangier. Under the banner “Cinema and the Arts” this year’s festival will highlight the relationship between film and other art forms. The focus …
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The Israeli-Palestinian documentary, No Other Land, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Shown at several festivals, the film has been a great success. In 2024 it had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival and won both the Documentary Feature Award and the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary. Directed …
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The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TIDF) closed on March 16th. Before the awards ceremony, Deputy Culture Minister Iason Fotilas praised the festival’s work and the importance of documentaries: “Documentaries don’t just depict images,” he said, “they guide us to see beyond them. They allow us to perceive the world more consciously, to listen to …
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Igor Bezinović’s docu-fiction Fiume o Morte! has won several awards at the 54th Rotterdam International Film Festival. In addition to the festival’s Grand Prix, the film won the Critics’ Award and the Audience Award. At the closing ceremony producers Vanja Jambrović and Tibor Keser said: “We are deeply touched by this recognition, especially since it’s …
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Named after the first French female film director and created in January 2018 by journalist Véronique Le Bris, the Alice Guy Award honours an international female director every year. This year the award was won by Lina Soualem for her film Bye Bye Tibériade. “I discovered Alice Guy,” the director says, “at the same time …
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The Palestinian Film Institute (PFI) published a call for projects, now closed, for those wishing to take part in the Cannes Film Festival’s film market, Cannes Docs. Before the market, leaders of the projects selected by an international jury will be given advice on strategy by the Institute’s industry consultants. Then, at Cannes, they will …
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