News about Festivals in Mediterranean
The 33rdJournées Cinématographiques de Carthage(JCC – Carthage Film Days) took place from October 29th to November 5th. Created in 1962, this festival celebrates films from the African continent and the so-called “Southern” cinema. Managing Director Sonia Chamkhi values heritage films as much as contemporary work, regardless of genre and style. Above all, she highlights “original …
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Focussing on Mediterranean cinema, this year’s Valencia Film Festival launched its first international co-production forum, Valencia Film Afers. Taking place on October 22nd and 23rd, in parallel with the main festival, Afers was created to encourage investments and secure international co-productions. For its launch the organisers chose 10 projects from Europe and the Middle East. …
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Agora Works in Progress has announced the 8 short listed projects. Agora is an industry event on the sidelines of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF). For one week every November Agora Works in Progress welcomes professionals from many countries to discuss the films and production issues in the countries of South-Eastern Europe and the …
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For two decades the Zagreb Film Festival (ZFF) has been showing and supporting first films by independent film-makers, both national and international. Based in the Croatian capital, and this year running from October 23rd to 30th, the organisers claim it is now “the biggest international festival in Croatia.” There were the usual sections: the International …
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The KineNova International Film Festival was held from October 7th to 14th in Skopje, North Macedonia. Now in its 7thyear, the festival specialises in the work of new film-makers from the region and around the world. It defines itself as “a place where new film-makers can present new stories and offer a new perspective of …
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During the 38th Haifa Film Festival (October 8th – 17th) there were several meetings between major players from the Moroccan and Israeli audiovisual industries to discuss the challenges of the two countries creating a cooperation agreement on film production. During one of these meetings Yaron Shamir, the artistic director of the Haifa Film Festival, talked …
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The 29th Astra Film Festival took place from October 9th to 16th in Sibiu, Romania. Absent for two years because of the pandemic, the festival has returned in force with more than 100 documentaries shown to the public. Considered the “doyen of Romanian cinema”, Astra has made its mission to “raise awareness of the realities …
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