News about Festivals in Mediterranean
Organized by the association Jeunes Étoiles, in partnership with Skikda’s Université 20 août 1955, the Student Cinema Days brought many aspiring directors together for a three day event. The highlight was the award ceremony for the best student shorts. The Best Film Award went to Mohamed-Larbi Bourourou’s Koullouna Nantami which sensitively follows a boy suffering …
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PriMed has just closed its doors. More than 3,000 young people from both shores of the Mediterranean were able to debate and vote for their favorite film. This year, for the first time, they were also able to experience a very powerful moment of exchange with two young Afghan migrants. The opportunity for them to …
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The selection of films for the 27th PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage – is now available! PriMed returns to Marseilles this year from 4 to 8 December with 24 documentaries and reports from 19 countries. With 10 films making their French premieres, the festival has established itself as a leading event …
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After four years absence, the Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF) returned for its 9th edition from November 7th to 17th at the Béryte Theatre in Beirut’s Saint-Joseph University. With 16 films, 2 conferences and an exhibition, the event’s founder, Alice Mogabgab, wanted to return to “the battles fought by men and women, yesterday and today, …
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Two major Egyptian festivals have been postponed due to the war between Hamas and Israel. The management of the El Gouna Film Festival announced in a press release the indefinite postponement of their event: “the GFF team hopes to resume the 6th edition when the situation in the Palestinian territories stabilizes.” The deferment of the …
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The 45th Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival – Cinemed – was held from October 20th to 28th. This year, the festival presented 200 films including several French premieres. There were competitions for feature films, shorts and documentaries as well as a retrospective of Italian film-maker Ettore Scola. This year eight feature-length documentaries on the Lebanon, Palestine, …
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The 34th Fameck Arab Film Festival took place from October 5th to 15th with Morocco as the country in the spotlight. The event, organized by the Cité Sociale de Fameck and the Ligue de l’enseignement, offered more than 40 films (feature-length dramas, documentaries and shorts), many of which are new or in preview. Film-makers from …
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