News about Festivals in Mediterranean
“Awake” (Kljun), a police drama from Serbia mixes “thriller and fantasy”. The series centres on a young, ambitious detective, Sonja Kljun, assigned to the town of Subotica to investigate an alleged suicide. Her investigation reveals several disturbing secrets, then takes an even stranger turn when her own daughter has premonitory dreams. Directed by Uros Tomic …
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Blerta Basholli’s “Hive” won the Antigone d’Or at the CINEMED festival in Montpellier, an award worth €15,000. Jury president Asia Argento explains their choice: “The film moved us with the courage of its words, the poignant interpretation of the actress who embodies, with such overwhelming strength, the tenacity of a woman who refuses to back …
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Marcel Barrena’s “Mediterráneo – The Law of the Sea” won the “FS Audience Award” at the International Rome Film Fest, with the public using the festival’s official app or web-site to vote. The film shows how two Barcelona life-guards created the NGO “Open Arms”. “September 2015. The whole world was shocked by the photograph of …
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“Brother’s Keeper” (Okul Tirasi) won Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the 58th Antalya Golden Orange Festival, which ran from October 2nd to 9th. Director Ferit Karahan’s second feature was shot in the Bahçesaray district of Van, eastern Turkey, early in 2019. “Young Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a …
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Celebrating its 9th year, the Bosphorus Film Festival will run from October 23rd to 30th in Istanbul. The organisers have just unveiled the title of the opening film: “Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair” (Deset U Pola) by Bosnian Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic. The film had its world premiere this summer at the 27th Sarajevo Film …
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“L’Évènement” (Happening), a film by French-Lebanese director Audrey Diwan, has won the Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival’s highest prize. Adapted from Annie Ernaux’ autobiographical novel published in 2000, it looks at the issue of illegal abortions in France in the 1960’s. Set in 1963, 12 years before the law forbidding abortions changed, the story follows …
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The Digital Portal of the Annaba Short Film Festival in Algeria and the Mizda International Short Film Festival in Libya have signed a cooperation agreement to “support and promote the work of young talents making short films”. The agreement is to organise joint internships and workshops for film training and short film production techniques. More …
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