News about Festivals in Mediterranean
The third Palestinian Refugees Film Festival took place in Bethlehem in the West Bank from September 23rd to 25th. The event is an initiative of the Shoruq Organization, an independent entity created in 2012 in the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem. It organises multimedia, artistic and cultural projects to strengthen the political, social, economic …
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On August 17th, during the Sarajevo Film Festival, the heads of five national film centres – Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, North Macedonian and Montenegran – signed a three-year cooperation agreement. The agreement concerns a project called ReActing as a Star. Created in June during the second KRAFFT film festival in Slovenia (a festival focused on acting), …
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Previewed at the Toronto International Film Festival, the first part of Mila Turajlić’s new documentary, Ciné-guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels, introduces the viewer to the work of Serbian cameraman Stevan Labudović (1926-2017). Labudović worked for many years at the Yugoslav state agency Filmske Novostiun. He is particularly known for his coverageof the war in …
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Created in 1995, the Sarajevo Film Festival aims to promote films from south-eastern Europe. It is now considered the region’s major festival. Its 28thedition ended on August 19thwith the jury announcing the winners. Among their many selections, the jury of the drama film competition, chaired by director Sebastien Meise, gave the Best Feature Film Award …
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The 33rd Festival of Arab Film in Fameck (eastern France) will put Algeria in the spotlight. This year’s festival coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Evian agreements which ended France’s 8 year war with Algeria. The festivities will take place in Fameck from October 6th to 16th. Organized by the Cité Sociale and the …
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During the 29th Palic European Film Festival in Serbia, the MIOB (Moving Images Opening Borders) presented its Green Charter for film festivals. The MIOB is a platform bringing together 7 European festivals including the Palic European Film Festival and Les Arcs in France. Its aim is to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas between …
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The Uncle won the Jury Award at the 56thKarlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). It is the first feature by Croatian directors Andrija Mardešić and David Kapac. Together with 11 other international feature films, The Uncle was shown in the festival’s Proxima competition, a category oriented towards contemporary cinema, focusing as much on the work …
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