Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

ROMANIA / Candidate call for the Pustnik Screen-writers’ Residency

For the sixth consecutive year, the Pustnik Screen-writers’ Residency is launching a call for applications. This year the dates are from September 7th to 15th and the theme is “The seen and the unseen”. Pustnik is for film-makers developing their first or second feature and is the only residency of its kind in Romania. Of …

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SPAIN / Results of the online version of DocsBarcelona

The 23rd DocsBarcelona was held from May 19th to 31st. Because of the coronavirus crisis the event was put online – without affecting its popularity one bit: over 130,000 viewers watched it, an astonishing number, more than the attendance figures for any of the previous years’ editions. 55% of the selected documentaries were produced by …

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MALTA / La Valette Film Festival cancelled

At the beginning of April, the organizers of the Valletta Film Festival announced that this year’s event would be cancelled. Partly because of the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 but also because of insufficient public support. The Film Grain Foundation became the festival’s organizer in 2015. Since then it has attracted around 50,000 spectators and presented …

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SPAIN / Animayo 2020, the first virtual animatedfilm festival

Animayo is a Spanish animation festival usually held in the Canaries. Its 15th edition took place online on May 9th and 10th,making it the first virtual animation festival. The first part of the festival was in early May with discussions and round tables. The continuation is planned for May 16th and 17th with master classes …

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TUNISIA / Candidate call for the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage

The festival organizers have announced that the 31st Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage will take place from November 7th to 12th 2020. The competition’s different sections – feature-length and short dramas, documentaries and animation – are open only to African and Arab directors. Created to present and promote African and Arab films, the Carthage Cinematographic Days …

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WORLD / We Are One, a Global Festival

We Are One: A Global Film Festival is an online event designed to counteract the many festival cancellations which have happened since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. The idea for the event originated from a dialogue between the Tribeca Festival and YouTube, then several other festivals responded, with around twenty now joining the event, …

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SPAIN / DocsBarcelona festival maintained

The 23rd DocsBarcelona will be held online. The organizers explained their decision by saying they want above all “to maintain the project with its commitment to the public and the industry, while guaranteeing a diverse and quality offer.” Thanks to the Filmin platform, the selected films will be online from May 19th to 31st. 35 …

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