Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

ITALY – ALGERIA / The Algerian horror film “Roqia” screened at the Venice Film Festival

Roqia, the first feature film by director Yanis Koussim, premiered at the 82nd Venice Film Festival during International Critics’ Week. Produced by Supernova Films, the film takes place in 1992. Suffering from amnesia after a car crash, Ahmed returns to his village where nothing seems familiar, neither his wife nor his children. His youngest son, …

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MONTENEGRO / “DJ Ahmet” wins the Grand Prix Award at the Montenegro Film Festival

At the Montenegro Film Festival, director Georgi M. Unkovski received the Golden Mimosa Award for his debut feature,DJ Ahmet. The film is about 15-year-old Ahmet who lives deep in the Macedonian mountains looking after his father’s sheep while also caring for his younger brother. But he dreams of making music. Living in a conservative village …

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ROMANIA / The Astra Film Festival announces its selection

The Astra Film Festival has announced its selection for this year’s event, which runs from October 17th to 26th in Sibiu, Romania. There will be five competitions, including a new category, DocShorts, with ten short documentaries. These will include Aitana by Marina Alberti (Spain), Beware of the Southern Stars by Christos Karteris (Greece), and Cosmonauts …

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SPAIN / LAST WEEK TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT TO VALÈNCIA FILM AFERS

The Mostra de València – Cinema del Mediterrani has opened the call for projects to participate in the fourth edition of València Film Afers, the co-production forum for fiction and non-fiction feature films in development. The event will take place on October 29 and 30, 2025, during the festival. Projects can be submitted until Thursday, …

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BALKANS / A support programme for women film-makers announces its chosen projects

Five projects have been selected as part of the Female Film-makers Support Programme. Created in 2024 in conjunction with the Sarajevo Film Festival and Slano Film Days, this initiative supports and empowers the work of women film-makers from six southeastern European countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria. As well as guidance it offers …

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ALGERIA / Timimoun International Short Film Festival launches its call for films

The Timimoun International Short Film Festival is preparing its first edition by launching a call for films. The Festival will be held from November 13th to 18th in the heart of the Algerian Sahara. “Entirely dedicated to the art of the short film, the festival celebrates this very special format: free, dense, experimental, capable of …

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ALGERIA / Launch of Hiya, a programme focussing on women film-makers

On June 29th the Minister of Culture and Arts, Zouhir Ballalou, presided over the opening of Hiya, a programme for women film-makers who have a 13-minute short film project. During his speech, the minister said this programme is “a pioneering initiative bringing together an elite group of emerging and talented female scriptwriters and directors, enabling …

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