Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

NORTH AFRICA / The Arab Cinema Centre announces the members of the jury for the Arab Critics Awards for European Films

The Arab Cinema Centre announced that forty-two film critics from thirteen Arab countries have joined the jury of the Arab Critic Awards for European Films, a new section of the Critics’ Awards for Arab Films launched in partnership with the European Film Promotion. The Arab Critics Awards for European Films will select the best film …

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LEBANON / The director Ahmad Ghossein wins three awards at the ICW of the Venice Film Festival

Ahmad Ghossein’s Lebanese film All This Victory has won three awards during the International Critics’ Week at the 76th Venice Film Festival: the Critics’ Grand Prix, the Audience Award and the Best Technical Contribution Award. Synopsis. Lebanon, July 2006. War is raging between the Hezbollah and Israel. During a 24-hour ceasefire, Marwan sets off in …

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TUNISIA / Three Tunisian film projects selected at the Market Forum of the 2019 MAFF

This year Tunisia is the guest of honour of the 9th International Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF) in Sweden. The country will also be represented by three film projects selected for the funding programmes of the MAAF Market Forum, which is held in parallel with the Festival from October 5th to 8th 2019. 22 film …

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / The Sarajevo Film Festival announces its programme

The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from August 16th to 23rd. 53 films have been selected from the 950 sent in – all from south-eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Each is in the running to win a Heart of Sarajevo in one of the four categories: feature film, documentary, short film and …

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ISRAEL / The Jerusalem International Film Festival in full swing!

The Jerusalem Cinematheque is hosting the 36th International Film Festival from July 25th to August 4th. The festivities opened with a screening of Parasite, Bong Joon-Ho’s South Korean film which received the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May. Numerous sections make up the programme, including competitive categories – both international and national – tributes to …

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FRANCE / Rendez-vous in Marseille for the 30th FID

FID, the Festival International de Cinéma of Marseille, will take place in that city from July 9th to 15th with a rich programme of 125 films from 35 countries. 53 films are competing in the four competitive categories: 16 in the international competition, 12 in the French competition, 13 in First Film and 12 in …

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TUNISIA / The Manarat Festival comes back for a 2nd year

The second Manarat Festival, exclusively for Mediterranean films, is taking place from July 1st to 7th at the Tunis City of Culture – and on 10 beaches along the coast where there will be free open-air screenings for everyone, Les toiles de mer. The Manarat festival was created in 2018, the initiative of Dora Bouchoucha, …

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