News about Festivals in Mediterranean
Preparations are under way for the next Festival of Migrant Film. The 11th ! Film-makers have until January 15th to send in their films, which must be subtitled in English or Slovenian. Different genres are eligible, from documentary to animation. Those selected will be screened in June 2020, on or close to International Refugee Day, …
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The Festa del Cinema di Roma, or the Rome Film Fest, ended on October 27th. Now in its 14th year, the 10-day festival attracted 120,000 spectators, with most events taking place in the Auditorium Parco della Musica. The People’s Choice Award went to Alexandre Piva for Santa Subito, the Best Film Award to Sarah Suco …
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Cinemed, the Montpellier Festival of Mediterranean Films, closed on October 26th. This year’s president was the Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, and the guest of honour director André Téchiné. The festival included many discussions, retrospectives and discoveries. The awards ceremony began with a preview of Dominik Moll’s film Seule les Bêtes. This year the Antigone …
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The twenty-sixth Astra Film Festival was held in Sibiu, Transylvania, from October 14th to 20th. The award for Best Romanian Documentary went to Alex Brendea for Teach (80min). In his first film as a director, this young documentary maker implicitly criticises the Romanian education system: he follows a maths teacher, Dorin Ioniţӑ, who has rejected …
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The second Mediterranean Festival of First Documentaries will be held in Tunis between December 25 th and 28 th . Organized by the Association du Cinéma Documentaire Tunisien, the festival aims to show-case talented young film-makers from the Mediterranean region by screening twenty-four documentaries from thirteen countries, all available free during the three-day festival. With …
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From September 23rd to 28th Rome was alive with the Prix Italia, the international competition rewarding quality, creativity and innovation in their broadest senses in radio, television and multimedia programmes. This year’s theme was cultural plurality in the digital age: “Celebrating Cultural Diversity in a Global Media World”. Every broadcaster, whether in radio, television or …
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Director Elia Suleiman was present at the screening of his new film It Must Be Heaven at the Beau Regard cinema in Paris on October 7th as part of the Monde Festival. The film received a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Elia Suleiman fled Palestine in search of a new …
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