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TUNISIA / The documentary “Les filles d’Olfa” will represent Tunisiaat the Oscars

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The Tunisian Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée has chosen Kaouther Ben Hania’s documentary Les Filles d’Olfa to represent Tunisia at the Oscars in the categories of Best International Film and Best Documentary. The final nominations will be announced by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on December 21st. The …

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ROMANIA / The Astra Film Festival celebrates its 30 years

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Created in 1993, the Astra Film Festival this year celebrates 30 years of showing documentary films from Romania, Eastern Europe and more broadly from around the world. The festivities will take place from October 15thto 22nd in Sibiu. Astra has become one of the main platforms for documentary cinema in Romania and Eastern Europe and …

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ITALY / Winners of the Final Cut in Venice

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Created in 2013 as part of the Venice International Film Festival, Final Cut in Venice is a programme supporting the post-production of films from every African country and five Middle Eastern ones: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. Every year seven films are selected to participate in the three day programme (this year from September …

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MOROCCO / Martin Scorsese to patron of the 6th Atlas Workshops

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American director Martin Scorsese has been named patron ofthis year’sAtlas Workshops, the talent-development programme for young creators at the Marrakesh International Film Festival. Scorsese has been invited five times since the festival’s creation, in particular as jury president in 2013 and then for the tribute to Robert De Niro in 2018. “I am always very …

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MIDDLE-EAST / A Palestinian and a Jordanian documentaryat the Sundance Institute

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Organized from June 16th to 24th the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit and Story Lab hosted 4 documentary directors and their projects, including a Jordanian film and a Palestinian film. Designed to encourage experimentation and risk-taking through peer-to-peer engagement, this week-long gathering creates a place and an atmosphere for the chosen directors to develop, question and …

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GREECE / Beyond Borders announces the programme of its 8th edition

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The 8th International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo – Beyond Borders (August 20th to 27th) has announced its programme. Organized by the Hellenic History Foundation in collaboration with the association Ecrans des Mondes (France) and the South Aegean Region, this festival encourages film-making about History and Society. In their press release the festival organisers say that …

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MOROCCO / “The Mother of All Lies” wins the Sydney Film Festival’s Official Competition

The Mother Of All Lies

Moroccan director Asmae El Moudir won the Official Competition of the Sydney Film Festival for The Mother Of All Lies. Conceived as a drama-documentary, the film explores the director’s family history and the lies told around the devastation and violence of the 1981 riots in Casablanca. Without using archival images or photographs, she meticulously recreates …

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