Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

MOROCCO / The International Marrakesh Film Festival announces the projects chosen for the Atlas Workshops

The Marrakech International Film Festival has announced the 28 projects selected for the 8th Atlas Workshops, which will take place in parallel with the festival from November 30th to December 4th. Launched in 2018, Atlas Workshops is a talent development programme supporting Moroccan, and more broadly Arab and African, film-making. For this 8th edition, Romanian …

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FRANCE / Winners at the 47th Cinemed

The award winners of the 47th Cinemed in Montpellier were announced at the closing ceremony on October 25th. The jury, chaired by actress Ariane Ascaride, awarded the Golden Antigone to Les Dimanches by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain, France). This feature film is about a pupil at a Catholic high school, Ainara, preparing to take …

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MOROCCO / Morocco guest of honour at the Berlinale’s European Film Market

The European Film Market (EFM) has chosen Morocco as the country of honour for its next gathering. Organised as part of the Berlin Film Festival, the EFM is one of the major events in the international film industry calendar. Since 2017 it has presented its “Country in Focus” programme, offering a glimpse into film-making around …

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CYPRUS / The 15th Cyprus International Short Film Festival closes

From October 11th to 17th the Cyprus International Short Film Festival presented a wide selection of national and international films in Limassol. In the international competition, Noi by Neritan Zinxhiria (Greece, Albania) won the Best Eastern Mediterranean Film Award plus a nomination for the European Short Film Award. In the national competition, the top award …

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TUNISIA – SPAIN / Kaouther Ben Hania’s “La Voix de Hind Rajab” wins awards at the San-Sebastián International Film Festival

Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Audience Award at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival, which took place from September 19th to 27th. Selected as Tunisia’s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards, this docudrama is about a six-year-old girl from Gaza, Hind Rajab, killed by Israeli forces in January …

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PriMed 2025 / Discover the official selection the 29th edition

The selection of films for the 29th PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage – is now available! PriMed returns to Marseilles this year from 29 November to 6 December. With 25 documentaries an reports, the festival has established itself as a leading event devoted entirely to documentary films and reports on the …

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EGYPT / El Gouna Film Festival announces its programme

The 8th El Gouna Film Festival, running from October 16th to 24th in the Egyptian tourist resort of the same name, has announced the films in competition this year. This year’s organisers want to showcase young Egyptian film-makers by showing their first or second feature films. One of these is Mohamed Rashad’s The Settlement. This …

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