Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

FRANCE / 36th Arte Mare – a festival of Mediterranean film in Bastia

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Corsica’s oldest film festival took place in Bastia from October 6th to 13th. It highlights Mediterranean talent, while this year focussing particularly on film soundtracks. Spectators were able to meet composers and musicians such as Bruno Coulais, Serge Perathoner and Anne Gravoin. The festivities began with a pre-release screening of Les Invisibles, the second feature …

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FRANCE / CINEMED – 40th Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier

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Cinemed, the Festival of Mediterranean Film in Montpellier, will celebrate its 40th anniversary from October 19th to 27th, chaired by Marseille director Robert Guédiguian, who will also be the subject of a retrospective. The festival will open with the screening of the first two episodes of the TV series Il Miracolo, as yet unseen in …

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CYPRUS ITALY / A festival of Italian films in Cyprus

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In collaboration with the Italian production company IMAGO, the Italian Embassy in Cyprus organized an Italian Film Festival in Nicosia and Limasol from September 19th to 25th. The event was made possible by a special grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of a bilateral agreement with Cyprus. The event opened with …

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UNITED KINGDOM / 4th SAFAR Film Festival

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For the fourth consecutive year, the UK’s only festival exclusively for Arab films was held in London from September 13th to 18th. This year audiences discovered many films which have never been shown outside the Middle East. The screenings took place at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the French Institute. This year’s theme was …

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LEBANON / 13th Lebanese Film Festival

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The 13th Lebanese Film Festival was held from September 17th to 21st in Beirut Souks, Cinemacity. Many of those active on the country’s film festival circuit were there, Carol Mezher, for example, director of Films Femmes Francophones Méditerranée, who is collaborating with the Festival this year. She insisted that, for its 13th edition, the Festival …

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ITALY / 70th Prix Italia on Capri

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The 70th Prix Italia will be held in Capri from September 25th to 29th. When it was created in 1948, the awards were only for radio programmes, opening out to television in 1957. The Prix has a unique structure: the General Assembly, made up of its international members, makes the decisions while RAI organises the …

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JORDAN / 30th European Film Festival in Amman

The European Film Festival is taking place in the Jordanian capital from September 19th to 29th. Created by the European Union, in partnership with the Jordanian Royal Film Commission, the Ministry of Culture and the Tourist Board, together with the Municipality of Amman, the festival will be screening 19 European films. Also on the programme …

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