News about Festivals in Mediterranean
The Zagreb Film Festival was held from November 11th to 18th in 9 locations across the Croatian capital, from the Cinema Europe to the Museum of Contemporary Art. This year, its 17th, the extended festival was also present in 15 other towns, including Split and Dubrovnik. Dedicated to emerging film-makers, the festival had 5 categories: …
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The 15th edition of this Moroccan festival, organized by an association called “L’initiative Culturelle”, closed on Saturday, November 10th at the newly-renovated Rialto Cinema. The Turkish film More, directed by Onur Saylak, won the Grand Prix, in competition with 9 other feature films. More is about Gaza, a young man whose dreams of studying clash …
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The 12th Catalonia Festival of Arab and Mediterranean Film opened on November 8th in Barcelona with the screening of Daily life in a Syrian village, a film by the great director and writer Omar Amiralay. This documentary made in 1974 with the playwright Saadallah Wannous had been banned in Syria. By showing the daily life …
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The Medfilm Festival, focussing on films from the Mediterranean basin, opened on November 9th at Rome’s Savoy cinema. For its 24th year, 79 films from 34 countries were screened in three locations in the Italian capital: the Savoy cinema, Macro – the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma – and the Nuovo Cinema Aquila. Many film-makers, …
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Carthage Film Festival closed on November 10th in Tunis. The Tunisian film Fatwa, directed by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud and co-produced by the Dardenne brothers, won the festival’s most prestigious award, the Golden Tanit for a Feature Film. 13 films competed in the official competition. Fatwa also won Best Actor Award for Ahmed Hafiane’s performance. The …
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The 59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, running from November 1st to 11th, is focussing on independent cinema. In addition to an international programme, the public will discover the best of current Greek cinema with the screening of 17 films made in 2017 and 2018. Parallel events, such as exhibitions, concerts and round tables, will enrich …
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The 29th Carthage Film Festival will take place in Tunis from November 3rd to 10th. Films will be screened in 19 cinemas, and for the first time at the Cité de la Culture, inaugurated last March. 200,000 spectators are expected in Tunisian cinemas and over a million in the streets of Tunis, which will host …
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