Organized by the Beirut Film Society, the festival of women film-makers took place in the Lebanese capital from March 10th to 15th. During the opening night at the Casino du Liban, a tribute was paid to Lebanese actress Waffa Tarabay, a talented artist with a distinguished career in Lebanese films, television and theatre. During the …
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ITALY / The Middle East Now festival celebrates its 10th anniversary !
From April 2nd to 7th Florence is hosting the 10th Middle East Now festival. Dedicated to films and contemporary culture in the Middle East and North Africa, this Italian festival also offers photographic exhibitions, concerts and installations. Love and Revenge, a live performance by the Lebanese duo Rayess Bek and Randa Mirza, opens the festival …
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MOROCCO / Tangier hosts the Cap Spartel Film Festival
The Cap Spartel Film Festival for short films, now in its 6th year, will run in the Moroccan city from March 27th to 30th. Organized by the Observatoire Marocain de l’Image et des Médias, the festival chooses a particular theme each year and then examines it through films and lectures. This year the chosen theme …
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SPAIN / 22nd Malaga Film Festival
This festival of Spanish-language films, created in 1998, is held in Málaga from Friday March 15th to Sunday 24th. A showcase for the national and Latin American film industries, this year it received more than 2,400 films from 59 countries. From these, 210 have been selected. In the official selection, 22 films are in the …
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FRANCE / 22 films at the Festival of North African Film on Corsica
From March 7th to 17th Corsica has been revealing the wealth of North African cinema with the 3rd Cinémaghreb. This festival takes place in 5 cities across the island: Ajaccio, Porto-Vecchio, Ile-Rousse, Corte and Prunelli di Fium’Orbu. Organized by APTCA – Association Populaire des Tunisien(ne)s de Corse et Ami(e)s, it hopes to act as “a …
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ALGERIA / The Festival of Amazigh Film returns for its 17th edition
The 17th Amazigh Film Festival, for films in the Berber language (Amazigh), runs from February 28th to March 4th in Tizi Ouzou, the capital of the Algerian province of the same name. The dates were announced at a press conference on February 23rd by the festival director Amar Tribech. Created 20 years ago, the Amazigh …
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FRANCE / Rendezvous in Marseilles for the 10th La Première Fois
La Première Fois, a festival of first documentaries, celebrates its 10th anniversary in Marseilles from February 26th to March 3rd. Organized by Les films du gabian, this festival seeks out films by documentary makers with a personal point of view, while encouraging young film-makers to come and exchange ideas. Non-competitive, it presents an international selection …
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