Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

NORTH AFRICA / Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient highlights women directors

The 12th PCMMO runs until May 14th in Paris and Seine Saint-Denis. Of the 53 films shown, 31 are made by women. Indeed this festival has always encouraged and supported women’s cinema. This year’s guest of honour is Hiam Abbass, a Palestinian actress and director who also stars in A mon âge, je me cache …

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FRANCE NORTH AFRICA / Two north African films chosen for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

The official selection of films to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival has been published, with two north African films chosen in the “Un certain regard” section. This year’s festival, the 70th, will run from May 17th to 28th. One of the films is “Aala Kaf Ifrit” (Beauty and the Dogs) by young Tunisian …

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MOROCCO / a very African FIDADOC 2017

The FIDADOC (Agadir International Documentary Festival) celebrates its 9th year from May 8th to 13th, putting the spotlight on an unparalleled number of African films in the international competition. 10 feature-length films from 16 countries are part of the selection shown to the public. Six of them were produced or co-produced by an African country. …

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ITALY / Screening the documentary “Le Tunnel, le secret du siège de Sarajevo” at the Italian Festival “C’è un tempo per l’integrazione”.

The Short Film Festival “C’è un tempo per…l’integrazione” will take place in May, split between the towns of Sarnico and Bergamo (northern Italy). As well as the usual short film programme, the festival is also organizing various events (screenings, exhibitions) to mark the 25th anniversary of the start of the war in former Yugoslavia. As …

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FRANCE SERBIA / Inauguration of the Acid Trip at Cannes

For the first time the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (ACID) will organize three screenings at the Cannes Film Festival. These screenings, called collectively the ACID Trip, will be on May 19th, 20th and 21st. The idea is to give a free hand to a foreign independent film body for three screenings. The …

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FRANCE / Candidate-calls for the 39th Cinemed

The Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema, now in its 39th year, will be held between October 20th and 28th 2017. Screenings of short and feature-length films, documentaries and animation, are on the agenda, as well as special and thematic evenings, previews, well-known guests (actors, producers), events for young people, meetings, exhibitions. The call for …

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FRANCE / Candidate-calls for «Les rencontres du cinéma italien»

Dolce Cinema has announced the launch of the 11th «Rencontres du Cinéma Italien» . It will be held in France – in Grenoble and the department of Isère – from November 18th to 26th. Devoted to Italian cinema, the event helps French audiences discover, or rediscover, the latest Italian films, helping the two cultures to …

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