Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

SPECIAL REPORT / 10 documentaries win awards at the 21st PriMed

The 21st PriMed set a new record: more than 6,000 spectators attended, more than 2,500 sixth form students participated, and a list of excellent films received awards for the best in documentary film-making about the Mediterranean. 25 documentaries, television reports and web-documentaries were selected for the 2017 PriMed, the Prix International du Documentaire et du …

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FRANCE / 21st PriMed: a week of free screenings!

PriMed, the Festival of the Mediterranean in images, celebrates its 21st year from the 19th to the 25th of November in Marseille. A week of excellent Mediterranean documentaries, full of surprises – take a look at the programme. Created in 1994, PriMed (Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen) presents every year in Marseille …

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TUNISIA / The JCC 2017 reveal their award winners

The 28th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC), a festival of African and Arab cinema films, ended on November 11th in Tunis with an award ceremony at the Théâtre Municipal. While the majority of Tanit d’Or were won by films from sub-Saharan Africa, North African films nevertheless did well, convincing the various juries: drama, chaired by …

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FRANCE / The Italian film “Manuel” a major success at Cinémed

Dario Albertini’s Manuel won three awards at the 39th Cinémed, the festival of Mediterranean cinema in Montpellier, which ended on October 28th. The jury, chaired by French actress and director Aure Atika, awarded the Golden Antigone to this social drama directed by former documentary-maker Dario Albertini and produced by Bibi Films and Timvision. Manuel is …

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ITALY / A reportage by Envoyé Spécial wins an award at Bologna

The 11th Terra di Tutti festival, held in Bologna between October 13th and 15th, presented awards to several French documentaries and television reports. Focussing on social cinema, Terra di Tutti this year offered 35 documentaries and TV reports from around the world, including twenty in competition. In a selection strongly influenced by the twin themes …

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SPAIN / The winner of the 2017 Mostra Viva del Mediterrani

This year’s Mostra Viva del Mediterrani ended on October 15th. Four awards were given to Mediterranean-based directors. Agnès Varda and JR’s Visages, Villages wins the Best Feature Film Award. This French documentary is a road trip across rural France, with the two directors talking to people outside the major towns. The Best Short Film Award …

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FRANCE / Candidate call for FIGRA’s Coup de Pouce

Entries are now open for the pre-selection of the FIGRA 2018 Coup de Pouce Award. Directors with a project for a 2nd film (documentary or TV report) are invited to send in their application. FIGRA (Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité et du Documentaire de Société) is preparing its 25th session, next year from March …

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