Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

EUROPE / Arte is offering a free on-line festival

From September 30th to October 9th the ArteKino Festival is giving internet users from 44 European countries the chance to discover a dozen major European films, free of charge. For this first year, 50,000 virtual tickets are being offered to the public (5,000 for each film). Anyone interested must register on-line to reserve access to …

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ITALY / The documentary “Liberami” receives the Prix Orizzonti

Federica di Giacomo’s documentary “Liberami” won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the 73rd Venice Film Festival on Sunday September 11th. The director, born in La Spezia, made the film in Italy. It takes a close look at exorcism in today’s world, at a time when more and more people are claiming to be …

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FRANCE / Call for films for the 8th La Première Fois Festival

The call for applications has been launched for the 8th festival for first documentaries, La Première Fois, from February 27th to March 5th 2017 in Aix-en-Provence and nearby towns. Les Films du Gabian, an association of independent documentary film-makers, has organized this event since 2010. Each year an established documentary-maker is also honoured with a …

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EGYPT / Call for films for the 6th Luxor African Film Festival

Submissions may now be sent in for the 6th festival of African film, held in Luxor from March 16th to 22nd 2017. Any African film by an African film-maker and produced in 2016, regardless of its length, can compete. There are three sections: feature films, feature-length documentaries and short films. There is also an international …

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FRANCE / A film competition for PhD students in the PACA region

As part of the 10th Rencontres Internationales Sciences et Cinéma (RISC) in Marseilles, from November 19th to 26th, the festival organizer, an association called Polly Magoo, is launching a film competition for PhD students of the PACA region. With a maximum length of 8 minutes, the films can be about any aspect of science – …

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TUNISIA / Final days to register for Carthage Ciné-Promesse

The call for films for this section of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), reserved for film schools, closes on August 1st. Carthage Ciné-Promesse is a new international competitive section integrated into the JCC, showcasing films made as part of a training programme (school, university or workshop). The JCC organizers hope to encourage the talent and …

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FRANCE / The 39th Douarnenez Film Festival turns towards Turkey

With last year’s festival focused on Andean cinema, this year the Douarnenez Film Festival (Brittany) will turn its lens on the people of Turkey. From August 19th to 27th 150 films will be shown to explore “Turkey’s history and the present reality” and also “to highlight the shared influences, dialogue and ways of life.” Through …

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