News about Festivals in Mediterranean
Organized by the Independent Shabab Foundation (ISF), the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) was created by writer Sayed Fouad as an alternative to other Egyptian cultural events, most of which take place either in Alexandria or Cairo. Its aim is to encourage African productions and partnerships between the continent’s various countries. The Festival is supported …
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The third printemps du film engagé, a festival of politically committed drama and documentary films, will be held in Marseille from April 6th to 14th. Organized by a collective of the same name, this year’s festival focuses on the theme “1968-2018, why I continue the fight”. Primitivi, a Marseille-based street television for alternative news, will …
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Since 1981 the Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale (URTI) has organized an annual competition for auteur documentaries, with a Grand Prix for the winning film. The aim of the competition is four-fold: to encourage the independent documentary format, to promote humanist values of tolerance and respect between peoples, to reject any form of propaganda whatsoever …
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The 14th ZagrebDox, the largest documentary festival in the Balkans, was held in the Croatian capital from February 25th to March 4th. The opening film was Marta Prus’ “Over the Limit”, following a 20-year-old Russian gymnast hoping to win an Olympic medal. The film won the “Small Stamp” for the best film made by someone …
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PrimMed’s partner and friend for many years, this festival will be held in Bergamo and Sarnico (Italy) from May 10th to 13th. Its goal is to bring together and promote films about multiculturalism from all over the world. It also gives a special place to young cinematographers, independent film-makers and innovative projects. The festival’s criteria …
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The 9th “La première fois”, a festival for long, medium-length and short films, was held in Aix en Provence and Marseille from February 20th to 24th. All the films were first documentaries. This year’s guest of honour, Jean-Gabriel Périot, gave a masterclass on the first day, which was followed by the official opening. Several Mediterranean …
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On Thursday February 15th the 68th edition of the famous film festival opened in Berlin. Several Mediterranean films are in the running in the different categories. France, Italy, the Lebanon, Spain and Portugal have the most productions or co-productions made in the region (15 for France, 10 for Italy, 9 for Lebanon and 6 each …
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