The 9th Agadir International Documentary Festival, organized by the Association de Culture par l’Education et l’Audiovisuel (ACEA), announced its three award-winners at a ceremony on May 13th in the town’s Hôtel de Ville. Many of Agadir’s local politicians and cultural affairs officials were present, as were a delegation of councillors from the French town of …
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TURKEY / Candidate call for BIFED
The fourth Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (BIFED), will take place in Bozcaada, a Turkish town and island south of the Dardanelles, from October 11th to 15th 2017. The festival encourages films about ecology, bringing together art and the problems of the environment. Films are divided into three categories: the international documentary competition, a …
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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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