Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

FRANCE / Festi’life: disability in short films at La Criée in Marseilles

On November 20th and 21st Marseilles is organizing the 2nd Festi’life – the International Festival of Short Films on Disability,. 28 films from 13 countries, made from 1998 to the present, will be screened at the Théâtre de La Criée. They include Delphine Gleize‘s “Sale bâtard”, 2000 César for Best Short Film and Adam Elliot‘s …

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TUNISIA / 300 films for the JCC (Carthage)

The programme of the 26th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC) is now known. From November 21st to 28th 300 films will be screened in 13 towns across Tunisia. The event has been decentralized this year and there will be screenings throughout the country (of which 4 will be in Tunisian prisons, including the women’s prison …

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FRANCE / A month celebrating North African films in Paris

From November 5th to December 15th Le Maghreb des Films will show sixty feature and short films in 11 Parisian venues and 40 cinemas around the city outskirts and in the provinces. Among these films, fifteen are being projected in pre-release, including the latest films by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina (“Crépuscule des ombres” Twilight of the shadows), …

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FRANCE / Cinemed 2015 gives its awards

On Saturday, October 31st the 37th Cinemed ended with an Award ceremony in Montpellier. The Golden Antigone this year went to João Salaviza for “Montanha” a film about a teenager becoming the man of the house while his grandfather is dying. Another Portuguese director, João Pedro Placido, won the Ulysses Award in the documentary section …

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EGYPT / 37th Cairo International Film Festival

The 37th Cairo International Film Festival will take place from November 11th to 20th. 16 films will be in competition for the Golden Pyramid Award. In addition to films screened in the official competition, there will be 20 films shown in a “Special Screenings” category and a further 40 films in the “Festival of Festivals” …

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FRANCE / Cinema Middle East and debates in Paris

2015 sees the return of the biennial festival “The Middle East: What the Cinema Can Do” from November 20th to 29th in Paris, at the Les 3 Luxembourg cinema. This year 40 films will be screened, many for the first time in France. The festival will open with Amir Shomali’s animated documentary “The Wanted 18”, …

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FRANCE / The 10th Rencontres à l’échelle

The 10th Rencontres à l’échelle will be held from November 4th to February 14th in several of Marseille’s cultural venues. Created and produced by Les Bancs Publics, the Rencontres is an annual international get-together, combining theatre, dance, music, performance, photography, cinema, reading and the visual arts. The festival will show primarily the work of young …

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