News about Festivals in Mediterranean
Twenty-two first and second feature films have been selected for the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF). The event takes place from June 9th to 18th in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Twelve of those selected films are in the official competition. Spain is represented this year by two films, Alberto Gastesi’s Stillness in the Storm and Upon …
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Egyptian director and DOP Haya Khairat won the Angénieux Special Encouragement Award at the recent Cannes Film Festival – the first time an Egyptian cinematographer has won this award. Since 2013 the Pierre Angénieux Tribute ceremony has honoured directors of photography, and since 2018 the work of promising cinematographers. Pierre Angénieux founded the camera lens …
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The 20th Marrakech International Film Festival has announced that the application call for this year’s festival is now open. The call is also open for the 6th Atlas Workshops. Created in 2001, the Marrakech International Film Festival will be held this year from November 24th to December 2nd. The call for films is not only …
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During the first Dakar Series Festival, the Algerian series Mayna and the Moroccan series Bghit Hyatek both won awards. Organized from May 3rd to 6th Dakar Series is the first pan-African festival for television series. During those four days the event showed series produced across the African continent, offering as well professional discussions and networking …
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In May Jordanian film-maker Zaid Abu Hamdan’s first feature, Daughters of Abdulrahman, was screened in three countries as part of a world tour. It was shown twice in Switzerland, in Milan during Nuovo Armenia (a festival for films from Africa, Asia and South America) and in Holland. Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, the …
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The Malta Film Commission has announced the Mediterrane Film Festival, a new event which will be held from June 25th to 30th in Valletta and on the various islands of the archipelago. The event’s website says the aim “is to strengthen Malta’s position in the global film market while promoting cultural exchange and cooperation between …
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Organized by the Madrid City Council, the 20th DocumentaMadrid international film festival ran from May 3rd to 7th. Created in 2004, the festival tries to encompass the multiple facets of documentary films by supporting and promoting new film-makers. DocumentaMadrid defines itself as “a window on the world, its conflicts and its dreams.” The International Competition …
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