Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

TUNISIA / The Tanit d’Or for “L’Orchestre des Aveugles”

Despite the curfew imposed in Tunisia after the attack of November 24th, the Carthage Film Festival managed to run its course as scheduled. The audience responded well, despite the tense atmosphere, as evidenced by the success of “Much Loved”, attracting 1,600 spectators for its screening and winning the Jury Prize. Another Moroccan film, Mohamed Mouftakir‘s …

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TUNISIA / The Carthage Film Festival maintained

Despite the attack killing at least 13 people in Tunis on November 24th, the chairman of the 26th Carthage Film Festival, Ibrahim Letaïef, confirmed the festival would continue. “This is the only way to respond to these barbaric acts, “ he said. “The organizing team is currently working on re-scheduling the programme to take into …

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BELGIUM / Brussels celebrates Mediterranean films

From December 4th to 11th Brussels hosts the fifteenth Brussels Festival of Mediterranean Film at the Botanique, at the Bozar, and for the first time at the Cinéma Aventure. 70’s films from 20 countries are included in this year’s programme. The opening film will be Jonas Carpignano‘s “Mediterranea”, showing the dangers and tragedies of illegal …

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ALGERIA / The Annaba festival returns after 30 years

It took 30 years, but the Annaba Festival of Mediterranean Film is well and truly back. Formerly known as “Mediterranean Film Days”, the event will run from December 3rd to 9th in the coastal city of Annaba at the Azzedine Medjoubi Theatre and at the Mohamed Boudiaf Palace of Culture, under the aegis of the …

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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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