Category: FESTIVALS

News about Festivals in Mediterranean

ITALY / Call for films for the 14th Al Ard Documentary Film Festival

The Sardinia film festival for Palestinian and Arab documentaries is preparing its 14th edition. From March 8th to 11th 2017 the Al Ard Doc Film Festival, organized by the Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina, will once again showcase a selection of Arab documentaries and cinema films about traditions, politics, history, religion and Arab culture, with special …

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FRANCE / 11th Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée

On October 6th the association Films Femmes Méditerranée (Films Women Mediterranean) kicked off its 11th festival dedicated to women film-makers from both sides of the Mediterranean. This year’s programming of Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée includes 40 films (feature-length and short, drama and documentary) filmed in 16 countries, including 11 being shown for the first time. …

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BULGARIA / Registration for the Sofia Festival extended

The registration deadline for the Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria’s largest film festival, has been put back. Non-Bulgarian films now have until October 21st, while Bulgarian films have until December 1st. Bulgarian short films have until January 10th to register in their category. As well as the Bulgarian short film competition, there are competitive sections …

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SPAIN / Call for films for the 4th Festival Dona i Cinema

The festival for films made by and for women is calling for nominations for 2017. Organised by DONESenART, the 4th International Film Festival Dona i Cinema – Mujer y cine – Woman & Film will run in Valencia from January 16th to 22nd. Films from any country made by one or more women and produced …

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FRANCE / Call for films for FIGRA 2017

Registration is now open for the pre-selection phase of FIGRA 2017 (Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité et du documentaire de société – International festival of news reporting and documentaries about our world). Any director, journalist, author, TV channel, television news agency or production company may compete. The films, between 15 and 90 minutes long, …

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EUROPE / Arte is offering a free on-line festival

From September 30th to October 9th the ArteKino Festival is giving internet users from 44 European countries the chance to discover a dozen major European films, free of charge. For this first year, 50,000 virtual tickets are being offered to the public (5,000 for each film). Anyone interested must register on-line to reserve access to …

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ITALY / The documentary “Liberami” receives the Prix Orizzonti

Federica di Giacomo’s documentary “Liberami” won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the 73rd Venice Film Festival on Sunday September 11th. The director, born in La Spezia, made the film in Italy. It takes a close look at exorcism in today’s world, at a time when more and more people are claiming to be …

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