News about Festivals in Mediterranean
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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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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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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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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The Image de Ville festival brings together the world of cinema, architecture and urban planning. This year, its 13th, it will be held from November 13th to 22nd in Aix-en-Provence, Martigues, Port-de-Bouc and Marseille. The programme focusses on “the edges of cities”. Several films will be screened (documentaries and drama) and there will be discussions …
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The 15th Beirut International Film Festival opened on October 7th with a screening of Mark Osborne’s “The Little Prince”. The Festival continued until October 15th, closing with Davis Guggenheim’s “He Named Me Malala”. 80 films from 28 countries were on the programme, divided into four sections: two official competitions, one for Middle Eastern documentaries and …
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The 9th Salé International Festival of Women’s Film was held between September 28th and October 3rd. This year the festival had its first-ever documentary section, with six documentaries competing. There were also 12 feature-length drama films, all focussed on the theme of women. Ahmed Abdalla’s film “Décor” received both the Grand Jury Prize and the …
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